What's cuter than a jumping spider? Why, a juvenile jumping spider.
Tracy sent this link to me, knowing full well that my daughters would ooh-and-ahh at it's cuteness. And she was correct. Wired Magazine has done a spread of photos for their spider awards, and this juvenile Phidippus audax took took the award for the world's cutest spider. Just look at it, dusted up with pollen. Can you picture it frolicking among the wild flowers?
Photo source: Opo Terser (of course) via Wired
But just in case you're feeling too cuddly towards our arachnid friends, let me leave you with this image of a Goliath Bird-eating Tarantula (the world's largest spider, who has evidently mugged someone and stolen their cash and trusty ruler). A friend of mine was walking through the jungle outside a village near Curitiba, Brazil, when one of these ran into his leg. He actually felt the collision. And like a true arachnophobe, he ran for his life...and was pursued for more than a dozen yards...
Thanks for the link, Tracy!
Photo source: snakecollector via Wired
Nov 24, 2009
Spider Awards
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I saw a show on discovery about that Goliath Bird-Eating spider - which they claimed was feasting on chickens from a local farm in Peru... So a couple of years ago on a photo trek through the Amazon, we spend a whole week searching for an elusive specimen... with no luck. We did see a lot of tarantulas, but nothing this big, unfortunately :(
Oh, how cool!
I miss my pet tarantulas...can't wait till we live where I can have them again. :D
I've heard a few stories about these guys, and they seem pretty interesting. Ah, but then i looked at the picture a little too long, realized how GIGANTIC that thing is! I feel like there are bugs crawling on me now!
"We did see a lot of tarantulas, but nothing this big, unfortunately :(" WHAT??? I spend my time trying not to find such things!!
Aw no really, it's that big plus it CHASES you? Why oh why do I check this site before bed...
I've gotten chased by water bugs before but never spiders. Oy vay bugs give me the heebie jeebies.
eeep!! hugge spider!! tarantulassss are scary :o awsome picture tho.
Okay, I'll admit the pictures are cool but my instant reaction was "EWWWW GOOOOSSSSS!! RUN AWAY!!!"
...not a fan of spiders
i just shat myself over the size of that tarantula.
These spider pictures make me want to throw up and die. :(
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