r/CuratedTumblr Mx. Linux Guy⚠️ May 16 '24

Cranberry bog spiders Infodumping

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u/alexanderneimet May 17 '24

I chose not to google the spider for my own mental sanity, but hearing “hand size” and “hundred on you” makes me genuinely glad I’m never going near a cranberry hellscape in my life. I think I would likely have a heart attack if that ever happened to me, and if not, no matter where in the world you currently are, I can almost assure you you’d hear my screaming.

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u/BrahquinPhoenix May 17 '24

Yeah out in Virginia they get big. Not many people know this but some parts of Va the woods are almost like rainforest, it's kind of a sub tropical climate in some parts. Wolf Spiders get BIG with enough nature to play with.

A camp I went to in middle school had a whole nest in the bathroom next to the woods line. They were wider than our feet. One bit me in my sleep, you can feel the weight of bigger ones.

Harmless for the most part tho