sandrewn Posted July 14, 2023 Posted July 14, 2023 Scientists have discovered seven new Australian spiders, including a new tarantula, in the Northern Territory Northern Green Jumping Spider ( Male ) 1
Bill W Posted July 14, 2023 Posted July 14, 2023 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. 1 2
sandrewn Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 Net-casting spider (Deinopis subrufa) Male Central Coast NSW Australia 2
Bill W Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 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. 3
Bill W Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 5 hours ago, sandrewn said: Excuse my language, but what the fuck is this? 2
Bill W Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 5 hours ago, sandrewn said: Beware! The Abominable Snow-Spider. 2
sandrewn Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 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. 2
Bill W Posted July 17, 2023 Posted July 17, 2023 1 hour ago, sandrewn said: Now that's one creepy looking spider. 2
Bill W Posted July 17, 2023 Posted July 17, 2023 1 hour ago, sandrewn said: Is the red on the legs where something scraped off the covering? That looks raw. 2
Bill W Posted July 17, 2023 Posted July 17, 2023 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. 2
Site Moderator TalonRider Posted July 17, 2023 Site Moderator Posted July 17, 2023 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. 2
sandrewn Posted July 17, 2023 Posted July 17, 2023 (edited) 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 3
sandrewn Posted July 17, 2023 Posted July 17, 2023 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? 2
Bill W Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 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. 1 1
Jkeeletupelo Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 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. 1 1
sandrewn Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 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. 1
Bill W Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 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. 3
Bill W Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 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. 1 1
Bill W Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) 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 2
sandrewn Posted July 22, 2023 Posted July 22, 2023 Small white hair spider Javier Rupérez (Almáchar, Málaga, Spain) We Went to the Amazon to Find Out What Makes These Weird Web-Tower Things 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. We Went to the Amazon to Find Out What Makes These Weird Web-Tower Things | WIRED 1 2
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