Giant Spider Web Covered Forest

[wayoftheworld]

Old news, but spiders are cool as fuck.



Giant Spider Web in an East Texas State Park - 2007

Guatemalan Long-jawed Spider

Tetragnatha guatemalensis O. P.-Cambridge

Family Tetragnathidae - Long-jawed Orb Weavers

[noam]

very much fuck going near that place. i dont mind spiders at all... but a FOREST covered in that many of any insect/thing with 8legs and 8eyes is not a place for me!

why do spiders have 8eyes? do some have less?

[Motorway to Roswell]

It looks incredible, but, like Noam said, fuck going in there.

[wolf89]

I'm fine with spiders

but that picture makes me feel nervous. haha

Pretty awesome though

[DZA]

lowe it

[noam]

these creep me out the most

my best mate when i was a kid used to live in this block of flats, we'd always play footie against the wall in the courtyard and the wall was literally infested with these every spring/summer... they were MASSIVE when i was a kid, and seeing them walking upright in the grass scared the crap out of me.

[Motorway to Roswell]

these creep me out the most

my best mate when i was a kid used to live in this block of flats, we'd always play footie against the wall in the courtyard and the wall was literally infested with these every spring/summer... they were MASSIVE when i was a kid, and seeing them walking upright in the grass scared the crap out of me.

That pic is massively unsettling.

[ahier]

both those pictures have made me feel really itchy

[Motorway to Roswell]

Huntsman spiders are nasty.

[BLAHBLAHJAH]

WHOA! Turbo, like a decent version of disney land, nice one for sharing. Man it looks like it'd sound like being a vinyl

1% of spiders have 6 eyes You can see evolutionary trends in the migration/placement of eyes in spiders though (and nearly everything else in the wee beasts). Different spiders have 'very' different ways of living so naturally the eye placement has altered to give the greatest benefit for the purpose

One (nerd) thing though... The family Tetragnatha seems to favour orb webs rather than sheet webs (which over time can give the impression of being communal)

Can find webs like that though from most spiders when the babies start to bail out n stuff though
Would be swish to visit that place

[noam]

the one at the top is a sheet web is it not though??

[BLAHBLAHJAH]

Ayeee but the spider it says (Tetragnatha) doesn't make those

Legs for orb webs


Legs fo sheet webs


Got different spinnerets n shit too, unlikely to make that type of web
Summary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_silk#Types_of_silk

Used to be a proper nerd doing research and lectures on spider silk n stuff to people. Thankfully lost my virginity prior to that, otherwise it could've stuck for life

Spunky orb web spinnerets

[wayoftheworld]

these creep me out the most

my best mate when i was a kid used to live in this block of flats, we'd always play footie against the wall in the courtyard and the wall was literally infested with these every spring/summer... they were MASSIVE when i was a kid, and seeing them walking upright in the grass scared the crap out of me.

That's terrifying, man.

By 'footie' you mean ball? Ever splat a big cluster of them with the ball? Suppose that'd be a bit cruel, tho..

[hasezwei]

i have slight arachnophobia and this thread was okay until that infested wall came.
WHY DONT THEY JUST KILL EACH OTHER D:< spiders aren't supposed to live like that!
how would a wall covered in spiders make any sense from a spider's perspective?
sometimes i hate nature...

[nousd]

beautiful
I could live there

[dubloke]

these creep me out the most

my best mate when i was a kid used to live in this block of flats, we'd always play footie against the wall in the courtyard and the wall was literally infested with these every spring/summer... they were MASSIVE when i was a kid, and seeing them walking upright in the grass scared the crap out of me.

this makes me feel a bit sick...

[Sirius]

I've always liked daddy long legs!! they're chea as!!

crazy as fuck pic of the wall tho!

!!chea

[stephisaint]

these creep me out the most

my best mate when i was a kid used to live in this block of flats, we'd always play footie against the wall in the courtyard and the wall was literally infested with these every spring/summer... they were MASSIVE when i was a kid, and seeing them walking upright in the grass scared the crap out of me.

this makes me feel a bit sick...

I don't mind spiders too much but...

I hate when you see spiders chilling about in a room and when you go in the next day they've disappeared. Always wonder where they go...

[3rdeye]

That looks pretty epic tbh. Lord of The Rings stylee.

Huntsman spiders are nasty.

ahh not at all! they're big pussies really, but I wouldn't stick my finger in one's gob as they have big fangs.

It's the white-tailed, funnel web, and mouse spiders that give me the proper heebiejeebies. Some darkside arachnids right there

[Sirius]

im mighty glad we have no spiders like that here!!

would love to see them tho!

!!chea