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submitted 2 months ago by d00ery@lemmy.world to c/casualuk@feddit.uk

The Fen Raft Spider is roughly the size of an adult male’s hand, and can spin webs as big as pizzas (25cm).

They are also semi-aquatic and can run across the water’s surface to capture their prey.

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[-] shalafi@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago

If they're calling 25cm the size of a pizza... I'm doubting the rest. Size of an adult male's hand? I'm small, and being generous, the width of my palm is 90cm.

from Wiki:

Adult females can have bodies of slightly over 20mm in length with a span of 70mm including their legs.

That's the size of the largest banana spiders I've seen. In FLORIDA.

[-] Unquote0270@programming.dev 9 points 2 months ago

Your palm is nearly a meter wide?!

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