Peacock Spiders - teeny tiny, but pretty (if you go for quadrupled limbs)

[a_silver_story]

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[alchemistpotion.livejournal.com]

i would kindly ask that you put things like this under a cut, if you ever want to put up pictures of evil spiders again, as opening my friends page to find two giant, horrifying spiders was not fun.

I do not want to repeat the experience.


I wouldn't ussualy do this, but I am an extreme arachnophobe.

Sorry.

[yantoharkness.livejournal.com]

i think they are pretty does that make me stange lol i think the colorful one is really pretty

[griza.livejournal.com]

So pweeeeeeeeeetty! *Wants a pair as well now*

[a-silver-story.livejournal.com]

OHMIGOD! Sorry!


*runs to edit!*

[alchemistpotion.livejournal.com]

It's fine after the initial 'OMFG!!!' reaction I got more Ok with the ... things.

Thanks.

[magicmalcolm.livejournal.com]

I'm rather appreciative of any species where the males are more colourful and fabulous than the females.

Unfortunately I personally don't go for quadrupled limbs (yeah, I know, I'm so vanilla it hurts!), but as spiders go...eh, I s'ppose they're cute. Kinda. :)

[(Anonymous)]

Beautiful spiders. Seems like there's something odd about that phrase. Anyway, how big are those things?

[woani21.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I didn't realize that I wasn't logged in. That was me right above.

[a-silver-story.livejournal.com]

They're smaller than a thumbnail.


Scaling is here (http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Peacock_spider_Maratus_volans.htm)

[delennbr.livejournal.com]

omg, they're so small, but so adorable :)

[emmalouisem-sa.livejournal.com]

wow, these little dudes are amazing.
just a warning though- the pic still is visible on friends feed- i did get a bit of "just woke up on a beautiful saturday morning, smoothie and internet in bed and HOLY CRAPPING SHIT- GIANT SPIDERS"

[pecos.livejournal.com]

Adorable! They look like jumpers. I especially like his jaunty little white foot.

(As for the whinging, jeezus people. Grow up. It's a PICTURE of little bitty critters.)

[tayla36.livejournal.com]

I think they're adorable.

I think if you ever need to make up an alien species for a story you should base them on these.