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[OC] A little jumping spider.

I remember when I was trying to take this photo the spider jumped on the lens and I might have screamed.

#spider #jumpingspider #arachnid #macro #fediphoto365 #pixelfed365

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[–] 9 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Aww, jumping spiders are spider bros. They are surprisingly smart. Them and wolf spiders get free roam of my house and garden.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    They are so smart. You can keep jumping spiders as pets and they exhibit social behaviors with humans, even ones in the wild are able to learn specific people and will just chill with you.

    I like to befriend them and let them play by jumping around my fingers.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The only spiders I kill are the yellow sac spiders because they will bite you in your sleep and cause a nasty infection. It happened to me once.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    Brown recluses and black widows are instant squish (both are prevalent here). I didn't even know about yellow sac spiders (we apparently have those too) but they look close enough to brown recluses that they are fortunately/unfortunately going to meet the same fate.

    I'm disappointed that I don't have many orb weavers this year.

    Edit: Big black widow I found at work a couple weeks ago (where I was sticking my hands).

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    But why black widows? They are super useful at pest control and like all spiders just leave them be and they want nothing to do with you.

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

    They're only included because they sometimes live in spaces I'm having to blindly stick my arm in. And we just don't have the kind of trust. I probably just need to get some elbow length gloves for when I feel their webs (it feels different than other spider webs).

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