Arach-Attack!

[wirrrn]

Ia, Insectivores!

An LJ pal whom shall remain anonymous just commented that I haven't posted a "Gross Picture of a Bug or Something" for aeons. So, whilst I'm digesting her for daring to use the "B" word in my presence, let's remedy that situation, shall we?!

Comments

[kjc]

FOUND HER!

Phoneutria nigriventer, right?

According to Wikipedia:The Brazilian wandering spiders appear in the Guinness Book of World Records 2007 for the most venomous animal and is the spider considered directly responsible for most human deaths due to envenomations from a spider bite.

[wirrrn]

Indeed! P.nigriventer is the second-deadliest spider in the world after the Sydney Funnel-web (Atrax robustus), and is *much* more aggressive- she was remarkably lucky not to get bitten- especially since she was on her own in the jungle and it only takes 45 minutes to kill you dead...

[kjc]

Where did you find the picture? (Since you seem to know the person holding the spider was a woman.)

It looks a LOT like a wolf spider, but none of the pictures of wolf spiders of any sort had that eye number & placement.

Wow. Atrax robustus has big freakin' fangs.

[wirrrn]

It was on Flickr.

Most of the Ctentidae (the genus to which the Brazilian Wanderer belongs) do look like Lycosids (Wolf Spiders), but they're larger, more aggressive and have red fangs (and often red or yellow colouring on leg pair 1)

[wisenboi]

I'm going to say it's a kind of recluse spider that's one of the more lethal ones out there?

[wirrrn]

Not a Recluse, but the rest is right!!

btw- Powerpoint. Heeeelp~!!

[wisenboi]

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/CR061832731033.aspx

[anothersuperboy]

That really is a cool looking spider... that I would run screaming from like a little girl if I saw one...

[wirrrn]

Considering how venomous and aggressive they are, you would be wise to! *g*

[ashleydelfin]

Ok, I have the insanest urge to write a caption on that picture. I REALLY need to stop looking at lolcats.

[wirrrn]

I Can Killz Hooman?! *g*