Stamau123@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoTIL jumping spiders are the largest family of spiders, making up 13% of all spider specieslocken.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square96linkfedilinkarrow-up1421
arrow-up1421external-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 · 11 days agomessage-square96linkfedilink
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 days 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-up2·10 days agoThe caption on Wikipedia: “Giant huntsman protecting her egg sac.”
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.”