Stamau123@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL jumping spiders are the largest family of spiders, making up 13% of all spider specieslocken.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square95linkfedilinkarrow-up1419
arrow-up1419external-linkTIL jumping spiders are the largest family of spiders, making up 13% of all spider specieslocken.wikipedia.orgStamau123@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square95linkfedilink
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoThanks for letting me know that the most terrifying subtype of the most terrifying type of insect is also the most common. I won’t be sleeping for a week
minus-squarejdr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 months agoNo need to worry, they’re not insects, they’re arachnids.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months ago Thanks for letting me know that the most terrifying subtype of the most terrifying type of insect is also the most common. I feel like for most people, a jumping spider would be outranked by a giant huntsman, and those are pretty uncommon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_huntsman_spider The giant huntsman spider (Heteropoda maxima) is a species of the huntsman spider family Sparassidae found in Laos.[3] It is considered the world’s largest spider by leg span,[3] which can reach up to 30 cm (1 ft).[4]
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThe caption on Wikipedia: “Giant huntsman protecting her egg sac.”
Thanks for letting me know that the most terrifying subtype of the most terrifying type of insect is also the most common.
I won’t be sleeping for a week
No need to worry, they’re not insects, they’re arachnids.
phew
I feel like for most people, a jumping spider would be outranked by a giant huntsman, and those are pretty uncommon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_huntsman_spider
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhg
did it hunt a rock?
The caption on Wikipedia: “Giant huntsman protecting her egg sac.”