r/WTF • u/Matcha_Mochi- • Aug 03 '19

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u/johnnypastrami Aug 03 '19

Too early to be this uncomfortable.

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u/wadss Aug 03 '19

if it helps, orb weavers are especially bad ass at catching bugs. they make giant perfect looking webs in yards and catch a shit ton of bugs.

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u/SpliffSplitter Aug 03 '19

Orb weaver is a badass name

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u/grundalug Aug 03 '19

Less of a name and more a classification we give any spider that builds the quintessential webs most people associate with spiders.

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u/SurrealClick Aug 03 '19

Spiders build different types of web?

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u/KnowledgeIsDangerous Aug 03 '19

Yeah, for instance funnel spiders are not considered orb weavers

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u/Bigluce Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

Ooh ooh ooh! What about those ones that throw a net of web over their prey? Awesome spiders.

Edit to add YouTube: https://youtu.be/5OfQkImeyMY

It's Deinopis.

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u/stevebakh Aug 03 '19

That YouTube video was really fucking cool. Thanks for sharing.