Spiders

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Scientists have discovered seven new Australian spiders, including a new tarantula, in the Northern Territory

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Green Jumping Spider ( Male )

 

 

[Bill W]

25 minutes ago, sandrewn said:

Scientists have discovered seven new Australian spiders, including a new tarantula, in the Northern Territory

 

Australia is becoming less attractive as a destination every day.  

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Net-casting spider (Deinopis subrufa) Male

Central Coast NSW Australia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bill W]

5 hours ago, sandrewn said:

Net-casting spider (Deinopis subrufa) Male

Central Coast NSW Australia

 

Are you kidding me, another Australian Spider.  And this one looks as if it could be the model for the spider pirate flag. 

[Bill W]

5 hours ago, sandrewn said:

Excuse my language, but what the fuck is this? 

 

 

 

[Bill W]

5 hours ago, sandrewn said:

Beware!  The Abominable Snow-Spider. 

 

[sandrewn]

26 minutes ago, Bill W said:

What the **** is this?

 

Some pics don't come with explanations. For this one, I have a couple of suggestions for you. Both are are based solely on the appearance of this one.

1. Casually drop a bar of latinum and see if it pounces and claims it as his.

or

2. Show him a picture of....

if he smiles and jumps for joy, he really is a long way from home.

The good news for you Bill W would be he is not another reason to skip Australia.

 

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[Bill W]

1 hour ago, sandrewn said:

Now that's one creepy looking spider. 

 

[Bill W]

1 hour ago, sandrewn said:

 

Is the red on the legs where something scraped off the covering?  That looks raw.  

 

 

[Bill W]

1 hour ago, sandrewn said:

 

Even though it the right colors, red and black, I don't think that's the University of Georgia mascot. 

 

 

[TalonRider]

22 hours ago, sandrewn said:

 

Some pics don't come with explanations. For this one, I have a couple of suggestions for you. Both are are based solely on the appearance of this one.

1. Casually drop a bar of latinum and see if it pounces and claims it as his.

or

2. Show him a picture of....

if he smiles and jumps for joy, he really is a long way from home.

The good news for you Bill W would be he is not another reason to skip Australia.

 

I was thinking more along the lines of an Orangutan Spider.

[sandrewn]

3 hours ago, TalonRider said:

I was thinking more along the lines of an Orangutan Spider.

Either  of our ideas would make Bill W happy. Yours, a continent or two away from Australia. Mine, a galaxy (or more)🖖.

Edited July 17, 2023 by sandrewn

[sandrewn]

6 hours ago, Bill W said:

Is the red on the legs where something scraped off the covering?  That looks raw.  

Don't know, looks like a tough little bugger! War paint, maybe?

 

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[Bill W]

1 hour ago, sandrewn said:

 

 

 

 

 

Other than having the correct amount of legs, those are some weird looking spiders.  The last one looks as if it has a twig for part of its body. 

 

 

 

[Jkeeletupelo]

On 11/6/2013 at 10:54 AM, JamesSavik said:

You posted this in the make us laugh thread. It sums up how I feel about spiders perfectly.

 

http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s546/James_Savik/spiders-dead_zps7f8de20b.jpg

Me too also. All indoor spiders must die. Immediately. By someone else's hand. If I have to fight a spider over it, the spider wins, every time. 

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Dancing White Lady Spider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Socotra island blue baboon

Socotra island blue baboon (Monocentropus balfouri). Native to sacotra island of the horn of africa.

 

 

Arrowhead Spider (Verrucosa arenata) aka Triangle Orbweaver

Taken a few years ago at Lake Lotus Park in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

 

 

 

[Bill W]

8 minutes ago, sandrewn said:

Socotra island blue baboon

Socotra island blue baboon (Monocentropus balfouri). Native to sacotra island of the horn of africa.

 

It sure is a pretty color blue, but a baboon?  I think some scientist screwed up big time. 

[Bill W]

11 minutes ago, sandrewn said:

 

Arrowhead Spider (Verrucosa arenata) aka Triangle Orbweaver

Taken a few years ago at Lake Lotus Park in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

 

A really bright shade of red, but that triangular body is kind of ridiculous.  

 

[Bill W]

29 minutes ago, sandrewn said:

If I ever saw a spider that large, I find a mail order flame thrower and let the UPS or FedEx delivery man figure out how it was going to get past the spider to give the flame thrower to me.  

 

 

Edited July 21, 2023 by Bill W

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Small white hair spider

Javier Rupérez (Almáchar, Málaga, Spain)

 

 

 

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After six months of speculation, we finally know what’s building these mysterious silk structures in the Amazon: A spider. But its precise identity is still a mystery that scientists are scrambling to solve as I write this.

 

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