Comments on: The Most Beautiful Spider in the World (20 pics)

By: Mvseverance

Mvseverance — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:13:00 +0000

Dear arachnophobes: you do realize that most spiders’ fangs are too weak and small to actually hurt or poison anyone, correct?

I mean, I still keep my distance from spiders in the wild, just as I would any other wild animal, but I don’t find pictures of spiders to be any more heartattack-inducing than pictures of mountain lions.

Also, I always marvel at the fact that people are squemish about spiders having eight legs, but not at octopi.

By: Mvseverance

Mvseverance — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:06:00 +0000

The (incredibly false) belief that spiders lay their eggs in people and animals is unfortunately very common. :/

By: John J. Peloquin

John J. Peloquin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 23:29:00 +0000

They don’t lay their eggs in other animals. They spin a silk cocoon and many spiders protect their eggs.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:22:00 +0000

Crap, why did I tried to see through your eyes…

By: Kylesmithphotography82

Kylesmithphotography82 — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:44:00 +0000

Amazing shots. I started doing macro photography of spiders lately. Love all the Jumpign spider species.

Dimorphic Jumping Spider, Maevia inclemens

http://www.gather.com/viewSlideshow.action?albumId=32030

wolf spider

http://www.gather.com/viewSlideshow.action?albumId=32031

By: zompie

zompie — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:43:00 +0000

Can’t unseee, the four eyes look like two eyes and two giant nostrils.

By: Kelly Burningham

Kelly Burningham — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:32:15 +0000

Last summer I was sitting on my deck and one jumped towards me and onto me, every time I tried to brush it away it’d jump onto my other hand and up closer towards me. They are both kind of scary and kind of cute, but are also aggressive stalkers and are truly amazing little spiders.

By: Glen Smith

Glen Smith — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:49:51 +0000

We have some absolutely gorgeous spcemins of Daddy Long Legs Spider (Pholcus Phalangioides according to Wikipedia, also known as the Cellar Spider) at my house, particularly up around the cornice in the bathroom. Frequently I have to pick one of them up off my shower stall’s floor with a piece of old cardboard I have since purposefully left lying around for the job before having a shower because they seem to like it down there for some reason (they may be drinking the leftover shower water). I absolutely love them and whilst my mother doesn’t particularly like them (she’d prefer it if I put them outside), as long as I don’t make a big deal out of them she tends to forget about them, meaning they stay in the house and so I get to watch them go about their buisness…

By: jodie

jodie — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:41:19 +0000

I hate spiders. I abhor all insects. Childhood trauma.. You know..

But spiders freak me out the most. I’m so glad I have a cat that eats them if they somehow make their way into my apartment.

By: buslady

buslady — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:37:16 +0000

Arachna: you are seriously uneducated about spiders.

Jumpers are awesome!!!