Arachnids - Blog Posts
I made a spider plush a bit ago. Here is the process.
I began by cutting out the main body and applying the eyes.
After the eyes were attached, I went ahead and stitched the body together with holes for the palps, chalicerae, and legs. Then, I started on making the legs.
Once the legs were made and applied, I moved on to making the chalicerae and palps.
Then I applied the palps, made the opisthosoma, then stuffed and stitched it together.
His name is Shamiek. I named him after the voice actor for Miles Morales in Spiderverse. This is to stick with the theme of naming my spiders after Spiderman actors.
Image ID: a close-up picture of a spider. It’s looking up at the person taking the photo with its head tilted. It’s mostly mottled brown with two iridescent green patches on the front of its head. It has 4 round eyes, with the center pair being larger than the outer two. You can kind of see a silhouette of a person in the reflection of its eyes. It has little tufts of hair all of its body, with two larger tufts on either side of its head. Frankly, it’s adorable. /End ID
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)
March 27, 2023
Southeastern Pennsylvania
the earth made ticks as a love letter to goths who like vampires and spiders and nobody appreciates it
I am literally violently sobbing over Howie the Crab at 4:33 in the morning, I'm glad Howie got to die comfortably and with dignity. I stand by that all animals should be treated with kindness, no matter what that animal is. And frankly it makes me mad how so many animals are treated, like Stingrays, Crabs and a majority of fish. They aren't as cuddly as your typical house pet but they are still living creatures and they deserve to be treated as such. I feel like this shouldn't even be a thing that needs to be said but the way so many people treat non-mammal animals is disgusting.
A Small Infodump about Spider Venom
Look, I know the doctor said I need to take it easy and not work myself up but-
Is it really that bad that I'm currently compiling a list of different spider venoms and their myriad of effects, along with categorizing different species of spiders to what venom they inflict? I believe a wise man once inquired, "Can't a girl have hobbies?" . Of course we all know the big four categories–
There is Phospholipase D, a venom that interacts with different cellular membrane components, degrades phospholipids, and generates bioactive mediators. This can cause damage to the tissue through necrosis, as well as blistering near the bite. The recluse spider is one of the most well known arachnids to have this venom.
Alpha Latrotoxin, stimulates uncontrolled exocytosis of neurotransmitters from nerve terminals, causing paresthesia, seizures and myocarditis, which always brings up the image of the infamous black widow spider, with her striking hourglass abdomen.
The Delta Atracotoxin wielded by my personal favorite- the black sydney funnel web spider (did you know that a sydney funnel web spider is capable of biting through a human fingernail?) slows the inactivation of sodium ion channels in autonomic and motor neurons. This can cause circulation failure as well as excess salivation, nausea and disorientation…
And of course the less talked about PhTx 3-4, a calcium channel blocking toxin that also stimulates the nervous system, causing nausea, hypertension, and change in arterial flow in parts of the body.
There's just something about insects and arachnids and all of it as a whole that peaks my curiosity, that runs borderline close to familiarity. I mean, how about I turn the topic at hand onto you all– anyone who would like to share their favorite bugs and why, feel free.
Better yet, why not make it a poll?
got my baby girl pumpkin a year ago today!!! first pic is her shortly after i got her, she was so itty bitty 🥺
Idk i can't think of what to say here
Little fluffy spider
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The Large & The Small.
A strapping Wolf Spider emerges from the pool & a tiny Jumping Spider poses, proudly showing off his new haircut.
Wolf Spider after being rescued from a swimming pool.
©Robin Fifield 2023.
Calendula with yellow spider.
©Robin Fifield 2020.
Same friend found this spider on his walk yesterday :p
He said it was a "Aranha-de-prata (Argiope argentata) fêmea" or "The Argentina Silver spider"
Leucauge argyrobapta, Miami FL
Saw a super cute bold jumping spider while on a nightly walk. Such an adorable little friend
tarantulas love and support queer people and there’s nothing you can do about it
lavender - poecilotheria metallica sling | pink - grammostola porteri | red - grammostola rosea “red” | orange - brachypelma boehmi | yellow - pterinochilus murinus | green - avicularia sp. | turquoise - caribena versicolor sling | blue - lampropelma violaceopes | purple - thrixopelma ockerti
“I could never be an entomologist. bugs creep me out” sucks to suck because I’m a real-life pokemon trainer. like look at these and tell me they’re not pokemon
like are you serious. have fun doing whatever you’re doing ill be at the arthropod zoo… also known as the motherfucking pokemon center
A trapdoor girlie with a decorated door... She likes having her place all prettied up
I could do more to this and give it better contrast but I don't wanna fuck with it anymore so on here it goes as is
A Siege Spider. This is a D&D monster that I created for my blog, and you can read about it here.
I feel bad for them. we go to war with the arachnid because that "launched" an asteroid at us either accidentally or Humanity orchestrated it as an attack just to have people enlist.
If you didn't feel even just a little bit bad for this thing than we aren't compatible people
Spider ::::D
