Spider Appreciation Thread

[microrobert]

An Orb-weaver spider, Argiope spider.

[microrobert]

Australian garden orb weaver spider

[microrobert]

Goliath birdeater

[Linebacker]

Gigantic spiders are cool.A lot of people are scared of them today,I was once too,but I decided to confront the fear and study them,and now the fear is gone.

I actually went to the zoo and held one of these In my hand.

[Steve-O]

Indian blue tarntula

[Linebacker]

Indian blue tarntula

A lot of people mistake them for Cobalt blue.But the difference is the yellow knee caps.Cobalt Blues are solid blue with no other colors.

[microrobert]

Underside of a Diadem Spider

[Dandelion]

Of course you would open it with a picture of the highly aggressive highly venomous cobalt blue tarantula. Not deadly though, but the pain is excruciating should you be bitten and those spiders don't allow themselves to be handled easily. They are also swift when and if they strike, and they are very easily provoked. Some people keep those as pets.

EDIT: Correction the fifth spider is one.

[microrobert]

Wolf spider with a sac of eggs

[microrobert]

Garden Spider (Araneus pallidus)