#arachnid — Public Fediverse posts

How to Befriend a Fly

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://warandpeas.com/2026/08/06/how-to-befriend-a-fly/

💁🏻‍♀️ 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.

👉 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532086-the-worlds-fastest-spider-tops-3-5-metres-per-second/

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

Black Windows Freak Me Out, Still

Growing up in Washington, black widow spiders were something exotic from far away lands. Then I moved to California and started finding them in place I did not want.

I can still remember seeing my first one when we lived in Orange. It

https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/black-windows-freak-me-out-still/

#Animals #California #NorthAmerica #PhotoOfTheDay #USA #arachnid #BlackWidow #California #deadly #PhotoOfTheDay #poisonous #spider #travel #USA

#Poecilotheria metallica juvenile female.

#tarantula #India #CITES #arboreal #arachnid #invertebrates #spider #turnfear2fascination #NeverBeenBitten