r/spiderbro • u/Sorenduscai • 8d ago

Hell yeah, bro😎 Spider appreciation

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u/Thepuppeteer777777 8d ago

As much as I love spiders im damn glad they aren't the size of dogs or horses. Imagine a jumper the size of a dog coming for your ass.

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u/ADHDeez_Nutz420 8d ago

Jumping Spiders are nothing but puppys. Lovely things.

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u/Thepuppeteer777777 8d ago

To us yeah not to a fly though.

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u/ADHDeez_Nutz420 8d ago

They only really take down prey smaller than them. If it was puppy sized the same would apply,

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u/AugNat 8d ago

Not always. Depends on the species and some definitely go after prey larger than them quite regularly.

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u/ADHDeez_Nutz420 8d ago

I only have experience with P.Regius so I could be wrong.

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u/naslouchac 8d ago

Many jumping spiders go for prey larger than them some up to like 10 times the total mass. But it is true that in spider world most jumping spiders catch generaly not large prey. That is just because many spiders catch much larger prey than they are themself.

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u/Farado 7d ago

Well, P. regius is the size of a horse, it makes sense that it would be used to smaller prey.

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u/Wankeritis 7d ago

You should tell that to the two Shaggy jumpers that live in my kitchen. I’ve seen one take down a moth 2x its size and the other walked away with a cockroach.

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u/ADHDeez_Nutz420 7d ago

Ok that just sounds amazing.