I was meaning in relation to the average turtle but I take your point and appreciate the info. What’s the book out of interest?
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remon@ani.social 10 months agoFrom a quick search these spiders aren’t that big
25-28mm body lenght is quite a considerable size. I think a cousin of these is often dubbed the “UK’s largest spider”, even though it technically isn’t. But they are up there. Yes, the US has tarantulas, giant house spiders and some larger wolf spiders, but Dolomedes is up there.
bottleofchips@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
remon@ani.social 10 months ago
What’s the book out of interest?
Totally my bad, I should have given credit anyway.
It’s “Spiders of North America” by Sarah Rose.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
“body length” is quite a poor way to communicate the size of a spider, you really want legspan.
remon@ani.social 10 months ago
Arachnologists everywhere disagree :)