Post spiders

File: rsz_img_20160924_110344.jpg (188KB, 747x1328px) Image search: [Google]

188KB, 747x1328px

mom

File: rsz_img_20160924_110740.jpg (42KB, 1328x747px) Image search: [Google]

42KB, 1328x747px

this is an ant mimic hiding in a rivet on my bus

File: rsz_img_20160924_110712.jpg (44KB, 747x1328px) Image search: [Google]

44KB, 747x1328px

see

File: rsz_img_20160924_110426.jpg (271KB, 747x1328px) Image search: [Google]

271KB, 747x1328px

jumping spiderbro in nebraska

>>2226041
I've always wondered if those occationally eat their own offspring by accident, or if they have some way of recognising them.

File: 20160919_125158.jpg (170KB, 1152x1920px) Image search: [Google]

170KB, 1152x1920px

Another shot of OP spider.. oklahoma/texas/missouri brown tarantula.. found outside of Tulsa

File: rsz_img_20160603_132650.jpg (172KB, 747x977px) Image search: [Google]

172KB, 747x977px

>>2226049
theyre so small i dont think it would even recognize them as prey.. they do eat other spiders but generally, at least as far as ive seen from trying to feed them things, they dont go for really small stuff

File: rsz_0531161008b_hdr.jpg (226KB, 747x1328px) Image search: [Google]

226KB, 747x1328px

>>2226058
another of this one

thats all ive got

File: IMG_20160924_113105.jpg (1MB, 2095x1994px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2095x1994px

just found this as im posting spiders

File: greenlynx.jpg (308KB, 640x480px) Image search: [Google]

308KB, 640x480px

>>2226062
You know, the fact that so many of spider pictures are out of focus or blurry, always remind me of the reactions of people with spiders.

Or how tiny they are>>2226046

>>2226064
i wish i had a nice camera to photograph them but my phone takes bad pics of really small ones.. the bigger ones generall come out alright but if i have to zoom theyre blurry evri tiem

File: spider-mirror.png (700KB, 966x640px) Image search: [Google]

700KB, 966x640px

>>2226065
Same problem I have.

Specially with jumping spiders, that never stop moving.

>>2226066
thats great! did it really dance?????

>>2226035
Pretty attractive for a tarantula owner, certainly a pleasant change from all the 50-year-old, glasses-wearing, balding Germans with prog rock t-shirts tucked into their jeans

>>2226074
thanks.. shes my wife, we found that crawling on the side of a barn

File: medium.jpg (57KB, 500x333px) Image search: [Google]

57KB, 500x333px

>>2226069
They do, its amazing.

File: 2016-09-24 19.14.14.jpg (172KB, 1448x1058px) Image search: [Google]

172KB, 1448x1058px

I fucking love spiders
It's sadly a hobby that's not really accepted tho..

here is one of my juvenile P. regius females

File: 2016-09-24 19.13.41.jpg (90KB, 1040x636px) Image search: [Google]

90KB, 1040x636px

>>2226092

File: tumblr_n4oo3dwYv41sq1114o1_1280.jpg (135KB, 796x550px) Image search: [Google]

135KB, 796x550px

Got a pair of Phidippus regius and a pair of Hyllus diardi recently. They are absolutely adorable and they, dare I say it, seem to have personalities. Also holy fuck how can such a small animal eat so much?

>>2226074
>tfw Terraristika Hamm

>>2226098
>holy fuck how can such a small animal eat so much?
this, I am amazed at how much they eat without getting a fat abdomen, while my other spiders eat one fucking small Drosophila and swell up like a tennisball

File: untitled.webm (3MB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 1280x720px

>>2226104
Mine get house flies, several. They don't give a fuck, they keep eating them.

Here's a little excerpt of a video I'm working on.

>>2226111
Sweeeeet

We need more spider threads that arent just "what kind is this"

>>2226111
nice
mine are smaller than yours, they are still smaller than a house fly, none the less, they take flies without a problem

File: untitled2.webm (2MB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1280x720px

>>2226127
I gave the H. diardi some bluebottle flies that were larger than them too. No problem for them at all. Now I just have to wait until they're hungry again so I can film them hunt. I want all of them to be in the video.

File: 2016-09-24 19.11.49.jpg (124KB, 1142x1058px) Image search: [Google]

124KB, 1142x1058px

>>2226129
kekked at the vid, now it just needs the "to be continued music"
Also, beautiful light colored female, absolutely stunning

How do the diardi compare to the P. regius? Are they also very active?

File: IMG_9655.jpg (302KB, 1200x800px) Image search: [Google]

302KB, 1200x800px

>>2226147
It has the music in the actual video, 4chan just doesn't allow sound in webms.
I'd say the Hyllus are less active, more relaxed in a way. They like to just watch stuff. To be fair the regius run around pretty much non stop though. Mine also don't go after food quite as viciously.

Also I'm really tempted to get some arboreal tarantula now. I just don't know if I should start with something common and like A. versicolor or just go straight for a Poecilotheria.

>>2226098

What do you feed the little guys?

>>2226173
I only have subadults at the moment and those get house and bluebottle flies. I heard the slings take small Drosophila and pea aphids, later you can switch to big Drosophila and then to flies.

>>2226176

I guess they'd pretty much eat any little bug, though, right?

Do you just toss em' in and let em' go at it, or do you have to chuck em' in a web or some shit?

>>2226180
If it moves and it's roughly the right size (meaning up to their size or slightly larger) it's food.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhWpkYVPnV0

And jumping spiders don't build webs to catch prey, they, well, jump at it.

File: 2016-09-24 19.13.01.jpg (157KB, 1056x1460px) Image search: [Google]

157KB, 1056x1460px

>>2226157
thanks, that's what I thought
I heard they were more passive

If would just go for a Poecilotheria to be honest, as long as you are not a noob.
I've always got the species I wanted, not the "common or starter ones" before.

but watch out, Poecilotheria are very fast and relatively agressive

Also, what camera/lense do you use, I'm looking for something to take good macro pics with.
My old camera is broken and my mobilephone takes shitty pics if the "model" is very tiny and under artificial light, as you can see by looking at pics I tried to take of my Nephila slings

>>2226182
>jumping spiders don't build webs to catch prey
but they build cute little "socks" to sleep in

Why do you cucks say the scientific names instead of the common names? You sound like fags.

>>2226189
because every spider has like 50 common names, and many of them are applied to multiple species.

you might as well call everything just a spider if you use common names.

>>2226189
>Common names

Yes I too remember being 12

File: 15641557435_569b82b035_k.jpg (888KB, 2048x1365px) Image search: [Google]

888KB, 2048x1365px

I have tons of spider pics :)

>>2226191
Is that why you trip too, fag?

>>2226192
Yes, yes, i suppose you do the same for the food you eat, and when describing your hipster $3,000 ultralight bicycle you verbally break it down into its component parts so your fellow collegiate hipster friends can understand exactly what youre talking about right?

File: 16304719294_f91c0295c0_k.jpg (975KB, 2048x1365px) Image search: [Google]

975KB, 2048x1365px

It's my 1st time here in 4chan... hope i'm posting things right.

1 more picture, hope you like it

>>2226199
the hell are you talking about?

>>2226202
love your pics!
do you have more?

Not sure if im replying...

Thank you.
Yes, I have more... I realy like to photograph bugs and have a lot of pictures from spiders.

I search for them in the wild and dont touch them so they can keep with their lives xD

test

File: Latrodectus_variolus_(Northern_Black_Widow),_F_Theridiidae.jpg (1MB, 1500x1445px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 1500x1445px

>>2226180
They dont eat armored bugs like beatles or weevils.

They jump at them, but they dont bite them.

That goes for the small ones, a Phidippus can probably eat anything.

>>2226157
You can post webm with music on /wsg/, want me some roundabout.

Poecilotheria its more active and harder to take care, its almost not a tarantula, but a huntsman, Versicolors are more calm.

File: 14741179917_36f2d113e1_k.jpg (743KB, 2048x1110px) Image search: [Google]

743KB, 2048x1110px

>>2226206
Sorry about my last message people

One more picture to redeem myself :P

>>2226212
>>2226208
awesome

can you post more please? Your pics are absolutely stunning

File: tumblr_n7mtnpO6Sk1sfkjgyo1_1280.jpg (334KB, 1280x853px) Image search: [Google]

334KB, 1280x853px

>>2226199
literally no one cares about what you have to say, just stay quiet or end your existence

Off topic:
Well guys, i only heard bad things about 4chan... but this is actually really interesting

Excuse me about my english... but there is a way i can save the topics I want to follow?

File: tumblr_nb8a749Fzw1sfkjgyo1_1280.jpg (471KB, 1280x853px) Image search: [Google]

471KB, 1280x853px

>>2226215
no go away

File: pheidole3.jpg (107KB, 640x427px) Image search: [Google]

107KB, 640x427px

>>2226129
>>2226111
Damn they're cute.
How old can they get?
I'm not much of an arachnid keeper I'm more into ants and centipedes.

File: 11873512236_33db378e48_k.jpg (1MB, 2048x1603px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2048x1603px

>>2226216
I dont think so, in dont know much about spider but i like them too, so...

>>2226213

>>2226217
>How old can they get?
max 1.5 - 2 years
mostly they live about 9 months after their final molt

>>2226223
Well that sucks guess you'll have to breed them then.

File: 14851161781_3df4553206_k.jpg (1MB, 2048x1365px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2048x1365px

>>2226217
Ive some ant pictures too, but I think this is not the right place to post it

File: Argiope_egg_sac.jpg (758KB, 1884x1716px) Image search: [Google]

758KB, 1884x1716px

>>2226220
wow, that is awesome
more please!

File: Messor spec2.jpg (119KB, 1024x801px) Image search: [Google]

119KB, 1024x801px

>>2226228
>tfw these used to be everywhere in your village but now they're all but extinct for some reason

>>2226226
oh what species?

File: IMG_3273.jpg (748KB, 1200x800px) Image search: [Google]

748KB, 1200x800px

>>2226186
>>2226211
I have a dozen centipedes, I think I can handle "fast and agressive". Well that settles it, P. metallica, here I come.

I use an old Eos 7D (not the MK2) and a Tokina 100mm ATX Pro D. Phone cameras have gotten decent for macro stuff with a close up lens attached. Not SLR level of course but you can take some nice pics with most modern cameras if you attach one of those.

File: 15641563815_e85247126c_k.jpg (780KB, 2048x1311px) Image search: [Google]

780KB, 2048x1311px

>>2226228
I really like that picture, I dont have any with the egg sac.

File: IMG_3557.jpg (865KB, 800x1200px) Image search: [Google]

865KB, 800x1200px

>>2226188
My P. regius do that, the Hyllus for some reason don't. The male did for molting but he abandoned that a few days later.

Also I found this cutie in Costa Rica, does anyone have an idea what it could be?

File: IMG_9601.jpg (2MB, 2435x1642px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2435x1642px

>>2226230
I will only post these 2 picture, the others are from the same specie... but I dont know the names, sry... Just like to take pictures.

File: IMG_9607.jpg (2MB, 2504x1597px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2504x1597px

>>2226230

>>2226215
>i only heard bad things about 4chan...

It's all true.

Every bit of it...

The only good thing about 4Chan is that it's largely unfiltered.

>>2226241
>>2226242
Yeah that's a Messor spec.
Where did you take those pics? Spain?

>>2226244
Cmon man 4chan isn't that bad outside of shitposting boards like /b/,/v/ and /pol/.

The smaller boards are decent.

File: 13829055585_6934156f80_k.jpg (979KB, 2048x1365px) Image search: [Google]

979KB, 2048x1365px

>>2226231
Nice photo!!! Never seen one of those
I use a Canon 600d+100mm 2.8 USM (NOT the L)

>>2226244
>>2226245
Thanks for de feedback xD

I did all my pictures in Portugal

File: IMG_2513.jpg (775KB, 1200x800px) Image search: [Google]

775KB, 1200x800px

>>2226246
Sadly I have no idea what it is specifically. It's a huntsman but I can't say anything else about it, I suck at determining spiders.

>>2226247
hows Portugal outside of the tourist season?

>>2226251
It really depends where you are. Portugal is a small country but its a great place to live, with many different things to visit.

>>2226251
Portugal is not only Porto, Lisbon and Algarve... there are beautyfull places to visit that even in the tourist season are kinda empy... and I hope it keeps like that

>>2226250
I dont know too, I just like to take pictures

File: IMG_2978.jpg (804KB, 1200x800px) Image search: [Google]

804KB, 1200x800px

Didn't realize I had this many spider pictures from Costa Rica.

File: IMG_3142.jpg (978KB, 1200x800px) Image search: [Google]

978KB, 1200x800px

>>2226256
These fishing spiders were really common though.

File: IMG_9651.jpg (152KB, 1200x800px) Image search: [Google]

152KB, 1200x800px

>>2226257
This guy was only 3 mm or so long but the colors were so reflective he was basically glowing.

File: IMG_3237.jpg (443KB, 1200x675px) Image search: [Google]

443KB, 1200x675px

>>2226258

>>2226254
I've got family members with huge mansions there, but what place is worth visiting in terms of food and wildlife?

File: 28066577002_ef5a549ede_o.jpg (538KB, 1200x675px) Image search: [Google]

538KB, 1200x675px

>>2226260

>>2226261
>but what place is worth visiting in terms of food and wildlife?

I would say "Alentejo" for beautifull beaches with a small number of people "Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês"... I think tha tin Portugal you can find good food anywhere

>>2226129
kek

File: latrodectus_sp.jpg (256KB, 1196x543px) Image search: [Google]

256KB, 1196x543px

>>2226235
Thats a Linyphiidae, by the eye placement and body shape.

Best picture I ever seen of one.

File: 26053628143_d2220fb47d_o.jpg (530KB, 1200x675px) Image search: [Google]

530KB, 1200x675px

>>2226262
Thank you. It was really hard to get a decent picture because I literally was unable to distinguish the spider from the background even though you can clearly see it in the image.
Like I said, I suck at spiders. Any idea what those super elongated spinnerets could be for?

File: 26657649435_d655719b0a_o.jpg (404KB, 1200x675px) Image search: [Google]

404KB, 1200x675px

>>2226268
Linked the wrong post like an idiot, meant >>2226266

>>2226264
I don't like beaches, I prefer main land.

are all natives hungry for western cock or is that just my experience?

>>2226270
>Portugal
>Not a western nation

>>2226270
>western cock
your home is east of portugal

>>2226280
north east*
just to be exact

>>2226270
Check "parque natural do geres"

Some natives are hungry for cock. xD

File: hqdefault.jpg (20KB, 480x360px) Image search: [Google]

20KB, 480x360px

>>2226279

File: diplurid.jpg (236KB, 640x503px) Image search: [Google]

236KB, 640x503px

>>2226269
I noticed, spinnerets are for silk manipulation, like some extra fingers around the butt.

Funnel weavers use it to build the tunnel like web, its probably an arborean funnel maker.

File: 14381026495_651873fca0_k.jpg (1MB, 2048x1541px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2048x1541px

Just a random spider pic passing by

File: 28040078695_8fe2a15b11_o.jpg (810KB, 1200x800px) Image search: [Google]

810KB, 1200x800px

>>2226285
I did find it on a tree so that could be possible.

File: IMG_0246.jpg (493KB, 1200x800px) Image search: [Google]

493KB, 1200x800px

Last pic from me.
Shhh, no, don't say anything, I know.

>>2226048
so fuzzy

File: 187.jpg (309KB, 1600x1215px) Image search: [Google]

309KB, 1600x1215px

>>2226390
You think so?

Watch this.

>>2226292
that's not a spider fampai

File: IMG_20140714_204119.jpg (1MB, 2592x1944px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2592x1944px

From Peru

>>2226729
Was he fast?

File: 1459372135910.jpg (24KB, 138x182px) Image search: [Google]

24KB, 138x182px

>this thread

File: 8196850084_fbd54be65c_k.jpg (1MB, 2048x1171px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2048x1171px

>>2226791
Well maybe the spiders don't like you either.

>>2226797
thats pretty deep desu

I saw a green spider today.

it was a good day

>>2227169
Noice

File: Ogre Spider.jpg (207KB, 1280x850px) Image search: [Google]

207KB, 1280x850px

>>2226992
SPIDERS ARE LIKE ONIONS

File: greenlynxeating.jpg (553KB, 842x714px) Image search: [Google]

553KB, 842x714px

>>2226064
Is this close enough for you?

>>2226111
>there's an even smaller bug on the piece of bark

>>2226262
the fuck is that under the leaf? Spores? What does that spider have to hide?

File: Snapchat-1007707835980815437.jpg (307KB, 1080x1776px) Image search: [Google]

307KB, 1080x1776px

one of mine
around two years old

File: 2016-07-24 14.38.30.jpg (1MB, 1920x2560px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 1920x2560px

>>2227177
Yes it is.

I love Lynx spiders, they have this old world feeling to them.

File: IMG_20140705_214722.jpg (805KB, 2592x1944px) Image search: [Google]

805KB, 2592x1944px

>>2226762
Pretty much, I tried to take it out with a broom, the fucker went under the sink.
Sorry for potato quality

File: IMG_20140705_214713.jpg (971KB, 2592x1944px) Image search: [Google]

971KB, 2592x1944px

>>2227493

>>2227405
What species?

>>2227493
Why are houses in South America always so filthy? Every single time I see a picture posted here it looks like a complete pigsty.

>>2227493
do you live in a favela?

File: casaviña.jpg (43KB, 640x360px) Image search: [Google]

43KB, 640x360px

>>2227555
Confirmation bias.

>>2227494
Tomaste esa foto cerca de Cusco o en el norte?

File: DSC_0120.jpg (2MB, 3840x2160px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3840x2160px

>>2227500
Lasiodora parahybana

also got this one
a brachypelma boehmei
roughly the same age

File: IMG_20140601_142142.jpg (1MB, 2560x1440px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2560x1440px

>>2227555
>>2227569
>>2227752
I spent 3 months there (Lagunas, Loreto)

File: IMG_20140531_105644.jpg (570KB, 2560x1440px) Image search: [Google]

570KB, 2560x1440px

>>2228623
Inside

File: 2016-07-24 12.26.39.jpg (631KB, 1920x2560px) Image search: [Google]

631KB, 1920x2560px

>>2228625
In the middle of the Peruvian Amazonas.

I was thinking to go there.

Any recommendation?

File: hound.jpg (10KB, 182x150px) Image search: [Google]

10KB, 182x150px

>>2227493
now THAT is a spider

File: 20160924_181506.jpg (2MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 4032x3024px

>>2226035
OC
This cutie decided to make a web at my front door. Also, took this right before she laid her egg sac.

File: IMG_20160926_205010.jpg (1MB, 3264x1836px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 3264x1836px

he came out for the debate last night. blew on him and he ran down the side of the chair and under it.

> what did he mean by this?

File: 20160924_181939.jpg (2MB, 3024x4032px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3024x4032px

>>2228939
PS sorry for tilted image. Its the only unedited one I have.

File: IMG_20160926_204926.jpg (1MB, 3264x1836px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 3264x1836px

>>2228940
w flash

>>2226053
Cute

>>2226392
It's a tiny sheep! What species is this adorable individual?

>>2226058
>>2226060

I don't recognize it, but
I like this one
(still get those hunting spiders confused)

>>2228967
It's a wolf. Hogna, I think.

File: 188.jpg (321KB, 1600x1238px) Image search: [Google]

321KB, 1600x1238px

>>2228952
Ballinae.

File: SAM_0305.jpg (508KB, 1928x1436px) Image search: [Google]

508KB, 1928x1436px

>>2226035
a spider of jumping

File: Male-peacock-spider.png (1021KB, 942x768px) Image search: [Google]

1021KB, 942x768px

Man big spiders with those creepy legs freak me out

But I like little bity ones
What would you even house them in? I'd love to get some maratus volans and just observe their crazy behaviors

>>2226053
What the hell are these? I see them around my home area. Also, I fookin' love these little guys.

File: 5ad8dbe015a2436fd27901bcfc8ef99c.jpg (287KB, 491x640px) Image search: [Google]

287KB, 491x640px

>>2229702
Phidippus audax. same as this one>>2229643

>>2229697
A small enclosure would do, those things are millimetric.

>>2229706
Phidippus audax is my friend.

File: IMG_0498[1].jpg (2MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 4032x3024px

Can anyone tell me what spider this is? They're everywhere at my uncles house.
I live in Australia

>>2229754
I've seen a number of P. audax around, but they've been pretty avoidant of human contact. Which is probably a good thing for them, but I would've liked to handle them longer as they're so damn cute.

>>2227175
WOT
ARE YE DOIN
IN MY WEB?

File: IMG_20160911_231838.jpg (869KB, 1776x1777px) Image search: [Google]

869KB, 1776x1777px

taken with shitty nip brand point-n-shoot in shitty wannabe nip country

File: SAM_0311.jpg (290KB, 1192x1060px) Image search: [Google]

290KB, 1192x1060px

>>2229702

>>2226063
haha that's a weird spider

How do I get over my distaste/fear of spiders?
Exposure?

I cant stand anything 8-legged walking over me if its bigger than 1 or 2mm.
Any spooders I find in the house are defenestrated from 3rd story onto the lawn.
I dont kill them, because a)I dont want to clean spider guts from the walls, and b)I have irrational fear that doing so may come bite me in the ass, maybe even literally. Also, Im a nice guy.

I can pinpoint exact moment my whole fear/disgust begun.
I was few years old fucker, liked nature and animals.
Reading magazine based on 'Animals of Farthing Wood'.
An article about venomous animals.
Open it up.
About 80% of A4 page filled with single giant photo of a black widow.
Text about how its one of more venomous spiders around and how it likes to spin its webs in toilets.

To this day I cant shit in peace if I dont thoughtfully check my toilet seat for any interlopers.
And we dont even have black widows here!

I still have that magazine, pages stapled together to not open it by accident. I can dig it out if anyone wants to see it.

tl:dr blogposting

File: Spiders_f1792c_5472195.jpg (100KB, 522x600px) Image search: [Google]

100KB, 522x600px

>>2230643
The exposure thing works but not for everybody. For some people it just makes it worse which is why you should see a professional to do it.

One thing you can do that would be relatively harmless is going to a local reptile/exotic pet expo (the most "reptile" shows also have other stuff). There'll be lots of tarantula breeders there, with a lot of spiders of different sizes in small containers that you can easily see. If you nope the fuck outta there then you might need to see someone but maybe you'll even see one that you think looks pretty (and there are some really pretty spooders out there).

In that case write the name down, inform yourself (ask the guy selling them and/or go on the internet) and get one or two of those as a baby spider and watch your little babbies grow. I think if you see them, watch them grow, feed them and so on they'll become much less scary over time.

File: 1468439457809.jpg (482KB, 1280x1127px) Image search: [Google]

482KB, 1280x1127px

>>2230687
You just gave me an excuse to post this.

>>2230531
SEIG HEIL

File: kawaii.jpg (401KB, 1280x1127px) Image search: [Google]

401KB, 1280x1127px

>>2230691

File: AH-Longjawed-Orb-Weaver-Opadometa-sp-Maliau-Basin-Borneo-8055.jpg (71KB, 880x587px) Image search: [Google]

71KB, 880x587px

>>2230643
a friend of mine was absolutely terrified by spiders, even by small ones.
But I pretty much cured her by watching my spiders and explaining/showing her some of their extraordinary behaviors.

She is now fascinated by them, but still don't want to have spiders in her flat. At least she is now able to catch and release them without shitting her pants.

She still hates the one with long legs, but strangely fine with sitting in the room where my adult Nephilas hang freely in the corners. She also dislikes whip spiders. "They look like fucking harvestmen from another planet"

and this shit is coming from a girl that snorkels with whalesharks

so maybe you should talk to a tarantula breeder, like >>2230687
suggested and learn a bit more about spiders

>>2230643
Post it for memetic value.
>Pic with pages stapled
>Pic of spoopy spooder

>>2227175
>those red dots in the black abyss

Holy shit dude. Fucking scary.

Also, good to see love for jumping spiders in this thread. I used to keep them as a kid and feed them crickets/moths/other spiders. I remember one time I tossed a huge harvestman in with a female I had, and she rode him like a bull until he fell over, and them dragged him up the side of her cage like a cheetah and ate him. Neat as hell.

>>2230643
Don't worry man. I love spiders, but to this day I don't let any of them on me (not including picking them up and carrying them somewhere). I hate the feeling of bugs on my skin and I'm afraid they'll like, run inside my shirt or onto my back and I'll panic and kill them.

I was bit by a brown recluse as a kid and had to go to the hospital, which is probably where my fear stems from.

>>2230696
Aw shit I see it, kek

>>2230687
>>2230704
>going to a local reptile/exotic pet expo
I think I will, if I find one close enough. Classmate used to rise spiders, either tarantulas or birdeaters. Maybe I should try contacting him.

And don't get me wrong, I understand that spiders can be fascinating.
Its just that some of them take shapes that I REALLY don't agree with.
What are those?
Thin legs+fat abdomen creep the living hell out of me. So, as far as my knowledge of spiders go, most if not all orb weavers.>>2230704 certainly looks colorful and extraordinary, but I wouldn't want to be anywhere near it. Shit is surreal.
Also, anything that moves faster than 1cm/s makes me weary, because the only thing worse than finding a spider in your home is loosing one.

Tarantulas are kind of burly, so at least in anatomy department they make sense. Look kinda slow and lazy(dont really know if its the case ), so not too threatening. They however intimidate with size. And fangs.

Jumping spiders are nice. As far as I know they tend to be on the smaller side. They may be fast, but are cute. Often colorful, with big eyes and interesting behavior, they don't feel threatening at all.

File: IMG_0001.jpg (2MB, 2468x3414px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2468x3414px

>>2230706
I dug it out, and Im sorry to say, but I may exaggerated it a bit.
There are no staples.
I probably however DID entertain a thought of stapling, taping or gluing those pages together.
Photo is 'only' 1/8 of A4 page.
I guess in my younger selfs minds it was a lot bigger deal than it really was.
Still, just look at it! There are five illustrations on the page, but one is WAY more menacing than the others. Can you guess which one it is? Yeah, a fucking spider.
The fact article sounds like it was written by arachnophobe doesn't help a bit.

"Trap in an outhouse.
The black widow spider from North America is one of the most terryfying creatures in the world.
One bite and victim is suffering in terrible pains, often loosing breath.
Sometimes, he dies.
Villagers always carefully inspect toilets, because this spider like to spin its web on toilet bowl"

Shit like this written in magazine for kids that includes a comic, jokes section, arts&crafts, fun&games section, stickers and a coloring page.
You can't make this shit up.

>>2230776
Looks like you're from kurwaland, you have lots of exotic pet breeders and local shows. Just go to one and talk to people or look around on facebook. You can also order online, if shipping to you takes less than 3 days it's no problem at all. Take a look through these here for example: http://www.thespidershop.co.uk/

And man that magazine is full of shit.

File: image.jpg (475KB, 1850x1763px) Image search: [Google]

475KB, 1850x1763px

Oc spider here, saw him on a metal fence this summer. I've posted him a few times

>>2229697
*tips abdomen

M'lady

>>2230696
Where's the spider?

>>2230780
That's hilarious. 10/10

>>2230780
>"Trap in an outhouse.
>The black widow spider from North America is one of the most terryfying creatures in the world.
>One bite and victim is suffering in terrible pains, often loosing breath.
>Sometimes, he dies.
>Villagers always carefully inspect toilets, because this spider like to spin its web on toilet bowl"
While all of this is true (save for the toilet part, perhaps), they should have bothered adding that they basically never bite.

>>2230643
>How do I get over my distaste/fear of spiders?
>Exposure?

Education.

First, realize that we are biologically programmed to view certain animals with suspicion, if not fear, as this helps us avoid interacting with potentially venomous animals, like spiders or snakes.

Second, you must realize that logic should dictate what you are suspicious or fearful of, and not base instinct, as base instinct doesn't rely on facts or logic, and is an inferior method of selecting courses of action when interacting with the environment.

Lastly, educate yourself on spiders, and the benefit they serve to the environment in general, and to humans in particular. With knowledge, you will discover that the overwhelming majority of spiders don't have venom that is dangerous to humans, you will find that they tend to only bite humans out of self defense and would much rather run away from us, and you will find that they help us, as a species, by preying on insects that spread disease vectors harmful to humans, and insects that are harmful to human crops.

With logic as your guide, you should be able to realize that spiders are far from detrimental, but helpful to us as a species, and nothing to fear. Instead of looking upon them with irrational fear, you should learn to look upon them with respect for the job they're doing to help us survive.

Everyone shits themselves at black widow, but I heard their venom is not lethal to humans. Which one is the truth?

>>2231236
The venom of a black widow can certainly be fatal to humans, however, most people survive.

>>2226063
>>2226292
seeing that other arachnids are being posted as well, I'm assuming I can also post these little teleporting rascals

File: 2016-10-02 08.33.56.jpg (1013KB, 1884x1566px) Image search: [Google]

1013KB, 1884x1566px

>>2232269
forgot the damn pic

File: goliath_bird_eating_spider___therphosa_blondi_by_princeofprawnasia-d5jnggf.jpg (128KB, 900x600px) Image search: [Google]

128KB, 900x600px

>>2232270
fuck tailless whip scorpions
i know theyre harmless but god damn

>>2233711
Isn't it a vinegaroon?

>>2232270
what those stupid things lack in actual venom make up for it in the ungodly hatred department