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More Urban Species: Northern False Widow

Mar 31, 2008 05:10

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bellelvsbeast March 31 2008, 09:27:16 UTC

OOOH NEAT!!!! :)

kryptyd March 31 2008, 10:24:57 UTC

Hmm. I thought all spider webs were called cobwebs. You learn something new every day.

wirrrn March 31 2008, 16:06:23 UTC

I thought all spider webs were called cobwebs

..."Cob", being a corruption of "Cop", an archaic Saxon word for "Spider"...

aemiis_zoo March 31 2008, 21:03:40 UTC

So that's why Bilbo sings, "Attercop! Attercop!" to the giant spiders in Mirkwood...

wirrrn April 1 2008, 04:41:21 UTC

Indeedy! Don't ask me what a Tom-Noddy is though *g*

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drocera March 31 2008, 11:22:26 UTC

Shelob!

wirrrn March 31 2008, 16:04:24 UTC

We have a species of Steatoda over here that mimics our Oz Widow species, The Red-Back Widow (Latrodectus hasselti). Steatoda, here known as the Cupboard Spider, never has the combo of red & black that is universal amongst the Widows* however.

*Except for Latrodectus pallidus, the White Widow *g*

purplebunnie_ March 31 2008, 16:26:45 UTC

AHHHHH. You keep putting spiders in mah friendlist!

*cries*