Im wrong, its a Cyclocosmia as mentioned below. I didnt realize that was its bumb at first. This spider is terrifying… so are trapdoor spiders… so are most, yet they are super cool still
Yes: it IS its arse. It’s not BS. The adaptation has, over many thousands of generations, provided the species with a very effective rear-end barrier to discourage predators. Arse-out in their burrow, they have an inbuilt cap to stop their soft innards being pecked, bitten or chewed out. The process of burrow-blocking-with-oneself is called phragmosis. A similar species exists in Western Australia… but there, the wasps have also adapted a long ovipositor, to get their eggs into the flesh on the flank of the abdomen.
Holy cow at first I thought it was a button then when I saw the spider I thought you had cut it and cauterized it (Why I dunno but the fact that that is natural design HOLY COW that is freaking awesome
What a stunner of a creature! Where on earth does this ‘kill it’ attitude come from? There are some sad people around. This is a wonderfully adapted animal only a fraction of your size. And harmless! Great photos!
A lot of people have arachnophobia, it’s not a rational fear, so the fact that they’re harmless doesn’t really matter. I wouldn’t want it dead, but I do want it out of my sight, wonderfully adapted though it may be!
Because spiders are the ultimate killing machine…It is only their size that saves all of mankind…and every other form of life on the planet. If spiders were the size of people, the Predator would have never landed on this planet.
My educated guess (I’m a Biologist) on this would be that at some point the end of the spiders abdomen was cut off. This probably happed when the spider was young. This is how it healed. You can see the 4 circles in the middle are where the spiders organs are and this is how they healed. The perpendicular lines around the outside correspond with the lines in the spiders “skin”. All in all…this is freaking cool. Thanks for sharing!
It may look like that, but this is a normal rear-end for various species of Cyclocosmia. A google image search for the term brings up quite a few species with the same rear-end, used for plugging up the entry-way to their nests.
I agree that they’re cool, and admit to being a little freaked out by them!
Biologist?
You couldn’t be more wrong. I hate to point out the obvious but if an insect gets dissected by a blade and has its organs cut in half, it’s not going to live. It’s got n open circulatory system as well, which means if it gets cut in half (the abdomen) it’s going to die very, very shortly afterward.
Google this: Cyclocosmia
And then apologize for claiming to be a biologist.
Carmen is wrong, isnt her fault, I want to know a biologist that know all the spiders in the world, thats impossible, theres a lot of spiders in this world. Great picture, now Im looking where to buy a spider like this.
It’s to protect the spider against predators like wasps. If you think the spider is scary, consider that some wasps will paralyze a spider but LEAVE IT ALIVE while laying eggs in it so that it stays fresh for their young to eat once hatched. The wasp larvae eat the spider ALIVE.
Can’t believe this camouflage technique. It is very unusual for a spider to sit abdomen outwards. Or have a flat backed abdomen. Here in Oz they usually jump out head first. I thought it was a old carving on a wine cork.
Well- it is being dug-out, with an M-9 bayonet blade, attached to an AR-type rifle. My guess,is a soldier, someplace. US, or an ally.
But FRACK!!! SHOOT IT!!!! SHOOOT IT, FOOL!!!! USE C-4!!!!!
I don’t CARE, how “pretty”, it’s rear is!
KILL IT!!!
OK, I can understand that the folks with arachnophobia are going to wig when they this oh-so-alien-in-their-experience little spider, but the whole “KILL IT WITH FIRE” nonsense is ridiculous… I emphasize the “little”, BTW- this thing is WEE- a half-inch to an inch for the whole thing.
I’ve always liked spiders, dunno why (though I do recall they used to scare me when I was a kid, but only if they crawled on me), and the Cyclocosmia species are amazing. I think that these guys, the Argiopes (Orb Weavers) and the Jumping Spiders are my total favourites. The first ‘cuz they’re so WEIRD-lookin’, the second because of their amazing variety of colours and shapes and the third because of their wide range of colours, too- and my gosh, are they ever CUTE. Other than some of the Orb Weaver species, most of these spiders are very small, some less than an eighth of an inch long.
So, all you arachnophobes, you can chill- this particular spider doesn’t have a dangerous venom (at least to humans) and it might be half the size of your pinkie finger.
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OMG I just got so creeped out by that – yikes
What is that??
Is it Real? Name the spider.
Likely a trap door spider
Im wrong, its a Cyclocosmia as mentioned below. I didnt realize that was its bumb at first. This spider is terrifying… so are trapdoor spiders… so are most, yet they are super cool still
Correction the 2nd…
It IS a trapdoor spider… a Ravine Trapdoor Spider. The other was just its latin name or whatever.
Tony
OH SHIT! that thing is huge!
….THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID!
DAAAAYYUMMM!!
Beasty Spider!
Is that it’s ass? Come on! Now you’re going to tell me it’s adapted to form is ass into any flower it chooses? BS…
Where the eff did you invent that idea from? Talk about jumping to conclusions lol
Yes: it IS its arse. It’s not BS. The adaptation has, over many thousands of generations, provided the species with a very effective rear-end barrier to discourage predators. Arse-out in their burrow, they have an inbuilt cap to stop their soft innards being pecked, bitten or chewed out. The process of burrow-blocking-with-oneself is called phragmosis. A similar species exists in Western Australia… but there, the wasps have also adapted a long ovipositor, to get their eggs into the flesh on the flank of the abdomen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclocosmia
thanks
. at first i thought it had been cut in half until i seen that
That is one ugly mofo! amazing what evolution can create!
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Heh. You used evolution and create together in a sentence.
Heresy!
what the hell is that??
Ok, I’m a fan of spiders.
BUT THIS ONE FREAKED ME OUT!!! DEEEAAAAAAMMMMMMMMM
Really a first one.
“disc diameter of 16 mm”
Hmm. That’s a darn big spider, and disc.
That’s not that big of a spider. 16mm is only half an inch, and the total spider hits an inch.
Now, if they meant cm, then it’s a decent sized spider.
HOLY Fcuk!
That cant be real, But wikipedia says otherwise? WTF?
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That ass looks for all the world like some ancient stamp-like something the Sumerians used as their signets for marking clay. Totally COOL!
I was thinking something similar to that
just what i was thinking, but more Aztec or Maya
Aztec Sun God symbol!
I was thinking it’s arse looks more like an Oreo!
KILL IT WITH FIRE
KILL IT!!!! KILL IT!!!!!
Looks like an Oreo at first.
Damn nature, you scary.
That thing come by my house I kill it!
What flower? There’s no flower…
did you kill it? if not please go back and kill it
Are you alive?? If you are, I’ll come back and kill YOU.
Stupid ppl!!!!
Ravine Trapdoor Spider – Cyclocosmia Truncata
Holy cow at first I thought it was a button then when I saw the spider I thought you had cut it and cauterized it (Why I dunno but the fact that that is natural design HOLY COW that is freaking awesome
What a stunner of a creature! Where on earth does this ‘kill it’ attitude come from? There are some sad people around. This is a wonderfully adapted animal only a fraction of your size. And harmless! Great photos!
Well. I think it’s pretty.
I think it’s real
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclocosmia
Make it dead. That is all.
I have arachnophobia phobia – Make you dead. That is all.
thought it was an oreo cookie!
A lot of people have arachnophobia, it’s not a rational fear, so the fact that they’re harmless doesn’t really matter. I wouldn’t want it dead, but I do want it out of my sight, wonderfully adapted though it may be!
How is being afraid of spiders NOT a rational fear?!? Spiders have fangs, can bite, crawl into bodily crevaces and some can kill you.
Where does this beastie live? I won’t go there.
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“these will fetch a very fine price”…. Aiiiiieeeeeeeee (The Mummy)
+1
I thought that was an Oreo at first
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Cyclocosmia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1554&bih=939
Because spiders are the ultimate killing machine…It is only their size that saves all of mankind…and every other form of life on the planet. If spiders were the size of people, the Predator would have never landed on this planet.
Holy shit, this is the funniest thing i’ve read in awhile. Well done sir.
looks like the guy might’ve been digging around with aknife (blade in pic 2) and somehow cut the spider’s abdomen in half. freaky deekie.
should cast it’s butt and use if for a stamp
Auuuuuggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
*breathes*
My educated guess (I’m a Biologist) on this would be that at some point the end of the spiders abdomen was cut off. This probably happed when the spider was young. This is how it healed. You can see the 4 circles in the middle are where the spiders organs are and this is how they healed. The perpendicular lines around the outside correspond with the lines in the spiders “skin”. All in all…this is freaking cool. Thanks for sharing!
You would be wrong. Cyclocosmia are just like that.
WRONG! you get zero points.
Hi Carmen,
It may look like that, but this is a normal rear-end for various species of Cyclocosmia. A google image search for the term brings up quite a few species with the same rear-end, used for plugging up the entry-way to their nests.
I agree that they’re cool, and admit to being a little freaked out by them!
Carmen: read the wikipedia article. These spiders are actually born/developed like that. It is not an accident.
Biologist?
You couldn’t be more wrong. I hate to point out the obvious but if an insect gets dissected by a blade and has its organs cut in half, it’s not going to live. It’s got n open circulatory system as well, which means if it gets cut in half (the abdomen) it’s going to die very, very shortly afterward.
Google this: Cyclocosmia
And then apologize for claiming to be a biologist.
your educated gues wasn’t very educated……. i hope you don’t spit out stupid shit like that at work
an educated guess can still be wrong. No need to insult them for it. geez
carmen FTW!
Carmen is wrong, isnt her fault, I want to know a biologist that know all the spiders in the world, thats impossible, theres a lot of spiders in this world. Great picture, now Im looking where to buy a spider like this.
goosebumps! shiet! but cool anyway…
carmen = failzorz
I can’t get over how weird it looks! I don’t want it dead, but I definitely NEVER want to see it IRL. Ughhhh.
It’s to protect the spider against predators like wasps. If you think the spider is scary, consider that some wasps will paralyze a spider but LEAVE IT ALIVE while laying eggs in it so that it stays fresh for their young to eat once hatched. The wasp larvae eat the spider ALIVE.
Now who’s scary? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompilidae
KILL IT WITH FIRE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclocosmia
Guess again.
Would have been good to have just let it be. How would you like to be chainsawed out of bed in the middle of the night?
Wow I thought it was an artifact.
Oh my God!!!
Every creature’s given a different skill.
DAMN NATURE! YOU SCARY!
I love spiders and I think most of them are pretty.
But this thing is terrifying O______O”
ohogsh…
it’sa
OREOSPIDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t hear anything over the sound of how awesome this aritcle is.
Makes me think of a bizarre, organic computer chip!
Can you imagine the texture of that thing rubbing its butt against your hand?
OMG!!!! Kill it with Fireeeeeeee!!!
bad news if it crawled in your ass, never get it back out…
es una estatua muy antigua… Mirenla de otra manera…
lmao thts an amazaing ass lol
Looks like ancient Mayan symbols on its butt.
OMG! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE…SHOOT IT OR SOMETHING..YIKES!
Kill them all.
I don’t know what you ladies are getting all excited about. Either it’s a real spider with a very cool backside or it’s a nice piece of ‘shoppery.
What’s the problem here? Did you all fall down and smack your little heads on the pavement ?
Wow, that is amazing. I see trapdoor spiders all the time, but none as beautiful as this one.
wtf! I didn’t recognized it either. tsk! tsk! so weird. I thought at first it’s a rubber tire or a bomb but sh*t, i’m dead wrong.
I’ve looked every where but nobody can seem to tell me – is it poisonous? what is it’s bite like, if it has any?
Stomp on it, kill it with fire and nuke it from orbit!!! (just to be sure)
Can’t believe this camouflage technique. It is very unusual for a spider to sit abdomen outwards. Or have a flat backed abdomen. Here in Oz they usually jump out head first. I thought it was a old carving on a wine cork.
Holy mother of shitting jesus christ… I wish I hadn’t scrolled down. I am not going to be sleeping tonight.
Look at the carapace on that!
kill it with fire!
Not dead enough. Gasoline, nao.
Dick Cheney has finall emerged.
At first i thought it was a cork from a wine bottle, maybe chianti.
Damn nature you scary !!!!!!!
Gosh,I like it.I wish I had it for dinner.
That’s what beauty is
I want that tattoo on my ass too!
oh…awww…. spider with half buttock…
Forget the War on Terror. They are the real enemy…
(These things are seriously creepy.)
Glad I’m living in a cold place (Montréal) where nature doesn’t get that mean and ugly LOL
Well- it is being dug-out, with an M-9 bayonet blade, attached to an AR-type rifle. My guess,is a soldier, someplace. US, or an ally.
But FRACK!!! SHOOT IT!!!! SHOOOT IT, FOOL!!!! USE C-4!!!!!
I don’t CARE, how “pretty”, it’s rear is!
KILL IT!!!
OK, I can understand that the folks with arachnophobia are going to wig when they this oh-so-alien-in-their-experience little spider, but the whole “KILL IT WITH FIRE” nonsense is ridiculous… I emphasize the “little”, BTW- this thing is WEE- a half-inch to an inch for the whole thing.
I’ve always liked spiders, dunno why (though I do recall they used to scare me when I was a kid, but only if they crawled on me), and the Cyclocosmia species are amazing. I think that these guys, the Argiopes (Orb Weavers) and the Jumping Spiders are my total favourites. The first ‘cuz they’re so WEIRD-lookin’, the second because of their amazing variety of colours and shapes and the third because of their wide range of colours, too- and my gosh, are they ever CUTE. Other than some of the Orb Weaver species, most of these spiders are very small, some less than an eighth of an inch long.
So, all you arachnophobes, you can chill- this particular spider doesn’t have a dangerous venom (at least to humans) and it might be half the size of your pinkie finger.
superbe ,but not nice to meet her very closely ……
At first I thought it was an Oreo cookie!
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