Same, I had two Joros this year. Their webs are LITERALLY gold, it’s so cool. They really just chill. Imagine my disappointment when both disappeared before the New Year and I learned their lifespans. :(
Same, I had two Joros this year. Their webs are LITERALLY gold, it’s so cool. They really just chill. Imagine my disappointment when both disappeared before the New Year and I learned their lifespans. :(
sparkles@piefed.zip 4 hours ago
Those are beautiful. Not native where I am. It reminds me of the “banana spiders” where I grew up. There used to be these big, majestic nests of them. I ran face first through one as a kid. Definitely a core memory.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Not native here, either, but supposedly not a real threat to anything. They’re everywhere now. Coolest thing I learned is that their babies can “balloon” and fly for up to hundreds of miles. And the little tiny baby spider in the web isn’t a baby, it’s the little bitch-ass male. The size difference is insaaaane.
sparkles@piefed.zip 3 hours ago
Poor male spiders in the web with big mama 😢