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Cobalt crust fungus, Germany
Photograph by Gunter Miglanz
Social velvet spider, Stegodyphus lineatus, Eresidae
Photo 1 by talgar-t64, 2 by giorgimakharadze, 3-5 by simon_oliver, and 6 (for scale) by kian_kaftarbaz
Rufous-bellied Eagle or Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle (Lophotriorchis kienerii), family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes, India
photograph by Debojit Deb
oh i missed that spider-tailed viper post ! then how about a gaboon viper or boomslang?
Well, it was just included in a broader post about snakes. Let;s include it in a trio post for your ophidian desires...
Common Boomslang (Dispholidus typus), family Colubridae, South Africa
Venomous.
This is a rear-fanged Colubrid snake, that is actually highly venomous, very dangerous to humans.
The famous herpetologist Karl Schmidt died from a Boomslang (a juvenile, no less) bite in 1957. He did not think that a rear-fanged snake could deliver a deadly bite. (In his defense, most herpetologists at that time concurred with this assumption.)
Most rear-fanged snakes are not seriously injurious to humans.
photograph by WVZ Nature & Wildlife Photography
Boomslang (Dispholidus typus), male, family Colubridae, Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa
photograph by African Snakebite Institute
Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonicus), family Viperidae, Zambia
Venomous.
This species has the longest fangs of any venomous snake, at a length of up to 2 inches (5 cm).
photograph by Johan Marais
Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica), family Viperidae, found in West Africa
photograph by Don Champlin
Spider-tailed Horned Viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides), family Viperidae, from Eastern Iraq and Western Iran
Venomous.
The tip of the tail mimics the appearance of a spider or camel spider, and is used as a lure to attract prey, birds and lizards.
photographs by Matthijs Kuijpers
do you have any close up photos of spiders, especially joints of the legs? (its for art references)
I don't have photos that are THAT close up, but hopefully the following are good enough for your purposes...
Formosan Lynx Spider (Peucetia cf. formosensis), family Oxypodidae, Thailand
photograph by Tim L. Heller
Panama Lava Tarantula (Davus sp.), Theraphosidae, found in Panama
photograph by Exotics Unlimited
Goliath Bird Eater aka Giant Tarantula (Theraphosa blondi), family Therophosidae, found in northern South America
This spider has the largest body of any spider in the world, with a body length of up to 13 cm (5.1 in), and a weight of up to 175 g (6.2 oz), and a leg-spread of up to 30 cm (12 in).
Despite the name, this tarantula rarely feeds on birds. They feed mainly on invertebrates, frogs, and sometimes on small reptiles.
photograph by verneau | Inaturalist
Red-backed or Johnson’s Jumping Spider (Phidippus johnsoni), B/M - male, T - female, family Salticidae, CA, USA
photographs by Kaldari
Longhorn Spiny Orbweaver (Macracantha arcuata), family Araneidae, Singapore
photograph by Janice Ang
Long tailed Broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae), EAT A TASTY BUG!!!, family Eurylaimidae, order Passeriformes, Malaysia
photograph by Zuhdi Abdullah
Didn’t even flinch
feeding her stuffie must live on....
Okay so pretty much immediately after you turned off asks I learned about an amazing spider. It looks like a velvet ant! Ever heard of Cardinal Jumping Spider? Know any facts? Any pictures? Because I instantly fell in love.
Cardinal Jumping Spider (Phidippus cardinalis), family Salticidae, found in Eastern and Central US, Mexico, and Central America
Males mimic "velvet ants".
Greatly resemble the Apache Jumping Spider, but has some minor color differences.
photos: Colin Hutton, Thomas Shahan, Salticitude
Female, Bastrop County, TX, USA
photograph by Joseph Lapp
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Cayenne Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus flavescens), family Bufonidae, French Guiana
Vulnerable.
This species is quite variable in coloration and pattern.
photograph by Morgane Wauthier
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Red Pumpkin Toadlet (Brachycephalus pitanga), family Brachycephalidae, endemic to Atlantic Rainforest in Sao Paolo State, SE Brazil
Comparison with termites and rhinocerous beetle (Enema sp.)
Poisonous.
As with other Brachycephalus sp., they lay a few eggs in moist terrestrial locations, and the young live as tadpoles in the eggs, and then hatch out as froglets.
Adults reach a max. snout vent length of up to 14 mm (0.55 in).
They are actually unable to hear their own advertisement calls, as their ears are underdeveloped.
They also do not hop, but instead slowly crawl across the forest floor.
photograph by Guilherme Lopes Machado
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