I believe that that’s a harvestman actually. It is an arachnid but not a spider. They are suuuper ancient. The giveaway is that there isnt a visually distinguishable division between the prosoma (head region) and opisthosoma (back region) as there is in the spiders and other arachnids like the solifuges.
Spider mech!!
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frigidaphelion@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I came here to say exactly this. Like, I wasn’t perfectly sure, but I was pretty sure this was a harvestment not a spider.
kamenlady@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I think arachnids that aren’t spiders scare me even more.
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Seleni@lemmy.world 32 minutes ago
There’s no reason to be afraid of Opiliones. Their mouthparts are the wrong shape and too small to do harm to a human. Also, unlike spiders, there are no known Opiliones with venom. Their chelicerae are for grasping only.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 hours ago
isnt a visually distinguishable division between the prosoma (head region) and opisthosoma (back region)
But… it’s head looks like a black bunny and it’s back looks like a green spider. Is that not a distinguishable division? 🤔
CaptKoala@lemmy.ml 2 hours ago
So that’s where I left that spidertron…
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 7 hours ago
Is there a word for when something is both cute and terrifying?
Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 7 hours ago
Let’s ask the Germans
casmael@lemm.ee 4 hours ago
……….so it fucking does
vegantomato@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Nightmare bunny!
iamnotafishuq@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
Kind of looks like a crazy peep too. Want to pop it into my mouth.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Goth Peep
iamnotafishuq@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
Yeah, I can see that
Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 5 hours ago
The bunny is on its way to grow the factory 😏
Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
That’s so cute. Can we step on it now?
MeatPilot@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
It’s just mimicking the easter bunny, so it came lay eggs all over your house.