Comment on Are spiders turtlely enough for the Turtle Club?

Geodad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Nope, southern US. Found in a local group.

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  • JacksonLamb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Great find! There are various members of Dolomedes in other countries. Some specialise in rivers, other lakes.

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• remon@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Nope, that’s a north American species.

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  • Geodad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s it, I’m petitioning the Army to let me have my M203 back.

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• Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m going pretend this is AI and move along. With climate change we are affecting their eating habits. Soon they may wise up and decide humans will make a better meal then turtles and fish.

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  • remon@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I don’t think it’s a change in their eating habits, these spiders are known to catch, frog, salamanders or basically anything that size you’ll find near water. Just rare to see and snap a picture of one with a turtle.

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    • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah, many larger spider species will go after smaller vertebrates. Goliath bird eaters (South American) will go after snakes much larger than they are - despite the name, they aren’t inclined towards birds though.

      Calories are calories.

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      • remon@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yep, they are generally opportunistic and can be quite brazen. But most of the time they’ll go after easier, smaller prey.

        I used to have a Goliath birdeater and it was entirely fed on crickets. We tried a baby mouse once, but it was a huge mess to clean up and they don’t need nor prefer it.

        Theridiidae are usually the most notourious for going after much bigger prey.

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• BubbaGumpsBackLumps@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Not us this time… though we doesn’t have spiders that catch fish, snakes, lizards and birds

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  • remon@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Sure you do, you got the same genus of fishing spider as these. In fact, you got 15 of them (the US has 3).

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  • Geobloke@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well…

    independent.co.uk/…/redback-spider-snake-australi…

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  • Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I thought golden orb weavers would occasionally trap birds in their webs. I’ve definitely seen skinks caught in redbacks webs too

    Not sure on the snakes and fish tho

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• Zerush@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  In Australia the don’t have so little Spiders

  india.com/…/viral-video-trending-little-girl-fear…

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