#tw arachnid

[magicmetalblog]

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ogre-faced spider (deinopis spinosa)

[who-is-page]

There was a jumping spider that was smaller than my arm hair on my bracelet this morning and they were THE CUTEST THING IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.......... Plz appreciate these pics of the tiny baby

Picture credit goes to my cool as fuck spouse, who totally nailed these shots considering he was using a phone camera tbh

[cookieofearthbread]

SPOILERS FOR BEAST YEAST

That is honestly frightening. The fact that the soul jam slowly turning into the same colour as Mystic Flour's which implies Mystic Flour came SO close to overtaking Dark Cacao.

Also...

Can Mystic Flour turn into a spider??? HELLO???

[sapphire-heart-tippy]

Tw: Spider, bug, arachnid

A beautiful golden orb weaver, and a precious little red jumping spider in my own backyard!! (I think that's just her molt and not another spider in her web, I'm not sure though)

When that lil jumping spider looked up at me, I felt so honored 🫶💙💜

[rattyshipss]

Wait did I ever make a post announcing Charlotte?👀💖 We have Templeton the rat so when i asked to get a jumping spider my mom told me we had to name her Charlotte and I didn't disagree at all😂💖 I'm gonna put her first picture below the cut just incase and I'll of course put all the tags💖 She just got her new big girl enclosure today and she's already hard at work on her new web💖 She was walking away and turned to look at me😂💖

[bugdogg]

While waiting for my ride, a polite jumping spider said hello

[keiagosden]

This is one of my current major hyperfixations - Jumping spiders. I literally saw them on TikTok, decided to research the heck out of their care, found a nearby locally owned small business run by hardcore enthusiasts, and decided to get One. One little boy. I left with him, and his sister :) What was meant to be 1 [One] spider is now 10. From Teeny babies to grouchy old men, I got em all now. I even have one that's hopefully gonna pop an egg sac out soon. I'm thriving on these little fellows, make decorations for them for my etsy (RufflesAndFluffles.etsy.com) and tbh my life has been thrown into the shitter as of the last few years and these tiny faces have given me a reason to get out of bed in the morning, cause who else would spend time with these little angels otherwise? This is Annabelle. All my spiders are named after Podcast characters, Annabelle is the first of my Magnus spiders. I'm a basic bitch and I'm proud. She has a tiny dressing room with book shelves as her enclosure, and she is so curious. She is a Phidippus Regius, Sierra de Baoruco locality, Regal Jumping Spider. She Loves to watch YouTube or Movies with me, that last photo is her leaning to get a better view of the 1st monitor. She's also a Huge waver, she Dances when she's out of her tank.

Maybe I'll post some of my other children idk

[sunflowergem]

I made an ink blot by accident and turned it in to a little guy™

[hileynoteson]

did you know that black widow spiders have hair? I’d attach a picture or two of them but someone took the SD card reader to wisconsin and I cant be arsed to load them onto another one of my pcs before transferring them to my main.

[0ddoblivion]

Look at this absolute unit I found on my walk today.

[ihavenointerestinreallife]

family relations | 18+ mdni

everyone knew that where fred went, george was right behind him; even if nobody could tell them apart half the time, two identical ginger boys always signaled trouble. 

when you showed up–someone with a stark difference in look to the two boys–it immediately raised an eyebrow. while not rare to see the two twins apart, it was a sight to see them accompanied by someone other than another member of their family, often at least. 

with the amount of nosy students at hogwarts it didn’t take long until someone got curious. 

“she’s just a part of the family,” george would say. 

“she’s like a sister to us, really,” fred would add not long after. 

— 

holidays with the weasley family were always chaotic to say the least. it seemed every year a new person stayed for christmas in the burrow, most notably in recent years harry and hermione joining their best friend ron–this year, the family home saw you as its new addition. 

the weasley family home had been filled to the brim since the birth of ginny, and the addition of companions only brightened it with more love. 

on christmas morning, everyone who didn’t own one already (or miraculously lost their original) received their first of molly’s many knitted sweaters, all personalized with their first initial. you’d never forget the first christmas you reunited with the twins wearing their own sweaters. 

“did mrs. weasley make those so she could remember which of you is which?” you asked. 

“mother says she could never forget who is who, which i guess is why i’m wearing his sweater, and he’s wearing mine,” fred would reply. 

when the day came for you to receive your own, the twins had visibly outgrown the jumpers you first saw them in, instead adorning new pairs to fit their growing builds. 

“molly, it’s beautiful! i dreamed of the day i’d get my own,” you said, running your fingers along the woollen fabric. 

“i’m glad you like it dear- and look, now you match freddie and georgie.” 

your head whipped in the direction of the two boys to confirm her words, and she was right. you matched fred and george from the overall blue color to the yellow letter. 

the way they looked at you then, you knew you could get used to matching sweaters. 

— 

you were purely friends with the twins up until your shared sixth year when they went to the yule ball with angelina johnson and katie bell. sure, the way they looked at you for the past year and a half had you questioning everything you felt for them. and sure, having them next to you at every given moment–closely, at that–made you think things friends wouldn’t dare say out loud- but this was a whole new level. 

molly had sent all the hogwarts attending weasley children outfits to wear to the ball; ginny a bright pink and mint gown, ron a very explicit hand me down likely of bill or percy’s, and the twins looked dashing in their matching suits. but you knew they could look even better, each hanging off one of your arms. 

instead you had the pleasure of watching both fred and george dance multiple rounds with their dates, while you sat next to harry and ron, also bummed out by how terrible the evening had gone. 

“they wanted to go with you, you know.” 

you jumped, turning your head to hermione who seemed to be itching to escape the crowd. 

“don’t be silly hermione, we’re just friends.” you muttered as you chewed on your lips, effectively removing them of any color you stained them with. “besides, you saw how eager they were when they asked angelina and katie in potions.” 

“or they were just trying to tease ron, you know how brothers are.” hermione looked at you with pity, as if there was someone she had hoped would ask her to the ball as well. 

the moment you decided to guess who she’d hoped would have asked her, your eyes scanned the crowd for either fred or george. it was futile for a second, until on either side of the floor you noticed both twins sneaking a glance back at you, both still occupied in dances with their dates. 

“hermione,” you began, tone laced with shyness despite how loud the music drowned your words out, “how would i know if my feelings surpassed friendly?” 

— 

it only took a day for feelings to be admitted by all three parties, only taking half of another for you to find yourself sandwiched in bed by both of the twins. robes had been discarded by the door, and you weren’t even sure you’d be able to find your scarf considering how long it had been gone. 

the boys sat knee to knee with you straddling both their laps, george to your front and fred to your back. they worked together to pull your hair off your neck, and then to unleash your tie from its collar, effectively exposing your bare skin to them. 

it didn’t feel real when the warmth of fred’s lips ghosted your skin, not even a semblance of it when they finally latched on. the amount of times you dreamt of them touching you intimately could not have prepared you for the feeling. 

“does it feel good when he kisses you like that?” george teased knowing you wouldn’t be able to catch your breath in time to reply. 

“yes georgie- fuck,” you moaned as fred bit down and sucked like a man tasked with marking you as his own. “freddie, people will see..” 

“let them love, they’d put the pieces together soon anyways.” he bit down again only a couple inches away from the first love bite, effectively securing the notion of nosy onlookers creating their own story to tell off. 

and tell off they would when every week new patches would show on your neck. the twins took turns marking you in places just indecent enough to turn heads, but not enough to solidify any real narrative about the three of you. 

a couple of weeks of people swearing they saw you snogging both twins at once in the gryffindor common room had at least one person becoming bold enough to ask you how you really felt about fred and george:

“they’re like my brothers, really.” 

— 

happy valentine’s day

[blondebrainpowered]

Poecilotheria metallica, also known as the Sapphire Gooty Ornamental Tarantula, is a rare but aggressive breed of tarantula found in India. The species is critically endangered. This one seen here was bred from captive tarantulas by keeper Daniel Valcárcel Muñoz de León.

[theboysfromaustin]

Google dredged up some real old photos, including the world's worst paperweight? Bookend? Threat display?

Wonder World, San Marcos. The whole place was an exercise in awful. Go into death cave. All along the watchtower. Ooooh, anti-gravity house, please be impressed. Train ride to the depressing wildlife park! Get assaulted by an emu!

[kororobus]

molt :з

[ratcandy]

today i had a discussion with someone on the things we call scorpions that are not scorpions . because entomologists love to call things by names they are not actually.

ended up with this little . presentation. guide. thing. there are probably many, many more, but this is what we came up with on the Spot

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

psst not sure if you’ve done this one before but could you do the bunny harvestman spider? i love them sm

Sure! This one was hard to find info on. Anyone is welcome to add info in reblogs or comments (as always!)

Both photos from Andreas Kay, who seems to have taken the vast majority of the photos of this species I could find!