#Goliath bird eater

[reallytallcat]

These little critters are so dear to my heart

[kaiju-z]

More Goliath-Spider :3

[cowgomoo1123]

my wife's favorite spider!!!!!!!!

@sharbio i love you!!!!!!!!!

Goliath Bird Eater aka Giant Tarantula (Theraphosa blondi), family Therophosidae, found in northern South America

This spider has the largest body of any spider in the world, with a body length of up to 13 cm (5.1 in), and a weight of up to 175 g (6.2 oz), and a leg-spread of up to 30 cm (12 in).

Despite the name, this tarantula rarely feeds on birds. They feed mainly on invertebrates, frogs, and sometimes on small reptiles.

photograph by verneau | Inaturalist

[passerine-parable]

Baby spider dragon

[gwensy]

i wish spiders were the size of cats i wish i could have a tarantula the size of a beagle crawling around at my feet while i make my morning coffee is this too much to ask

[ihavenoideaw]

Okay I don’t know why so many people see normal sized spiders and go “that’s huge” like girl there are spiders the size of diner plates and your saying the one the size of a quarter is big

[return-of-a-space-cowboy]

🧚‍♀️ Anon

Coraline AU 🪡

Dio as Darling’s Husband

Johnathan as Darling’s Other Husband (It makes JoJo SO much scarier because he’s so sweet, kind, caring and loving that you don’t realize the predator he really is)

Johnathan is actually just lonely and hates what he has to do (So he devours villainous and evil individuals to ease his guilty mind)

JoJo’s true form wouldn’t be thin, instead he would be more muscular and bulky (Like a Goliath Bird Eater) with his even more massive height (He’s so big that he has a bit of a hard time squeezing through the ‘narrow’ *NORMAL* doors and his head will hit the Door Frame unless he lowers his head)

OR

Dio as the Other Husband

I haven’t read the book but I read somewhere that the Beldam had a Mother and she buried her in her backyard, and when she tried to crawl out, the Bedlam put her back in her grave, so I can picture Dio doing that to his father (But he grew tried of it so he killed him)

Dio is trying to Woo Darling into accepting him, but she’s too uncomfortable and feels creeped out that she doesn’t fall for his tricks

Darling doesn’t need an Other Husband when she has her beloved Johnathan (As he’s always been her sweet, gentle giant)

But what if after entering the door, she comes back every time she falls asleep? (And she can’t control it, but it started happening when she found that doll that looks exactly like her)

Because of it she thinks everything is a dream (But finds it weird and concerning that Jonathan is nowhere in sight)

Dio becomes frustrated as he’s never had prey like Darling before, as many women would swoon and fall to his feet for his affection (As he eats their lives up to sustain himself)

Darling becomes scared however when Dio tried to convince her to let him sew buttons in her eyes (And when she tried to stand up to him his appearance became more monstrous as his temper began to spike)

Darling finds the door and uses it to escape, only to her horror find out she’s been gone for days and Johnathan has been missing

She was horrified to find a doll of JoJo and figured out Dio took him so she must return to save her Husband

But here’s the twist, she thinks she sees JoJo when she returns to that world as she runs into his familiar arms and comforting smell, only to her horror to see Dio had attached his head to Johnathan’s body? (As he traps his Butterfly within his web with no chance of escape)

Sorry for the constant splurge, I’m currently haunted JJBA and it won’t leave me alone!

Oh boy! I've got news for you if you didn't already know. I've actually done this au before quite a few years ago. Only it was part 5 centric.

I love the idea of beldam Jonathan just being alone and clingy.

But the whole dio head on Jonathan's body at the end is just mmm... spicy.

For Jonathan I can imagine that reader isn't in a good environment, abusive even. Darling doesn't really know how to deal with their situation. That little door is their only escape and for a time that's all they need but something happens in the real world that pulls them away, something good and Jonathan noticed their distance. He tries to lul them back in but doesn't work.

So eventually Jonathan resorts to taking those who darling lives with. Perhaps there is one person he takes that wasn't abusive to darling and that leads them to try and save them.

For Dio I like the idea of darling thinking it's a dream. Darling is very distant to him despite everything he tries.

When they escape at first they think that Jonathan is at work or is out trying to look for them so they try to call him but he doesn't respond, which is strange as he usually drops everything when it has anything to do with them.

They go around asking neighbors and they tell darling he'd knocked on their door a couple of days earlier asking if they knew where darling was, they didn't and he told them he was going to go into town and file a police report. But he never ended up leaving the house after he went back in to grab the keys.

Darling goes back inside and eventually finds the doll and knows immediately what's happened.

They go back through the door and sees Jonathan standing in the kitchen (they can't see his head behind those damn archways, he'd always hit his head on them and were planning to have them removed during renovations).

They immediately run towards him and wrap their hands around him.

"Oh thank goodness you're safe" they'd say.

"Of course I'm safe, you'd think something would happen to me?" Dios voice would speak and That's when they'd look up and see what horrible form of frankensteining has happened to their husband.

[rwby-encrusted-blog]

Faunus that were either shown only once that would be fun to see more of: Tarantula Emerald, Spider Coco, Salamander Ren, Snow Leopard Weiss, Jaguar Emerald, Bird Oscar

Emerald: *Towering over the rest of CMEN*

The largest Tarantula in the world is the Goliath Birdeater.

Ren: *Towering over the rest of JNPR*

Giant Salamanders live naturally in Asiatic countries, such as Japan and China, and can grow up to 1.5-2 Meters in length, making them the largest Amphibians

Emerald: *Leaping onto Ren*

Despite the name, Goliath Bird Eaters primarily eat other large arthropods, worms, and Amphibians.

~Several Hours Pass~

Ren: *Leaving his Room*

Emerald: *Passed out on the bed, slick with sweat and covered in hickies*

Goliath Birdeaters are considered to be an Edible species, and have been recorded as having a "Shrimp Like" Taste.

[quitealotofsodapop]

HiB Spider Sisters idea:

I mentioned the 7 Spider Sisters in a few previous HiB sequel/au posts and I had a cool idea of how they'd work, inspired a bit by the 1999/00's cartoon + LMK's spider gang.

Gonna put these lovely ladies in one photo set to reduce arachnophobia.

Sister #1: Black Widow Spider - the leader of sisters. Not the largest but definietly the one with the biggest ego. Based on the Spider Queen

Sister #2: Joro Spider - thin and spindy, and obsessed with her beauty. Likes short men.

Sister #3: Signature Spider - the more bookish of the elder sisters. Enjoys caligraphy and decorating her webs.

Sister #4: Huntsman Spider - Frustrated middle child. Is a pursuit hunter rather than a web weaver. Ends up having a crush on Sha Wujing. Based on the Huntsman from LMK.

Spider #5: Chinese Fawn/Bird Eater - A lazy web maker who nonethless has a massive heart. Based on Goliath/Strong Spider from LMK.

Spider #6: Ant Mimic Crab Spider - An amatuer actress who takes on most of the chores around the home.

Sister #7: Java Yellow Jumping Spider - Youngest sister. Barely a teenager by demon standards. Can leap great distances.

The HiB gang encounter these fine gals and immediately are on edge about having Liuer or Fa Ming near them (cus demons + monks = bad), only for the seven arachnid demons to crowd around the kids and coo;

Spider Sisters: (*pinching Liuer's cheeks and fussing over him*) Spider Sisters: "Oh he's so short!" "Barely a hatching!" "And he's so chubby, look at these cheeks!" "He's so cute I could eat him up!" Liuer, terrifed cus of what the adults warned him about: "Dasheng! They're gonna eat me!" (;﹏;) Spider Sisters: (*immediately give him more space and make sad aw-ing sounds*) Spider Sisters: "Oh no sweetheart!" "We don't want to eat eat you!" Spider Sister #4, joking: "Yeah, you're not ripe enough." Liuer, sarcasm failed: "....WAAAAHHH!!!" ｡･ﾟﾟ･(>д<)･ﾟﾟ･｡ Other 6 Sisters: (*disapproving glares at #4*)

Because an aspect of the Sisters from JTTW thats often glossed over; is that they are described as the adoptive mothers to seven baby bug demons.

These broody spiders take one look at Liuer and Silly Girl and start cooing at how much they want one of their own. <3

After the confusion is cleared up with the HiB gang, they quickly gain some new friends in the form of seven giant spider demons. The eldest three sisters do flirt with Fa Ming though - so the monkeys gotta keep on eye on that. And the fourth one has a crush on Sha Wujing. The only one of the demons that show any interest in Zhu Bajie is the youngest jumping spider having a bit of a puppy-crush on him, and that rightfully freaks him out a little too much.

[dapper-suitor]

IM BACK

I started a little early on spooktober, but I wanted to draw a drider oc I made!

Lore for him below the cut

I love goliath bird eater tarantulas; they're so fluffy, so out of the blue I wanted to make a drider based off that.

Since these spiders are native to South America, I wanted to reflect that with K'intu, and it got me thinking about the lore of driders in DND and how I could connect the two...

So essentially, here's what I've come up with, based off the fact that driders were drow cursed and shamed by their god:

➜ K'intu, from birth, was named after what he was supposed to be in Incan society: a ritual ingredient. Never able to live his life without the threat of his destiny looming over his head, K'intu had a rather isolated childhood, and when he turned 18, he was brought upon an alter to please his gods. Something went wrong. He still doesn't know what- but instead of simply dying like he should have, K'intu was transformed into a hideous monster, and hunted out of his home village from fear and disgust. He lives deep in the Peruvian jungle to this day- foraging and living away from the screams of humanity.

SOME NOTES:

I am aware that Incan society didn't sacrifice people on the scale the Aztec did, but the most important rituals in their religion did involve some human sacrifice.

K'intu literally means, "Ritual" in Incan (Quechua).

[1stunseeliefaelass]

Horsemen Reptile/Amphibian/Arachnid Pet Owners:

This is just me wanting to have a bit of fun speculation for funsies as a reptile owner myself and someone who grew up around these animals as long as I've been alive. So what would each Horseman get as a pet or pets if they were to get into the reptile/amphibian/arachnid hobby.

You hadn't been to a reptile show since the apocalypse happened. In truth many of the species you loved as a kid were struggling to stay around past potential extinction. Others however actually managed to thrive despite everything happening. So when you heard that your fellow humans were hosting a show once again, things finally began to feel somewhat like normal again. It was also high time for your scaly puppy to have food again as you'd run out of your bulk.

Since you have nothing better to do than that, you decide to make the most of this. Especially given how long it's been, and you finally have friends to share your hobby with. Finally some folks who don't think reptiles and such are gross or inheritly evil. Death takes some convincing, given his homebody nature when not working. But eventually decides to join along, if only to make sure you stick to your shopping list and don't buy anything out of budget or anything living. Just the one 'danger noodle' as you keep calling your royal python is enough he feels(Yes he does call ball pythons by the original name and even knows why they're called royal pythons.). Strife needed no convincing at all and was happy to come and see what these mythical 'reptile shows' were. That and he's an animal lover so he's as excited as little kids are to see them all. Fury only came so you'd stop asking, supposedly. Deep down though, she's curious about the animals that have captured your heart so. She initially plans to ask questions about any that peak her interest or yours. War is convinced well enough after your explain just how big some of these python species can get. Course he's not believing you because, "I've seen much bigger snakes than a simple reticulated or indian python.". So he's coming just so he can prove you wrong.

So what does everyone buy?

Y/N - Well thanks to Death’s mostly hypervigilant self, you avoid buying any new critters. Just frozen rats to feed your scaly puppy at home. That doesn't stop you from taking photos of War posing with pythons and boas, and Strife holding everything he comes across if he's allowed to. Fury and Death were hard to nail in any photos. But eventually you do get one of each quietly. One has Fury interacting with a baby hognose that played dead in her hand as she called it a drama queen. The other has Death handling a tarantula, something you're admittedly still afraid to do. It was a beautiful sapphire gooty female that was somehow there. You immediately fled the scene right after the picture, not because Death caught you, but because the spider decided to showcase the speed demon side all indian ornamental species are known for. Getting a good chuckle out of the old Horseman who luckily was definitely fast enough to keep the little lady from 'chasing you'.

Death - He decides on buying the sapphire gooty, as their extreme rarity gave him a sort of kinship kind of feeling towards her. That and the unintentional jumpscare she gave you might've given him some ideas. He gets at least two other species as well. A goliath bird eater because he enjoys her spunk seeing as she actually stridulated at him when he picked up her container. The final tarantula he takes is a gorgeous antilles pinktoe. The colors were just way too eye-catching to him, and her temperament was a plus too. The last animal he grabs isn't even an arachnid though, as he actually finds someone selling venomous animals and is attracted to a black female king cobra. You at first ask if he's crazy, then notice she's blind. Upon asking, Death and you are told she's a rescue and was devenomed. Naturally you explain the term to Death, who is horrified at knowing. He can't forget about her and ultimately buys her. Promising he'll give her a much happier life. Good thing humans these days will take gilt as well as cash. Cus he definitely has that in surplus. Naturally he buys enclosures/food for his new critters and the ones his siblings inevitably buy. He of course also names his little ladies. The GS is named Princess(yes he is serious about the name), the goliath is named Ungoliant, and the pinktoe is dubbed Tanzanite. Meanwhile he calls the cobra Queenie.

Strife - Strife avoids the tarantulas like the plague, and other arachnids to his older brother's amusement. He explains Death and War have pranked him with these animals before. Though Death insists he never used anything living to do it. Didn't want them to be needlessly hurt in the panic after all. Strife does however fall in absolute love with ball pythons and geckos. He ultimately leaves the show with a crested gecko, leechie gecko(which to Death’s shock and annoyance cost near a grand in human US currency), & a banana mimosa ball python. The crestie he calls Nutter Butter(Nutter or Nut for short), the leechie he names Chonker, and the BM ball python he names Glowstick because she looks like a rave glowstick to him with all her bright colors.

Fury - Fury takes interest in an axolotl surprisingly, claiming she finds the empty headed creature to be amusing. In reality it's derpiness is more endearing than funny. She also takes the baby hognose from before, as well as a sand boa for the same reasons as the axolotl. Her naming conventions are not terribly creative but at least carry a common theme, she names the hognose Death after her brother until he begs her to change it to Stinky(She thought referencing Death’s avg stink to the stinks hognoses make while playing dead was hilarious for the record.). The sand boa she simply calls Sandy, and soon takes the name very seriously. The last name she picks for the axolotl is Doofus(a secret reference towards Strife that he somehow misses). She never admits it around others, but she adores her little critters.

War - War is a simple man with simple enjoyments admittedly. He takes interest in the bigger animals. He decides on buying a baby anaconda with the intent to grow it into the biggest one the world has ever seen. He also snags a tegu, since they seem hardy and fun. Plus he did like how the one he got is very dog-like for a monitor lizard. He also gets a leechie like Strife does after the latter convinces him to get one for breeding purposes so they make more like Chonker. War names his critters thusly; Amazon for the anaconda, Dog for the tegu(because he acts like a dog and he couldn’t think of anything else), and his leechie gets called Chonkette after Strife suggested it when War couldn’t think of anything. At first he regretted it, now he finds it suits his 'Big Girl' well. Amazon also gets the nickname of 'Big Mama' after the group discovers eggs in her cage about a month later.

The house has gotten so much fuller, but everyone is happy and caring for their respective pets properly. Including you obviously, who War also promised could have first dibs on Amazon and Chonkette's future babies.

[reallytallcat]

Theraphosa Blondi (best boy)

[kaiju-z]

Reworked an Old Oc. “Jake Miller” as “The Goliath-Spider”, based on the Goliath-Bird Eater.

He has 8 eyes, which means, extra better vision, which aids him with his reaction time. His vision is so good, he can see through his hair bangs, so he can easily hide them behind those, if he is too tired to keep them closed, while awake.

Additionally, the main notice of a feature are the two sets of spider-arms coming out from his sides. He has to wear hoodies in his private life, unless he’s around friends, as oversized hoodies hide the limbs well.

Thanks to the addition of his extra arms, which give him extra reach, he’s able to maneuver much faster on walls and rooftops and it frees his hands with digits for proper grappling, punches and kicks, helping him develop a unique martial art that works for him best.

Haven’t worked out how he shoots webbing, if he can even do that, but an idea I have is that maybe his jaws unhinge and he shoots it from his mouth, from special “pockets” in his cheeks.

Favorite foods include anything with chicken. Because. Bird Eater.

[herpsandbirds]

Howdy! I’ve been in love with jumping spiders since my last ask, so I’m curious. What are some other spiders that look or act particularly friendly?

Ok so I don't know if you'll agree with this but I think Tarantulas are cute and friendly looking (they are not all friendly, don't hug wild tarantulas)...

Greenbottle Blue Tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens), family Theraphosidae, found on the Paraguaná Peninsula in the Venezuelan state of Falcón

photograph by Didier Descouens

Mexican Orange-kneed Tarantula (Brachypelma hamorii), male, family Theraphosidae, Colima, Mexico

photograph by Rick C. West

Goliath Bird Eater aka Giant Tarantula (Theraphosa blondi), family Therophosidae, found in northern South America

This spider has the largest body of any spider in the world, with a body length of up to 13 cm (5.1 in), and a weight of up to 175 g (6.2 oz), and a leg-spread of up to 30 cm (12 in).

Despite the name, this tarantula rarely feeds on birds. They feed mainly on invertebrates, frogs, and sometimes on small reptiles.

photograph by verneau | Inaturalist

Brazilian Jewel Tarantula (Typhochlaena seladonia), family Theraphosidae, endemic to Brazil

Small tarantula. Arboreal. Constructs trap door webs in tree bark.

photograph by Gage Smith

Singapore Blue Tarantula (Omothymus violaceopes), Theraphosidae, Singapore

photograph by Alvin Francis Lok

[twinklecupcake]

Is there a reason it’s Bell and not Belle?

Oh yeah!

So it looks like everyone but Syntax has a name related to spider species in the fandom (SQ is usually “Zhizhu” in fics and that is part of her name in the Chinese dub, Huntsman is “huntsman spider,” Goliath is “Goliath bird-eater”) and I wanted to use the same theming.

So I looked up some species and found the Diving Bell Spider and now she’s Bell.

[asherashedwings]

I completely forgot to post these guys

MUSIC MEN !!

May include rambling cuz my love for spiders kinda slipped its way into these designs lol

DJ Music Man

VERY vaguely based on a Goliath Bird Eater, since they’re the biggest spider. I thought it’d fit this big guy.

Fun fact: if you google “Goliath Bird Eater face” one of the first results is actually the face of a wolf spider.

…I’ve spent a lot of time looking at spider faces. I can recognize a lot of them based on head shape and eye placement now.

Anyways

Mini Music Men ! (and their ruined forms)

They’re all based on different spiders, which will be explained under the cut, as well as close ups cuz I don’t want this post to be super annoying to scroll past

Hip Hop (Jumping Spider)

Hip Hop is the only one with a name so far, and he’s based on a jumping spider! I had a good idea of what spiders I knew I wanted to include when starting these designs, and you best believe jumping spiders were on that list. They’re just very recognizable, and their eye placements are just very unique. That’s something I tried to accomplish with these designs too; chose spiders with unique eye placements from one another. Since it gives more variety to each music man.

He was actually the first one I designed and was part of the original 4 I designed way back in July of last year, the other three being Wolf Spider, Trapdoor, and Daddy Long Legs.

Also, making him the rabbit ruined music man was completely coincidental, I wasn’t even thinking about how perfect that was until after I had already finished all the designs. I’m just glad I happened to choose that cuz man it lines up so well. Cuz. Cuz jumping spider. And rabbits are known to jump-

Wolf Spider

I don’t have a too awful lot to say on this guy. Sweet old man. When I saw the eye placements for wolf spiders, I was having a hard time trying to figure out how to incorporate it in a way that was appealing. And then it hit me: put the lower four on a mustache. And then he just became an old man after that.

Trapdoor Spider

This guy’s based on a trapdoor spider— SPECIFICALLY a cork lid trapdoor spider. This is mainly cuz normal trapdoors don’t really stand out too much appearance wise. They look like a stereotypical venomous spider I think. But then! I remembered the cork lid trapdoor spider, and that one definitely stands out. The main thing that makes it stand out so much is that, compared to the average spider, it’s missing like, half its abdomen, the back end of which has a very interesting pattern.

I don’t know if it’s communicated well from this angle, but he’s missing half his abdomen, but in a way where it’s clear he was built that way, given the placement of his wind. I also included designs on his wind to kind of represent the designs real cork lids have on their abdomens.

Daddy Long Legs

Yes, I know daddy long legs aren't actually a spider, but it felt wrong not to include one, so I did it anyways.

This fella actually has a tiny bit of lore. Basically, he's an early prototype model of the mini music men, hence why he appears out of date compared to the others. And run down too; his age means more time for wear and tear to have occurred, hence his missing abdomen (which was really just a design choice I made in order to reference how daddy long legs don't have as many body segments as actual spiders).

Brown Recluse

Now we're onto the spiders that weren't in the original batch. Brown Recluse, as well as the other two after this, were actually concepts I made not too long after the first time I drew the original 4, however they never went far beyond just concepts. Until recently.

There's not much I can say about their design. It's not shown here but they actually play the violin, since one of the recognizable features of a brown recluse is the violin shape present on their back. So I guess that's that their limb shapes come from; they vaguely resemble the shape of violin bows. Kind of. Idk don't look too deep into it.

Black Widow

This one I kinda just threw stuff at a wall until something stuck. I still really like how she turned out tho. I tried making her wind pointier to kind of resemble the hourglass shape on their abdomen that black widows are so infamous for. I don't know if that's clear or not though.

Black Widow and Brown Recluse is where I sorta broke my main rule when picking spiders, which was, as stated earlier, to pick ones with unique eye placements. Black widows and brown recluses have very similar, if not identical eye placements. But I decided to overlook it cuz I wanted to include both of them.

Yellow Orb Weaver

When I was initially designing this one, I don't think I had a specific orb weaver in mind. Because back then, I had no idea how diverse orb weavers actually are. So after some consideration, and looking at the design I had already made, I decided that he's based on a yellow orb weaver. Mainly just cuz I wanted more variety in the hues I was using for these guys' colors.

I don't have much else to say on this dude. I just made him super lanky cuz the shapes were interesting.

Bonus doodles for those willing to read my spider ramblings. Love yall <3 /p