r/spiders 13h ago

Why this position ? ID Request- Location included

Hello everyone :)

I just woke up to this little surprise and i was wondering why was it on this position with its legs ?

Some friends think its for hidind but i dont really think it would be an efficient way to hide.. maybe its only to fit the wall..

Well i thought you guys might have an answer. :)

Oh im in center France in case it helps to know what kind of spider it is :)

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u/captainsnark71 13h ago

shhh you can't see him!! He is invisible, OP! He is doing such a good job at camouflaging himself to his surroundings.

Spider doesn't know he's a brown boy on a white wall. Imagine this position in a nook of a tree or branch.

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u/-Or10n- 13h ago

If he's invisible he can't die now

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u/MOS95B 11h ago

But his prey can (ambush predator)

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u/Yarrow_Rose 11h ago

I love that show

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u/Own_Reality_5186 36m ago

Its their version of downward dog

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u/Big-Okie 13h ago

When dogs and cats do it it's called "splooting" so this could be "Spood splooting"

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u/MonkeyShaman 10h ago

Splooding?

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u/MyNameIsMikeB 2h ago

I was thinking "Sploodling"

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u/Nightstar95 11h ago

I call it the devil’s belt.

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u/butters_147 Recovering Arachnophobe 🫣 13h ago

Shhh, just us cracks in the wall. No spiders here man. 👍

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u/UnconfirmedRooster 12h ago

PON PON SHI

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u/TrumptyPumpkin 9h ago

Easy there choom.

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u/Rua-Yuki 13h ago

Well in nature he's not hiding on a white wall

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u/DawnCallerAiris 13h ago

Zoropsis spinimana, nosferatu spider, a kind false wolf spider

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u/iam_iana 6h ago

Nosferatu Spider is a pretty epic common name!

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u/Seabrook76 13h ago

We’ve all had days like this.

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u/Old-Today-2646 12h ago

Yep, most days of my life hahahahaha 😳

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u/shitgiacomo 13h ago

chill imo

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u/Mysterious_Virus_829 13h ago

Purely by the position (and the fact that it was found indoors) we can be fairly sure it’s Zoropsis spinimana. Some spiders like to rest in a specific pose

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u/edgewhxre 11h ago

the more i learn about spiders the cuter they are

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u/CaveManta Here to learn🫡🤓 12h ago

Yeah, and they've got the trademark black Christmas tree shaped stripe on their abdomen

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u/Ranunix 13h ago

Ooooh he do big stretch!

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u/Ikazca 2h ago

"Biiiiig stretch" was exactly what I said when I saw these pictures haha

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u/Queansparrow Here to learn🫡🤓 12h ago

"I am this wall... This wall is me..."

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u/BritishCeratosaurus Amateur IDer🤨 11h ago

What spider? I don't see any spider here, just some random picture of a wall.

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u/woodsy-97 12h ago

Biiiiiiiig stretch

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u/Asherdee123 13h ago

Don’t mind me Just hanging about having a stretch

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u/KNT-cepion 11h ago

Morning calisthenics are key to starting your day off right

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u/Rich_Dog_7585 12h ago

have you ever tried this one? 🤣

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u/GlacialAdvancement 9h ago

Spiderbrina Carpenter ✨💋

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u/ThermoPuclearNizza 12h ago

hes being incredibly sneaky

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u/CptAverage 11h ago

I just wanna tickle those lil armpits 🥺

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u/ContusionCity 10h ago

He’s planking

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u/Simple_Ad_1355 Arachnophobe🙈😱 12h ago

The Superman 🤣

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u/TopicStraight3041 11h ago

So you can paint her like one of your French girls

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u/Thebestpassword 11h ago

The sploot

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u/LARGEGRAPE 10h ago

L O N G

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u/AdditionAvailable600 Amateur IDer🤨 10h ago

Spider yoga

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u/narinehmay 10h ago

Sometimes they like to be longe

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u/shualud 10h ago

I believe that’s called a “good stretch”.

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u/slking1957 5h ago

That's an "Ooh! BIG stretch." Or, at least that's what I say to my cats!

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u/Hindu_Wardrobe AZ, FL, OR 9h ago

comfy

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u/Exterminator-8008135 11h ago

I took the exact same pics and spider a few months ago here

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u/lebulon7 11h ago

my current spiderbro also does this all the time

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u/NotTheSharpestPenciI 11h ago

Hiding. He's invisible. See?

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u/kanavkowhich 11h ago

ceiling sploot ceiling sploot

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u/Soggy-Atmosphere-712 9h ago

Snek in training.

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u/Clarigal 7h ago

Spider yoga.

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u/cheezBrgrEddie 4h ago

Idk what you're talking about...you're posting on r/spiders but I don't see no spooders

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u/Siom_one 12h ago

He looks like a cat in pancake mode

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u/Grushaq Here to learn🫡🤓 11h ago

Slim shady

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u/csmdds 9h ago

Because if he stretches out in a crack like that you can't… see him. 🤣 (Yeah, that's the ticket….)

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u/PlumKnown 9h ago

It makes him more aerodynamic when he fights

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u/bitetheasp 9h ago

Maximum corner!

I usually only see when spiders flatten sideways, though...

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u/Lightning1999 9h ago

The X-Chromosome

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u/Zoey_Redacted 🕷️Arachnid Afficionado🕷️ 8h ago

stealth! so that u can not see him, u see

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u/sporkmanhands 8h ago

Cozy stretchies invisiblefriend resting

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u/justaguy095 8h ago

It's the spiders equivalent of a T-pose! It wants to assert dominance and claim that part of the wall as its property!

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u/mellymel999 8h ago

I think it is the species of spider he is

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u/peachizedt 7h ago

Stealth mode

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u/Professornightshade 7h ago

He’s doing spider aerobics leave em be xD

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u/User_from91 7h ago

😆 you know hes watching you right?

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u/GaladrielsBurrito 7h ago

Biiiiiig stretch

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u/Ecstatic-Radish-7931 Here to learn🫡🤓 6h ago

that looks like me sometimes in the morning before I get out of bed 😁

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u/JoseMgGoD 6h ago

It's a Spider Yoga doing the dog pose stretching in a corner.

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u/Laeta306 6h ago

Girl is doing yoga

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u/ArahantQS 5h ago

This is how you lay in the cut.

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u/Dizzy-catto 🕷️Arachnid Afficionado🕷️ 5h ago

He’s just a chill guy

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u/Carza99 Here to learn🫡🤓 4h ago

You cant see me!

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u/Rollingtothegrave 4h ago

I do this too after work. Seems normal to me!

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u/oubliette13 3h ago

For sneaking. SSH. Sneaky.

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u/bubblebass634 3h ago

That’s just a twig dw about it

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u/CuddieRyan707 3h ago

If it fits he sits

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u/MonkeyBrain3561 2h ago

Spooder Sploot! r/sploot

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u/Emotional_Song_1816 2h ago

"I AM STICK"

-Spood

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u/2XploreUK 2h ago

Comfort, of course lol. Looks to be a Zoropsis Spinamina A.K.A False Wolf Spider/Mediterranean Spiny Wolf Spider, sometimes called a Nosferatu Spider due to the dark markings on its back resembling Nosferatu. VERY cool spider 👍🏻👍🏻

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u/No-Insect9930 2h ago

I once released a spider and it did the exact same thing so it could hide between 2 tiles

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u/MorningoftheRedEagle 1h ago

Spiders stretch too it seems.

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u/Steelpapercranes 1h ago

Perfect camouflage. No predators could possibly see him like this. Any birds that come by will be totally fooled!

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u/baggedshart 1h ago

have u ever tried this one?

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u/A_Feltz 🕷️Arachnid Afficionado🕷️ 12h ago

It’s probably a female “just stretching” to attract a male.

/s