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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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[-] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

Two spider pictures in the article, but neither depict a Fen Raft Spider. Shameful excuse for journalism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_raft_spider

[-] d00ery@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I didn't notice until you mentioned it!

So the top one in a house I don't recognise, and the bottom one on a web ... a black widow or red something ... As you maybe able to tell, I'm not really a spider fan!

[-] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

I hate spiders, know thine enemy I guess.

Top one is an Australian huntsmen. Bottom one looks like an orb weaver of some kind.

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

reintroducing wolves and bears is too radical, but fecking giant spiders is okay?

[-] activ8r@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Wolves are for level 5 and bears are level 10. We have to start with the giant spiders first or the level 1 noobs won't stand a chance.

Now go and collect 10 bundles of silk thread. Killing 273 spiders should do it. Drop isn't guaranteed.

[-] wren@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

As long as they're not inside my house, (and if they were, I would take them outside) I'd say it's fine. They deserve somewhere nice to live (as long as it isn't. inside my house)

[-] 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?!

[-] Oxymoron@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Incredible palm game.

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