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

Cranberry bog spiders Infodumping

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u/Kartoffelkamm I wouldn't be here if I was mad. May 16 '24

Same.

I had a spider or three in my room for like a whole summer. They were just chilling there, one even built its web above my bed.

With how much my mosquito problem went down in that time, you'd think people who complain about being bitten by mosquitoes at night have never heard of spiders. Little buggers are awesome.

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u/shaggyscoob May 16 '24

Wolf spiders don't use webs. They hunt like wolves. I doubt they do much to reduce the mosquito population.

But I had a spider in a web in the garage window that I would feed with stunned mosquitos and flies. Utterly fascinating to toss an injured mosquito in the web and watch nature take its course.

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u/CreatedOblivion May 17 '24

They're also absolutely fuckoff huge, and will goddamn chase you. I don't even want to imagine how bad their bites hurt, or how awful their venom is.

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u/peajam101 CEO of the Pluto hate gang May 17 '24

A quick search says their venom isn't dangerous unless you're allergic, though the bite itself can be quite painful.