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[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

No one's commented anything that indicates to me whether or not this is real. If so, what's the species?

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's called the velvet spider. :)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_spider

Eresidae; Gandanameno sp.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandanameno

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Oh dang, I thought the title was just a cute description.

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Any idea what specific species? Looks like there's a lot of velvet spiders from that wiki.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

I updated the comment. Eresidae; Gandanameno sp.

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks!

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