#Cute Spider

[memories-of-ancients]

Documentary: Wolf spiders look really spooky and creepy and scary...

The Wolf Spider...

(spooky scary creepy music plays)

Me: Look at those big eyes! OMG it's so fuzzy and cute! 🤗 😍🥰💕

Please tell that spider that it's a pretty spider, and a good spider! 😘

[gt-wierdo]

I had this really funny house spider

Basically there was this tiny spider in the kitchen like imagine the tiniest spider you can think of but even smaller

But it was basically hanging in the dishwasher and I didn't want it to be "dishwashed"

So I grabbed something and used it to put it on the coffee machine on top of the counter

This spider turns to face me crawls down onto the counter fast as fuck looks at me and starts slapping its front legs on the counter to intimidate me or something?? (i'm like at least 100 times its size) before sprinting down to the EXACT same spot I just removed him from

[chaoticruinskryptonite]

You're all gonna love the Peacock Spider!

Spiders are very intelligent and can be sweet little creatures. They're no more evil than a lion is evil for eating a gazelle.

I'm not a spider specialist but I believe the above gif is a mating dance.

[unlikelycliteratureenthusiast]

Ahhhhh!! It's a Bunny Harvestman Spider! These Lil guys are from Eastern Ecuador and are so freaking cute.

[science-lover2941]

Poecilotheria metallica

Is also known as peacock tarantula. It is an Old World species of tarantula. It is the only blue species of Poecilotheria. The species is critically endangered. While it is young the spider is less chromatic and the coloring turns to blue as it matures.

When full size the leg span of the peacock tarantula is 15-20 cm (6-8 in). In the wild it lives in holes of tall trees where it makes asymmetrical funnel webs. The primary prey consists of various flying insects. It is a photosensitive species. There hasn’t been a recorded human death from its bite.

The Venom may produce a heart-rate increase followed by sweating, headache, stinging, cramping or swelling. Effects can last for up to a week. Extreme bites from the genus may still be felt months later.

[jemsjumpers]

We love you Oreo 💚

[chervyak]

9/11

[artifacts-and-arthropods]

Vida's Sheep Jumping Spider: researchers believe that these tiny spiders developed their "woolly" appearance as a way to mimic lacewing larvae or scale insects

The scientific name for this species is Oviballus vidae, but it has also been referred to as the "sheepy jumping spider" or "Vida's jumping spider." It was discovered in 2015, and first described (in a formal context) back in 2020.

As this article (PDF) describes:

Recently, two new salticids, R. legitima and Oviballus vidae were described from South Africa, and suggested to be mimics of either scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) or lacewing larvae (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), due to their white colouration and the presence of peculiar tufts of white setae on the body.

The possibility of [scale insects] being the model is supported by Oviballus vidae being regularly collected from plants with woolly scales, although the movements of O. vidae quite closely resemble those of chrysopid larvae.

In fact, a fourth species of possible scale mimic, a new Rhene species, was recently discovered in a collection of salticids from southern Mozambique, indicating that this phenomenon may be more widespread than has previously been known or even suspected.

O. vidae was named after Vida van der Walt, the photographer who captured some of the first images of these spiders back in 2015, just after the species was discovered by Dr. Galina Azarkina. Vida van der Walt also took the photographs that appear in this post.

Sources & More Info:

Arthropoda Selecta (scientific journal): Rediscovery and Redescription of Rhene cooperi, another possible mimic of scale insects (PDF)

Spider Club of South Africa: Two New Species Named After SA Photographer (PDF, with the relevant info on page 5)

Field Guide to the Spiders of South Africa: Section on Vida's Sheep Jumping Spider

[cuddlybats]

A new record <3

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[ktzcatscreepycritters]

Aurora the Atlas Moth. The largest species of moth on the planet and one of the cutest 😍

[ratbugs]

it’s Boot’s beach day 🏝️

this is her favorite shell 🐚

[minecraft-spidermob]

I drew my favourite mob :D

[apollolabsworld]

Crab spider rests on a nettle

[dead-body12]

I refuse to accept that there are any differences between African Rain Frogs and Black Velvet Spiders

Like these are the same fucking animal just in a slightly different font

[squarebracketsmileyface]

I made spider web jeans :D

I'm so proud of them. They took so long to do, cos all the sewing was hell on my hands, but I got a new hand brace halfway through which made it way less painful in the second half, so that's good :] the raindrops are sequins and they glitter SO perfectly in sunlight, it's amazing, I love it so much, they put little dancing sparkles on walls and stuff, it's awesome

The spider's name is Kermit because he looks like a Muppet to me

I spent so long yesterday sewing as fast as I could cos I knew I was leaving the house this morning and wanted to be able to wear them! And I did! I got them done and wore them to my appointment :D

[greaysharkboi]

Crures??? Spooder.

I tried my best to keep the design as accurate as possible :)

Spider belongs to @obsidian-lantern