Spider silk spun by the rufous net-casting spider (Asianopis subrufa) can stretch up to 24 times its extruded length without breaking.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/silk-net-casting-spiders-prey-web
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my house orb-weaver Charlotte’s sister, also Charlotte, disappeared from her usual webbed-site a few days ago to go and explore the ceiling, which she’s been travelling around for several days now.
It was amusing to think she’s sightseeing but I’m a bit worried that she might not be catching enough food and she’s desperately trying to find a better spot.
my house orb-weaver Charlotte’s sister, also Charlotte, disappeared from her usual webbed-site a few days ago to go and explore the ceiling, which she’s been travelling around for several days now.
It was amusing to think she’s sightseeing but I’m a bit worried that she might not be catching enough food and she’s desperately trying to find a better spot.
Finally some progress on loading a 3d model from the Ultima 9 data files. This model has 37 sub-meshes. Each piece such as the body or head, is a 'mesh' and each piece is translated and rotated into the correct position. Translation works, rotation does not (yet). this model happened to not need any rotation to look correct. #spider https://tangled.org/donpdonp.tngl.sh/u9map
#ArtAdventCalendar - December 15
Eat the rich 🕷️🕸️
Available as a free/open price DL at https://ko-fi.com/s/e0871bc9db
Available as homemade prints at https://boutique.lokipropagand.art/produit/hungry-spider/
#FediArt #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #Spider #EatTheRich #Anarchy
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Evening walk in local park and saw a tiny flash of colour in the grass, Lo and behold a peacock spider. Never thought I’d see one. Apologies for photo quality. iPhone camera not good at 3mm moving objects.
Made my year.
#spider #jumpingspider #ozspiders
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Evening walk in local park and saw a tiny flash of colour in the grass, Lo and behold a peacock spider. Never thought I’d see one. Apologies for photo quality. iPhone camera not good at 3mm moving objects.
Made my year.
#spider #jumpingspider #ozspiders
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James Smith 💾
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Leaving my bunker to commune with other weird nerds for a couple of days, so of course there are stickers... 
Leaving my bunker to commune with other weird nerds for a couple of days, so of course there are stickers...
Ehehee I just remembered I saw a huge round orb weaver on my way home, there was a strong white wiry line attached to the main web and I twanged it just for funsies and she came out to have a look and she was so beautiful and round.
I took a few pictures and accidentally touched her while trying to show my hand for scale and was able to feel her chonky abdomen for a moment which spiders never let me do (but I always secretly want to). She was slightly spooked but only enough to slowly amble away rather than plummet out of sight.
Makes me smile remembering it 
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Gardening Australia: hard mode #gardening #spider
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At the feeders: #crittercam #spider 80.08%
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At the feeders: #crittercam #spider 80.08%
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Just spotted in our bathroom. The one thing I miss on the metaverse is the spider identification group. Can anyone tell me who this little chap is?
#spider #spiderweb
Just spotted in our bathroom. The one thing I miss on the metaverse is the spider identification group. Can anyone tell me who this little chap is?
#spider #spiderweb
I love this, so I
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At the feeders: #crittercam #spider 70.61%
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At the feeders: #crittercam #spider 70.61%
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I’ve been doing an unholy amount of weeding recently and keep seeing these little spiders fleeing my progress. Many are carrying a tiny white ball and so I looked them up out of curiosity.
Apparently they are “Rabid Wolf Spiders”, which sounds like they themselves got to pick it out and sought something impressively terrifying so that humans would leave them alone. It’s certainly a misnomer since spiders cannot be rabid.
The white ball is an egg sac.
I’ve been doing an unholy amount of weeding recently and keep seeing these little spiders fleeing my progress. Many are carrying a tiny white ball and so I looked them up out of curiosity.
Apparently they are “Rabid Wolf Spiders”, which sounds like they themselves got to pick it out and sought something impressively terrifying so that humans would leave them alone. It’s certainly a misnomer since spiders cannot be rabid.
The white ball is an egg sac.