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Spiders Rule. Happy Halloween! (lemmy.world)

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[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 31 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

~~Please use salt when reading this comment:~~

~~IIRC t~~This happened in ~~India~~ Pakistan during a flood. All the spiders in the area were displaced and they ended up in these trees where they lived together and waited out the flood. Also, the mosquito population in the surrounding area was noticeably low.

[-] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 weeks ago

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/110331-pakistan-flood-spider-trees-webs

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks!

[-] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Usually this is done by worms

Edit: looks like jabathekek was right, it's spiders

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/110331-pakistan-flood-spider-trees-webs

[-] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

You think I give a shit what made that? Fuuuck nopenopenopenope

[-] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 weeks ago

Don't you feel them, they're under your clothes. Shit, what's that in your neck?

[-] shani66@ani.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Just a little hinamizawa virus, that's all

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago

It's just cotton candy with extra protein.

[-] citrusface@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, they are called bag worms around here.

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 weeks ago

My phone switched to bedtime mode right as I opened this so it was in black and white and holy hell is it a mood that way

Color looks frightening too but black and white looks like something right out of an old monster film

[-] 7355608@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

Look pretty cool in my opinion.

[-] moshtradamus666@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Spooky cotton candy yay

[-] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Forbidden cotton candy

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 weeks ago

[-] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Leave my spider friends alone >:3

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

Hey as long as they stay in the trees and not over my bed!

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago

if anything i'm glad they're specifically in the trees, and the trees are very obviously occupied. It's the same reason i very much tolerate orbweavers: they will straight up sit in the exact same spot FOREVER provided they consistently get food.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Love my orbweavers! They stay outside, they're chill and not dangerous, their webs are pretty, and they make less food available for Widows. Just have to check that the light shining from your door window didn't bring a feast of night bugs and attract them to spin right where your face will be when you walk out.

Edit to add: if you cone a piece of paper, and scoop the whole web like cotton candy, the spider will cling to it, so then you drop the paper in a convenient bush and leave it there until the spider has had a chance to eat the protein-rich web so it can build a new one.