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Velvet Spider (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No one's commented anything that indicates to me whether or not this is real. If so, what's the species?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

It's called the velvet spider. :)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_spider

Eresidae; Gandanameno sp.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandanameno

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Oh dang, I thought the title was just a cute description.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Any idea what specific species? Looks like there's a lot of velvet spiders from that wiki.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I updated the comment. Eresidae; Gandanameno sp.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Thanks!