/r/arachnids
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Who's building funnel webs on my lawn ? Antioquia, Colombia
This year has been very dry here and since a few months I've seen a lot of web funnels on/in the ground. In most concentrated areas: a handful large funnels per square meter, over something like an acre of land. They went to town, or rather they built one. Unfortunately I couldn't get a sight of the spood, I just have the webs.
I asked the search engines and of course I'm in Australia and it's nightmare fuel. Except I'm not in Australia, so not likely "THE funnel web spider" that makes cheap sensational headlines (unless there are very irresponsible exotic pet owners around, which is..... definitely a possibility).
So in Antioquia, Colombia, north-east of Medellin, 1400m above sea level... Who else ? Are there medically significant spiders with this signature web ? Is the land kid-safe ? Why so many webs ? Are they preying on the ants that eat the fruit-trees I planted there ? Friends ?
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24:28 "Despite its name, it's actually a type of spider", Me: 🤬
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If I want a pet spider
What spiders in Virginia could I keep as a pet in a jar, that I could easily find. Preferably non-venomous but venomous is fine too, and what to feed them.
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