Good morning, please have a nice bug*. #invertebrates #BugADay #Bugsky *some kind of spider from Cairns, Australia - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

sarahmackattack.bsky.social • 14 days ago

Good morning, please have a nice bug*.

#invertebrates #BugADay #Bugsky

*some kind of spider from Cairns, Australia

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luckytheturtle.bsky.social•14 days ago

Some spider

mrtoads.bsky.social•14 days ago

Ah, the infamous Two Step Jumping Spider, the only known deadly Salticid. This was the animal behind the great Melbourne Massacre of 2021, where 90% of the city’s population died within two days from bites. It was hushed up, of course. Bad for tourism. The spiders were all eaten by Drop Bears later.

davecarlson.bsky.social•14 days ago

Definitely a jumping spider, but I have no idea beyond that.

sarahmackattack.bsky.social•14 days ago

That’s exactly where I landed 😂

bobirey.bsky.social•14 days ago

❤️Cairns

drsurekhadavies.bsky.social•14 days ago

My first thought: how many screens is this bug scanning?

plainbonny.bsky.social•14 days ago

Latin binomial: Spiderus somekindakus

mrtoads.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yet another animal named for the great 17th century naturalist Josiah Sumkinda (spellings vary). Mostly forgotten today, in his time he was accounted the foremost neutralist/explorer of the day.

mercedesdigsit.bsky.social•14 days ago

Sarah I hope you know this is my favourite part of coming on this app. Thank you for all the nice bugs!

sarahmackattack.bsky.social•14 days ago

🥹

hhartley.bsky.social•14 days ago

Based on appearance and location iNaturalist suggests its a Lami Beach Northern Jumping Spider

restingdinoface.bsky.social•14 days ago

Oh what a cutie. The eyes!

awakethestars.bsky.social•14 days ago

Aww it looks rather polite tbh 😂

jillyfishers.bsky.social•14 days ago

Spideeee! 🤩

stlcatfishmike.bsky.social•14 days ago

So many pretty eyes.

sobrien52.bsky.social•14 days ago

Good morning Sarah, thank you.

A cute spider. Rare. Can probably kill you based on location alone.

mrtoads.bsky.social•14 days ago

“Probably”?

apriciajovialis.bsky.social•14 days ago

I think it might be a Cosmophasis species.

(lami, baehrae or bitaeniata)

It looks more like one of those than a Mopsus mormon.

banditelli.org•14 days ago

Hello some kind of spider

nicuabachi.bsky.social•14 days ago

Thanks.

phoib.bsky.social•14 days ago

Hello Mr Some Kind of Spider!

ragle.bsky.social•14 days ago

The inclusion of Australia in the description means I see this cute little guy as being 100% capable of and willing to kill me.

wordstock.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yep.
Growing up with funnel webs,
I shared not a moment of fear
with the name until I read about
the Australian funnel web,
which will pursue you.

alicemcole.bsky.social•14 days ago

Since it’s from Australia, I presume it’s venomous or carnivorous or something…

sarahmackattack.bsky.social•14 days ago

I think most spiders are venomous, they might just not be venomous in a way that is super awful for humans

alicemcole.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yes I should have clarified

hhartley.bsky.social•14 days ago

Most spiders are carnivourous (apparently there is only one known herbivourous spider)

alicemcole.bsky.social•14 days ago

So carnivorous includes insects? Did not know that.

hhartley.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yes absolutely! You can even break it down further to calling animals that primarily eat insects as insectivores (a type of carnivore)