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[–] 12 points 1 month ago

A friendly reminder that these cuties kill lots mosquitoes 🫶💕🕷

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I've got a couple as pets. They are genuinely wonderful little desk companions. My spider that recently passed gave me, let's not say new, but refreshed, perspective on the intelligence and self-awareness of arthropods.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    They are genuinely wonderful little desk companions.

    If you can get one on your computer screen you can make them hunt the mouse cursor. It's so damn cute!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    They pretty much only eat live-food, so mine hunts crickets, and the really little ones get wingless fruit flies.

    No need to get them on your screen.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Oh, that's just for play time with random jumping spiders I found. I think my brother had some Phidippus at one point, but I never "kept" jumping spiders myself. I kept tarantulas years ago, but these days I'm much better with true spiders.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 month ago

    Awh, damn. Compression hit this one hard.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    I have a stupid and strong fear of spiders, but this community is helping me appreciate them more. Especially the jumping spiders.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

    It looks sceptical somehow. :)

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

    Though it was my friend, I am was maybe not it's friend. I think it posed so well because it was defending itself / doing a display of aggression.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I don't think so. Jumping spiders are very intrigued by phone lenses. I'm pretty sure this one is more curious than scared. A scared jumping spider will usually jump away.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Probably Phidippus regius.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I love him! I've made him my wallpaper.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 month ago*

    Happy to send you the full res image somehow if you're interested. Have it in both RAW 50MB and jpeg 15MB.

    P.S. I'm not a photographer or anything so very touched someone would use a photo I took for something. 😋Thanks~

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