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  1. S

    SPIDER - Can anyone identify this spider

    Hey SpiderFolk's Is anyone able to identify this spider with its scientific name? As far as I can tell it is an orb web spider, but I have had no luck with its scientific classification. Please, if anyone who is good at identifying spiders can...
  3. S

    Spider ID

    https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B-p1UebHPgjEQXFZVnB0Nl9xQk0/edit Hopefully theres a few pics here that can be used for ID, we found it dead on a window sill, with droplets of venom/??? on its fangs... Looks fooking scary. It is about 11mm from head to spinnerets.
  4. HapticSimian

    What spider is this?

    Yes, another one. But this isn't just an obvious black/brown widow encounter... I was reaching into a bag we had just brought back from the Natal south coast yesterday, not looking what I was doing. It scuttled out at a moerse speed either from the bag or from underneath it. Looks like...
  5. jes

    LG responds to “spider cruelty” Optimus One advertising campaign

    LG responds to “spider cruelty” Optimus One advertising campaign LG South Africa released a press statement to address the issue of cruelty towards spiders in its advertising campaign for the Optimus One Android smartphone
  6. jes

    LG spider 'cruelty' advert withdrawn

    LG spider 'cruelty' advert withdrawn An LG cellphone advertisement showing a young girl spraying a spider with shaving foam has been withdrawn from South African television over cruelty concerns, the National Council of SPCAs said on Tuesday.
  7. K

    WTF Has Bitten My Sister

    Hi Everyone friday the 31st of December my sister had a small bite on her leg, on the 1st of Jan she was complainig she was feeling ill and the bite had increased in size, We decided to take her to the doctor and they did tests on her and gave her a pain injection. The Sunday morning she had...
  8. Derrick

    Spider as big as a dinner plate

    From AFP: Scientists have discovered more than 1 000 species in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong region in the past decade, including a spider as big as a dinner plate, the World Wildlife Fund said on Monday. A rat thought to have become extinct 11 million years ago and a cyanide-laced...
  9. B

    Coolest spider EVAR!!

    Was reading an article on cracked.com that blew my mind. Thought it was bs at first but researched a bit to find it all true. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_(genus) Check this, one tactic the portia spider employs is to catch a fly, throw it at another spider's web. When that spider...
  10. mercurial

    'Spider-Man' lizard soars due to uncanny resemblance to Marvel comic hero

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  11. mercurial

    Spider builds life-sized replicas of itself to escape predators

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  12. mercurial

    Meet the happy-faced spider sure to make you smile

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  13. mercurial

    Teen trying to burn spiders sets home on fire

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