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  1. Why You Should Never Kill Spiders In Your Home, According To An Entomologist

    Getty Images/iStockphoto I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don’t kill the next spider you see in your home. Why? Because spiders are an important part of nature and our indoor ecosystem – as well as being fellow organisms in their own right. People like to think of their dwellings as safely insulated from the outside world, but many types of spiders can be found inside. Some are accidentally trapped, while others are short-term visitors. Some species even enjoy the […]

    onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026

  2. Why You Should Never Kill Spiders In Your Home, According To An Entomologist

    Getty Images/iStockphoto I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don’t kill the next spider you see in your home. Why? Because spiders are an important part of nature and our indoor ecosystem – as well as being fellow organisms in their own right. People like to think of their dwellings as safely insulated from the outside world, but many types of spiders can be found inside. Some are accidentally trapped, while others are short-term visitors. Some species even enjoy the […]

    onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026

  3. Why You Should Never Kill Spiders In Your Home, According To An Entomologist

    Getty Images/iStockphoto I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don’t kill the next spider you see in your home. Why? Because spiders are an important part of nature and our indoor ecosystem – as well as being fellow organisms in their own right. People like to think of their dwellings as safely insulated from the outside world, but many types of spiders can be found inside. Some are accidentally trapped, while others are short-term visitors. Some species even enjoy the […]

    onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026

  4. Why You Should Never Kill Spiders In Your Home, According To An Entomologist

    Getty Images/iStockphoto I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don’t kill the next spider you see in your home. Why? Because spiders are an important part of nature and our indoor ecosystem – as well as being fellow organisms in their own right. People like to think of their dwellings as safely insulated from the outside world, but many types of spiders can be found inside. Some are accidentally trapped, while others are short-term visitors. Some species even enjoy the […]

    onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026

  5. Why You Should Never Kill Spiders In Your Home, According To An Entomologist

    Getty Images/iStockphoto I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don’t kill the next spider you see in your home. Why? Because spiders are an important part of nature and our indoor ecosystem – as well as being fellow organisms in their own right. People like to think of their dwellings as safely insulated from the outside world, but many types of spiders can be found inside. Some are accidentally trapped, while others are short-term visitors. Some species even enjoy the […]

    onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026

  6. 3 screenshots of info about the Desert recluse spider I found this morning. Eeek! FYI I had a week off work after an ER trip for a spider bite in Iowa. Very large necrotic lesion on the top of my foot. Epi-pen now moved to front of cupboard. #Spider #Arachnid #Phoenix #iPhone

  7. 3 screenshots of info about the Desert recluse spider I found this morning. Eeek! FYI I had a week off work after an ER trip for a spider bite in Iowa. Very large necrotic lesion on the top of my foot. Epi-pen now moved to front of cupboard. #Spider #Arachnid #Phoenix #iPhone

  8. 3 screenshots of info about the Desert recluse spider I found this morning. Eeek! FYI I had a week off work after an ER trip for a spider bite in Iowa. Very large necrotic lesion on the top of my foot. Epi-pen now moved to front of cupboard. #Spider #Arachnid #Phoenix #iPhone

  9. 3 screenshots of info about the Desert recluse spider I found this morning. Eeek! FYI I had a week off work after an ER trip for a spider bite in Iowa. Very large necrotic lesion on the top of my foot. Epi-pen now moved to front of cupboard. #Spider #Arachnid #Phoenix #iPhone

  10. 3 screenshots of info about the Desert recluse spider I found this morning. Eeek! FYI I had a week off work after an ER trip for a spider bite in Iowa. Very large necrotic lesion on the top of my foot. Epi-pen now moved to front of cupboard. #Spider #Arachnid #Phoenix #iPhone

  11. EDIT: only one guess made and Eric, you are right! I’m attaching the 3 info screenshots I gathered. I’m horrified! And very allergic to spider bites!

    Oh. My. Gosh!
    While rinsing out something in the utility sink outside, I discovered this poor little spider drowned and dead in a small plastic tub I save for cleaning tasks outside. No idea what is is but I knew it was similar but different from a cellar spider, common here in Phoenix. #Spider #Arachnid #Phoenix #iPhone

    Any guesses before I reveal what I learned for an ID of it? I was skeptical but son told me to use google images and google lens. Can’t believe the hits immediately were right. Even for a drowned spider upside down and geometrically folded up to a 3D star shape! Don’t use this image for a search like I did—will share later today the 3 screenshots I took of results.

  12. EDIT: only one guess made and Eric, you are right! I’m attaching the 3 info screenshots I gathered. I’m horrified! And very allergic to spider bites!

    Oh. My. Gosh!
    While rinsing out something in the utility sink outside, I discovered this poor little spider drowned and dead in a small plastic tub I save for cleaning tasks outside. No idea what is is but I knew it was similar but different from a cellar spider, common here in Phoenix. #Spider #Arachnid #Phoenix #iPhone

    Any guesses before I reveal what I learned for an ID of it? I was skeptical but son told me to use google images and google lens. Can’t believe the hits immediately were right. Even for a drowned spider upside down and geometrically folded up to a 3D star shape! Don’t use this image for a search like I did—will share later today the 3 screenshots I took of results.

  13. EDIT: only one guess made and Eric, you are right! I’m attaching the 3 info screenshots I gathered. I’m horrified! And very allergic to spider bites!

    Oh. My. Gosh!
    While rinsing out something in the utility sink outside, I discovered this poor little spider drowned and dead in a small plastic tub I save for cleaning tasks outside. No idea what is is but I knew it was similar but different from a cellar spider, common here in Phoenix. #Spider #Arachnid #Phoenix #iPhone

    Any guesses before I reveal what I learned for an ID of it? I was skeptical but son told me to use google images and google lens. Can’t believe the hits immediately were right. Even for a drowned spider upside down and geometrically folded up to a 3D star shape! Don’t use this image for a search like I did—will share later today the 3 screenshots I took of results.

  14. EDIT: only one guess made and Eric, you are right! I’m attaching the 3 info screenshots I gathered. I’m horrified! And very allergic to spider bites!

    Oh. My. Gosh!
    While rinsing out something in the utility sink outside, I discovered this poor little spider drowned and dead in a small plastic tub I save for cleaning tasks outside. No idea what is is but I knew it was similar but different from a cellar spider, common here in Phoenix. #Spider #Arachnid #Phoenix #iPhone

    Any guesses before I reveal what I learned for an ID of it? I was skeptical but son told me to use google images and google lens. Can’t believe the hits immediately were right. Even for a drowned spider upside down and geometrically folded up to a 3D star shape! Don’t use this image for a search like I did—will share later today the 3 screenshots I took of results.

  15. EDIT: only one guess made and Eric, you are right! I’m attaching the 3 info screenshots I gathered. I’m horrified! And very allergic to spider bites!

    Oh. My. Gosh!
    While rinsing out something in the utility sink outside, I discovered this poor little spider drowned and dead in a small plastic tub I save for cleaning tasks outside. No idea what is is but I knew it was similar but different from a cellar spider, common here in Phoenix. #Spider #Arachnid #Phoenix #iPhone

    Any guesses before I reveal what I learned for an ID of it? I was skeptical but son told me to use google images and google lens. Can’t believe the hits immediately were right. Even for a drowned spider upside down and geometrically folded up to a 3D star shape! Don’t use this image for a search like I did—will share later today the 3 screenshots I took of results.

  16. Eight eyes, zero chill. Spotted this fuzzy jumping spider (Salticidae) in Biebrza National Park, Poland, striking the perfect pose on a curled leaf. Nature's tiniest, most curious hunter.

    #JumpingSpider #Salticidae #MacroPhotography #Spider #Arachnid #InsectPhotography #NatureLovers #WildlifePhotography #MacroNature #BiebrzaNationalPark #Poland #BugsOfMastodon

  17. Eight eyes, zero chill. Spotted this fuzzy jumping spider (Salticidae) in Biebrza National Park, Poland, striking the perfect pose on a curled leaf. Nature's tiniest, most curious hunter.

    #JumpingSpider #Salticidae #MacroPhotography #Spider #Arachnid #InsectPhotography #NatureLovers #WildlifePhotography #MacroNature #BiebrzaNationalPark #Poland #BugsOfMastodon

  18. That could have been fun. Happened to check my crisp multipack to see how many were left instead of just sticking my hand in. Saw a spider! Decanted the bugger outside to realise it was a False Widow! Painful snackage averted! 😱🕷 #Spider #Arachnid #Wildlife #Nature

  19. That could have been fun. Happened to check my crisp multipack to see how many were left instead of just sticking my hand in. Saw a spider! Decanted the bugger outside to realise it was a False Widow! Painful snackage averted! 😱🕷 #Spider #Arachnid #Wildlife #Nature

  20. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️💨 The jungle #huntsman #spider from #Queensland reached 3.59 meters per second, doubling the previous #arachnid speed record.

    Researchers at #Imperial College #London measured 162 #species across four #continents to study spider #locomotion. They found that longer legs relative to body size predict greater speed.

    👉 newscientist.com/article/25320

    #biomechanics #arachnids #animals #science #biology #evolution #australia #wildlife #invertebrates #nature

  21. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️💨 The jungle #huntsman #spider from #Queensland reached 3.59 meters per second, doubling the previous #arachnid speed record.

    Researchers at #Imperial College #London measured 162 #species across four #continents to study spider #locomotion. They found that longer legs relative to body size predict greater speed.

    👉 newscientist.com/article/25320

    #biomechanics #arachnids #animals #science #biology #evolution #australia #wildlife #invertebrates #nature

  22. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️💨 The jungle #huntsman #spider from #Queensland reached 3.59 meters per second, doubling the previous #arachnid speed record.

    Researchers at #Imperial College #London measured 162 #species across four #continents to study spider #locomotion. They found that longer legs relative to body size predict greater speed.

    👉 newscientist.com/article/25320

    #biomechanics #arachnids #animals #science #biology #evolution #australia #wildlife #invertebrates #nature

  23. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️💨 The jungle #huntsman #spider from #Queensland reached 3.59 meters per second, doubling the previous #arachnid speed record.

    Researchers at #Imperial College #London measured 162 #species across four #continents to study spider #locomotion. They found that longer legs relative to body size predict greater speed.

    👉 newscientist.com/article/25320

    #biomechanics #arachnids #animals #science #biology #evolution #australia #wildlife #invertebrates #nature

  24. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️💨 The jungle #huntsman #spider from #Queensland reached 3.59 meters per second, doubling the previous #arachnid speed record.

    Researchers at #Imperial College #London measured 162 #species across four #continents to study spider #locomotion. They found that longer legs relative to body size predict greater speed.

    👉 newscientist.com/article/25320

    #biomechanics #arachnids #animals #science #biology #evolution #australia #wildlife #invertebrates #nature

  25. Spiders are everywhere, playing their important part in the ecosystem. These two beauties inhabit a habitat that would seem hostile to small easily squashed creatures like these, the river gravels of the streams and rivers that drain from the Cheviot Hills eastward to the North Sea. They survive cattle/people scrunching around in the gravel and floods. They are both Wolf Spiders - hunting their prey. More info in alt text.

    #Arachnid #Spider #Nature #Macro #Photography #Northumberland

  26. Spiders are everywhere, playing their important part in the ecosystem. These two beauties inhabit a habitat that would seem hostile to small easily squashed creatures like these, the river gravels of the streams and rivers that drain from the Cheviot Hills eastward to the North Sea. They survive cattle/people scrunching around in the gravel and floods. They are both Wolf Spiders - hunting their prey. More info in alt text.

    #Arachnid #Spider #Nature #Macro #Photography #Northumberland

  27. Just look at this cute little woolly jumper, maybe a bit hot for them! A Jumping Spider on the bedroom wall, about 4mm long. It has two big eyes looking forward, with another two smaller ones at each side and another pair on top, presumably to watch out for low flying spider eaters. (Fleecy Jumping Spider, Pseudeuophrys lanigera)
    #Arachnid #Spider #Nature #Macro #Photography

  28. Just look at this cute little woolly jumper, maybe a bit hot for them! A Jumping Spider on the bedroom wall, about 4mm long. It has two big eyes looking forward, with another two smaller ones at each side and another pair on top, presumably to watch out for low flying spider eaters. (Fleecy Jumping Spider, Pseudeuophrys lanigera)
    #Arachnid #Spider #Nature #Macro #Photography

  29. Say's armored harvestman (Libitioides sayi). Reported to hunt slow-moving arthropods but like most opiliones not opposed to scavenging. At night they clump together with others of the same species (use a 365nm flashlight to find them, because they fluoresce). Found under a log near the Mississippi River in West Feliciana Parish, LA. #harvestman #opiliones #cosmetidae #arachnid #nature #louisiana

  30. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.

    When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.

    👉 sciencealert.com/scientists-di

    #ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator

  31. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.

    When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.

    👉 sciencealert.com/scientists-di

    #ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator

  32. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.

    When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.

    👉 sciencealert.com/scientists-di

    #ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator

  33. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.

    When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.

    👉 sciencealert.com/scientists-di

    #ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator

  34. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.

    When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.

    👉 sciencealert.com/scientists-di

    #ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator

  35. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.

    When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.

    👉 sciencealert.com/scientists-di

    #ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator

  36. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.

    When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.

    👉 sciencealert.com/scientists-di

    #ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator

  37. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.

    When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.

    👉 sciencealert.com/scientists-di

    #ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator

  38. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.

    When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.

    👉 sciencealert.com/scientists-di

    #ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator

  39. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.

    When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.

    👉 sciencealert.com/scientists-di

    #ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator

  40. Tiny and mighty jumping spider.