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.
I'm all for conservation, but I really have mixed feelings on this one
https://www.joe.co.uk/news/thousands-of-rare-spiders-the-size-of-rats-released-across-the-uk-457321
9 Comments
kata1yst@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 1y
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 pts · 1y
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 pts · 1y
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 pts · 1y
reintroducing wolves and bears is too radical, but fecking giant spiders is okay?
activ8r@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
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 pts · 1y
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 pts · 1y
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:
That's the size of the largest banana spiders I've seen. In FLORIDA.
Unquote0270@programming.dev · 10 pts · 1y
Your palm is nearly a meter wide?!
Oxymoron@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Incredible palm game.