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    A new spider

    Lovely colours
    https://news.sky.com/story/new-giant...ecies-12839767
    A new and "rare" species of giant trapdoor spider has been discovered in Australia.

    The large eight-legged arachnid is so big that it has been named "Euoplos dignitas" - meaning dignity or greatness in Latin - in honour of its "impressive" size.

    Researchers say the female spiders, which are typically larger than the males, can grow up to five centimetres in body length.

    "It's a big, beautiful species," said one of the lead researchers, Dr Michael Rix, who is the curator of arachnology at Queensland Museum.

    However, the chance of encountering the spider is fairly low, scientists say.

    The spider lives in open woodland habitats and builds its burrows in the black soils of the Brigalow Belt in Central Queensland, which is on the northeastern coast of Australia.

    https://news.sky.com/story/new-giant...ecies-12839767



    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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    Nope.

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      #3
      Useless without pics, that is one ugly mother

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        #4
        Beautiful in a way, that way being on a screen or behind a piece of glass
        Originally posted by MaryPoppins
        I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
        Originally posted by vetran
        Urine is quite nourishing

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          #5
          Hmmm-hmmm - this is the only kind of spider I like

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            #6
            Nice lickle spider!
            bloggoth

            If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
            John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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              #7
              Camel Spiders - 'nuff said...
              Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.

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                #8
                I watched a vid on YT the other week where specialists in Oz were asking people to catch the highly venomous funnel web spider so they could milk them for anti-venom.

                Now I like spiders and have held a few tarantulas in my time (and house spiders, flighty things they are) but I'd have to think twice of catching a Sydney funnel web.

                qh
                He had a negative bluety on a quackhandle and was quadraspazzed on a lifeglug.

                I look forward to your all knowing and likely sarcastic and unhelpful reply.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
                  Camel Spiders - 'nuff said...
                  Stuff of nightmares they are. At least the one in the picture looks like a spider should. The camel spiders are more like summat out of a horror movie or an alien species.
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

                    Stuff of nightmares they are. At least the one in the picture looks like a spider should. The camel spiders are more like summat out of a horror movie or an alien species.
                    Interesting read - https://www.burkemuseum.org/collecti...y-camel-spider


                    Unless someone imports them we won't be seeing any of the spiders mentioned in the UK.
                    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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