#cave spider

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Minecraft Spiders yay!!

Get em HERE.

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Don't Starve's Spider Queens for each side of the Constant. The hoard will keep on spreading.

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Oh my GOD MINECRAFT

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🕷️! family leptonetidae !🕷️

i was absolutly awestruck by photos of these tiny, iridescent, sparkly little cave spiders while peaking under the bugguide.net logs and stones

most of the species described under this family, such as: leptoneta microphthalma & leptoneta infuscata have as little as two to six observations recorded on inaturalist.org

their family grouping is recorded to be native to the geographical range known as the ‘Holoarctic’

leptoneta microphthalma, one of the two observations on inaturalist

calileptoneta helferi, one of the six observations on inaturalist

according to the Phylogenomics and biogeography of leptonetid spiders (Araneae : Leptonetidae) on bioone.org: this family contains 355 species under 21 genera. with most being very small, around 2-5mm. and, quote: “all leptonetines share a unique eye arrangement where the posterior median eyes are displaced from the main eye group.”

notably, leptonetids are rarely seen and a large portion of their life history details are still unknown.

i would really encourage reading through the aforementioned article, it has a great number of interesting things to say about this lovely little spider family!

sources under the cut:

photo (1&2):

An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

photo (3):

Leptoneta microphthalma from 09160 Cazavet, France on January 21, 2024 by Thomas Cuypers

photo (4):

Calileptoneta helferi from Del Norte County, CA, USA on July 31, 2025 at 06:01 PM by Marshal Hedin. serpentine rockpile, beneath redwood li

article source:

Leptonetidae are rarely encountered spiders, usually associated with caves and mesic habitats, and are disjunctly distributed across the Hol

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another Minecraft oc of mine I've been thinking about with the radsmp stuff

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Hey guys !! Just here to drop a lil something, it's been a damn long time since I drew a mob human design so, I'm here to fix that >:]

Quick heads up tho, it's of a character that is introduced in chapter 10, so if you don't want spoilers, go read that and then come back!! But if you are too curious or don't mind the spoiler then...you can continue lol

You have been warned...

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Everybody say hello to...

CONNOOORR !!!

I literally loved drawing and writing this lil guy so much, y'all have no idea

And- oh! What's that?? A Minecraft story where the Enderman is NOT the only black character???? Why of course! I didn't really have any specific lore-based reasons for the human version to be of color, but hey, inclusivity never killed anyone, alright?

In fact, I will try my best to add as much variety of characters as possible as to include as many minorities as I can. I believe that especially in dark times like these, including positive representation of any kind is very important, especially when a lot of already existing representation either is allegorical or just not that great, you get me? The good representation we got is very scarce sadly.

But then again, I am only human, so if I mess up or don't represent a group of people too well, please do tell me that !! All I ask is that you tell me if I mess up so I can fix it <333

But anyway, back to Connor here...

Did you know that he's my very first OC of color? Yea bro's number 1, AND he's a short king <333

Also you can't really tell from the drawing (cries) but his hair is MAD fluffy, he makes up for his height with his hair ahah

His personality is so interesting and imo cute, I cannot wait to write him again and to have him talk yk? He's very lively for someone that lives at Y level 0 in an abandoned mineshaft alright lmao

‼️Before any of you ask to pet him or hug him tho- he bites. It is not a good idea to stand too close to him for too long. Same thing applies to all spiders‼️

Also fun fact for anyone that is interested: you may have guessed it by the cave spider encounter in chapter 10 (if you've read it), but my spiders are not just generic spiders. Common spiders are based on tarantulas, while cave spiders are based on jumping spiders. Yes, the cute ones had to be the most deadly ones. I don't make the rules (Actually yes I do but shh)

Yapping aside, I'll go now, got stuff to do and places to be hehe

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minecraft hostile mobs & enderman 💜

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Is it still reader inclusive if I add characteristics?

yes

no

idk

idc

other(leave in comments)

Voting ended onOct 23, 2025

I mean this in like, if reader were to have magic or smth like that, ancient markings would appear