05-09-2024, 05:16 AM
This post was last modified 05-09-2024, 05:42 AM by CCoburn.
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I'd have to agree with Nerb here. With CGI these days and now with the introduction of AI, users are fabricating all kinds of crazy content to get those all-important views. It doesn't necessarily mean it's fake though just like being paranoid doesn't necessarily mean someone is watching you, but they could be(X-Files - paraphrased).
I was also under the impression that exoskeleton, biological mechanics, and weight were limiting factors in how large a spider can become. It is true though that king crabs also having an exoskeleton can have leg spans up to five feet, but I think the difference here is that things weigh less in the water - the force of buoyancy acting upon a body, so perhaps these huge crabs partially equate to a form of massive ocean spider because the environment allows for it.
When I was a kid living in the sticks I used to see these huge black and yellow orb weaving spiders - ominous looking things they are. The biggest I had seen up to that point. I would feed them large grasshoppers. At first from a book I had thought maybe they were Banana Spiders since some varieties look somewhat similar, but later found out that they are actually called Garden Spiders.
Aside from Tarantulas the Huntsmans of Australia get quite large and are very fast like Wolf Spiders. I often see Wolf Spiders in the house here and I mostly just leave them and usually never see the same one again, or sometimes I will scoop them up in a container and put them outside, but I never kill them.
I think most house spiders won't attack/bite humans unprovoked and are generally not any kind of threat. You do have to watch out for Widows and Recluses though which are fairly venomous.
Earwigs should be much more of a concern than most house spiders. They will bite you and start feeding off of minor cuts and abrasions if you're not paying attention, but you'll feel it eventually like a mild electric shock, and spiders will eat those, so...
Jumping Spiders are one of the coolest and most intelligent arachnids ever. I had one living on my bedroom screen all spring and summer one year. It must have been a good feeding spot for them.
I was also under the impression that exoskeleton, biological mechanics, and weight were limiting factors in how large a spider can become. It is true though that king crabs also having an exoskeleton can have leg spans up to five feet, but I think the difference here is that things weigh less in the water - the force of buoyancy acting upon a body, so perhaps these huge crabs partially equate to a form of massive ocean spider because the environment allows for it.
When I was a kid living in the sticks I used to see these huge black and yellow orb weaving spiders - ominous looking things they are. The biggest I had seen up to that point. I would feed them large grasshoppers. At first from a book I had thought maybe they were Banana Spiders since some varieties look somewhat similar, but later found out that they are actually called Garden Spiders.
Aside from Tarantulas the Huntsmans of Australia get quite large and are very fast like Wolf Spiders. I often see Wolf Spiders in the house here and I mostly just leave them and usually never see the same one again, or sometimes I will scoop them up in a container and put them outside, but I never kill them.
I think most house spiders won't attack/bite humans unprovoked and are generally not any kind of threat. You do have to watch out for Widows and Recluses though which are fairly venomous.
Earwigs should be much more of a concern than most house spiders. They will bite you and start feeding off of minor cuts and abrasions if you're not paying attention, but you'll feel it eventually like a mild electric shock, and spiders will eat those, so...
Jumping Spiders are one of the coolest and most intelligent arachnids ever. I had one living on my bedroom screen all spring and summer one year. It must have been a good feeding spot for them.
