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Spiders

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[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Checking after uploading it’s obvious the image compression actually makes this much easier to spot than the original photo.

Odd how that works

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Oh yeah... obvious...

uhm where?

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Dead centre of the picture, it does seriously look like the bark

Tap for spoiler

[–] brap@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

God damn, that’s some effective camo I never appreciated until now.

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I was just about touching it to point it out and my son couldn’t see it until it moved

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, I thought I'd found it, about a foot directly above that. There's a tiny yellow spot, and what looks like camo legs.

[–] TheIvoryTower@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Spoiler

Took about 2 mins.

For a nightmare difficulty, spot the decorator crab in this photo

[–] remon@ani.social 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

~~Some kind of orb-weaver.~~ Can you give a rough location?

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] remon@ani.social 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ah, in that case probably Hersilia sp. Comparison

Does it have the very long spinnerets ("tails")?

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Very difficult to see but it looks like it has long spinnerets

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Trick question: there is no spider. Or it's a close-up of giant spider legs. One of the two.