#urban web

[billionneuronscurious]

   Urban Web.

These aren't kite strings, they are wires running from here to there.

Wires, Lines everywhere.

So many connections we have today, 

still we remain disconnected. 

Disconnected with nature, with happy life, 

with people.

[startheskelaton]

Happy 70th anniversary big G

[dewardin]

[thetrinitytest]

happy pride month from peepaw harkness and the torchwood team 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

[nestedneons]

By Dither

[uncharismatic-fauna]

No Tears for the Southern Black Widow

Latrodectus mactans, more commonly known as the southern black widow, is the most common species in the black widow family. While it can be found throughout North America, they are found most often in the southern United States. Within this wide range, L. mactans enjoys a variety of habitats. They prefer areas that are close to the ground, dark, and sheltered; in the wild this may mean dense brush or under logs, while in inhabited areas they may be found in basements, log piles, or under trash lids.

In addition to being the most common black widow, L. mactans is also the largest member of the family Theridiidae. The females are larger than the males, averaging at about 8-10 mm (0.31- 0.39 in) in length and weighing about 1 g (0.04 oz); however the male's legs are generally longer than the females. Both males and females are black, with small thoraxes and extremely large, round abdomens. The female can be distinguished by the iconic red hour-glass shape on the underside of her abdomen, while the male has 4 pairs of red and white stripes on each side of his abdomen.

The southern black widow is mainly solitary, spending most of its time in or near its web. Only the females live long enough to build a web for catching prey, and are the sole source of black widow bites. While bites do require medical attention, no human fatalities have been reported since 1983.

During the day, females hang in the center of the web to expose the bright red warning on their abdomen; when startled they drop to the ground and play dead. Though the webs they construct are haphazard-- the stereotype of cobwebs-- they are extremely strong and are capable of catching woodlice, millipedes, centipedes, other spiders, and occasionally small mice. Once an animal becomes trapped in L. mactan's web, the spider envenoms its prey and wraps it in a thick cocoon. After the animal dies the spider injects it with digestive enzymes and consumes the resulting fluid. Despite their strong venom, the southern black widow can be victim to several predaotrs; namely wasps, the brown widow spider, praying mantises, and large centipedes.

The southern black widow mates primarily in the spring and summer. Mature males build small webs and deposit semen along the threads. He then coats his mouthpieces-- palps-- with sperm and sets out to find a female mate. To court her, he vibrates the threads of her web until she is receptive. On rare occasions, a displeased female may eat the male. Afterwards, if he survives, the male leaves the females web and dies soon afterwards. From just one encounter, the female can store enough sperm to last her a lifetime of reproductive cycles.

After fertilization, the female builds a small web where she lays her egg sac, which can contain up to 400 eggs. She guards these eggs until they hatch about 20 days later, and immedietly disperse to establish their own territories. Until they become fully mature, at about 90 days old, juveniles have no venom and are extremely vulnerable to predators- including adult black widows. Typically only about 30 individuals from a single clutch survive to adulthood. Once mature, males can live for only one year, while females can live up to three years in the wild.

Conservation status: The IUCN has not evaluated the southern black widow, but due to its large range and population size it is considered stable. It is able to adapt to most habitats, and thus the species' only threat comes from extermination via pest control.

If you send me proof that you’ve made a donation to UNRWA or another organization benefiting Palestinians, I’ll make art of any animal of your choosing.

Photos

Mark Kostich

James L. Castner

Meghan F. Murphy

[sbewyz]

Fem Seth Let's go lesbians

Been wanting to make Bittersweet fanart for a while but as it turns out- im better at drawing women lmaoooo

<3

@yuurivoice

[pam3pr]

t m d p

[projectgnosis]

Coming soon to WEBTOONS. AGON Chronicles will feature prequel stories of characters featured in Project Gnosis.

You can go on our Ko-Fi for exclusive access before we release the story in September.

[melonsodies]

Currently obsessed with cyber(ur)ban exploration. Diving into dead games, previously populated by throngs of digital iterations of people, totally empty servers where your brain still half expects to see another player character pop in at any moment, wholly abandoned worlds whose very pixels hold the memories of what was once bustling with the sounds of enjoyment being had by all who were visiting.

Even if you've never visited these cyber spaces during their peak populations, you can tell from the eerie, still & quiet emptiness that people are supposed to be here. But they aren't.

[rebeccathenaturalist]

I've had a tiny spider making a living on my passenger side mirror since this past summer when I still lived at the coast. This webbing is relatively fresh, so she must still be doing okay. This afternoon I came out to see a little bit of oakmoss lichen trapped behind part of her web, and thought it made a neat little habitat study. Happy new year, little spider, for however long you continue to make that your space in the world.

[startheskelaton]

Ultraman sketches

[eddathegreat]

More Characters You Will Meet in Pale

A kid who engages in guerilla warfare against colonialist wizards. She gets a magic earring to let her eavesdrop, for reconnaissance and so she can hear when people are talking shit.

A girl whose luck with father figures would be pitied by Peter Parker.

The most responsible character in the book, who once shot a trashcan in her room with a gun she did not think was real. She later threatens to shoot a teacher in class and earns points for it.

A teenager who can give improvised verbal essays about systemic issues and advocates for reform in her town council, and still has to take notes on what to say on a date.

The group's best fighter who would much rather just convince people to not fight, and reaches out to people with jokes and music. She once made her friend try a cake made of teeth.

Wildbow's proof that he can write a heterosexual woman.

A magical girl who dresses like a military larper, talks like she's pre-law, and tries to adopt a veteran.

I have misled you, these are all Lucy Ellingson.

[victoriadallonfan]

Urban Explorers but it’s insane bloggers diving into decrepit Tinker Tech laboratories and power effects that mutate the land into the meat dimension every two hours

[repeat2nite]

horror stamps : basket case, frankenhooker, v/h/s, v/h/s/2, urban legend, cooties