#true spider

[morbidsmenagerie]

Nambian recluse molted! She's pretty shy but look at how pretty her abdomen is!

[pelagodes]

When I was keeping spiders a few years ago I offered my rabid a crumb of cucumber just to see what would happen, honestly didn’t expect her to take a sip from it considering she had access to fresh water 24/7 haha

[humansbgone]

well now i have to ask: what kind of silk stickers do spiders accessorize with?

Mostly they like star, spiral and zigzag shapes, like you'd find in a web! Some also wear things that drape over their legs. Most can't see well enough to appreciate them themselves, so they'll have jumping spiders look the accessories over for them. The jumping spiders will also dye the silk colors the web-spinners can't see, since jumpers have receptors for red, blue, green, and ultraviolet.

The web-spinning true spiders like to do this because they feel incomplete and exposed when they have to leave their webs (which function not only as a home, but also a big ear for them). This lets them feel like they've brought a little of it with them.

The spiders are very proud of anything they can do with their silk, and are always trying to make the stickers and draperies catch on with insects (and in fact, since most can't see the stickers themselves, it's also largely an attempt to impress the insects). Sadly, that has yet to happen.

[scolopendramorsitans]

he is so sickeningly cute I'm gonna barf (atypus karschi)

[fellowshipofthenoodles]

Welcome home little one!

Meet Cheddar! Cheddar is a Stegodyphus tibialis, aka a yellow ladybird spider, they're just a spiderling so we can't sex them yet! They were an early birthday present for Star from a friend and they're SMALL!!! We had a fancy house set up for them and then it turned out they were too tiny so we had to do a super simple deli cup setup for them instead.

So excited to watch them grow up!

[ID: a video without audio of a small yellow and grey ladybird spider being transferred from a plastic dish into a small plastic deli cup filled with moss and an acorn top]

[endaandfiona]

Been pre-occupied with this mysterious jumping spider - Any ideas or thoughts on specific jumping spider breed(?) are appreciated.

[xymustdie]

and Craig my p.regius

[flyingpapaya-blog]

I gave Tanigaki a treato

[onenicebugperday]

Jumping spider mimic planthoppers in the genus Rhotana

Photo 1 by tenebrionidfan, 2 by gancw1, 3 by budak, and 4 by deeqld

[flawless-imperfections]

Have you ever seen such a smol spood?🥺 This is my velvet spider (Gandanameno sp.) after their rehouse. Their name is Button, but don’t be deceived by the cuteness - this little beast can take down prey that’s bigger than them!

[hausofanansi]

I finally got a picture of Lux, my Southern Black Widow.

[morbidsmenagerie]

Baby recluse, you can start to see his violin shape.

[shamanicganja]

[apuff]

LOOK ALIVE SUNSHINE

[nocek]

Wade is always winning at the pay attention to me game.

In this case grand prize is hour long lecture about spiders reproduction (and also genetics, don't forget the genetics ;P)

[hemlock-dreams]

Is the "I'd kill for you"/"Promise?" moment when Peter falls for Wade?

Peter's feelings have most definitely shifted into something very serious(TM) towards Wade.

As for MJ, Peter will always have feelings for her. He'll be in her orbit until the day he dies- but this MJ isn't his MJ. He doesn't want to replace the precious memories of MJ he has with this one either, it wouldn't be respectful to either of them.

He's also not keen to repeat old mistakes. He knows he wasn't a good partner to her back in his old world. Spiderman always took precedence over their relationship, he was always absent. Their relationship towards the end started turning toxic because he just couldn't choose her over the suit.

Despite how much they loved each other, their values just didn't align and Peter knows he forced MJ to do the bulk of the emotional lifting in their relationship. He won't do that again.

Not to mention his venom and strength meant he always had to watch himself- a lot of his body could be toxic to normal humans which meant he had to stay distant. This obviously didn't go over well with MJ, especially because she didn't know why he never wanted to kiss her for long, amongst other things.

But Wade's different. They're coming from the same spheres, and he matches Peter's freak is ways Peter didn't know he needed. He's indestructible, violent, competent and exactly the kind of predator Peter's prey drive goes fucking insane for.

TLDR: Peter will always love MJ, but he knows he needs to let her go, for both their sakes.