About 1.5 to 2 inches across. Found in Santa Cruz, CA
Edit: Thanks all for your responses!
A spider that’s terrible at hiding
Thanks for sharing this! I quite enjoyed it.
The choice to
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muffle the microphone when the spider covered its head with sand
was a brilliant touch.
P.S. I wish Lemmy supported >!inline spoilers!<. The current spoiler markdown is pretty clunky.
Ha! I thought it was on a paper towel or something until it actually moved the sand at the end.
Some species of American false wolf spider
Yeah, thought this too. Identified a similair looking spider with an app once.
Big nope vibes.
A harmless bro.
The bite like wolfies? Because I had one hit me like when bee sting when I scared her up.
Yeah, probably. A bee sting is a pretty good comparison for spider bites in general, though with a very low chance of alergic reaction compared to bees or wasps. And that’s really where the danger is.
Otherwise it will just hurt for a bit and then go away.
Bees hurt way worse than these IMO. But I’m possibly mildly allergic to bees.
Brown recluse
I think they don’t appreciate Entomemeology jokes here
I understand it’s very much a meme. But a bad one. And without any indicators that it’s not a serious answer it should just be treated as a wrong answer.
When someone honestly requests and ID these kinds of jokes are also just not appropriate in general. Most people that find spiders aren’t in on them.
Why on earth are you so pissy at me for? I didn’t make the joke, I literally told them this probably isn’t a place where it’d be appreciated
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