A Rare-Looking Spider Specie
Hello fascinating insect community, I came across this community recently and since I have always found insects fascinating even at a young age I promised myself to make a post soon and I guess today is the day I make my first post in this community.
Two nights ago, on my way home I encountered a rare specie of spider on a wall.
The sight of this majestic spider took me down memory lane to when I was still young and naive and after watching one of my favorite cartoon TV programs, Spiderman, I will go around looking for a spider to bite me so that I can also become a superhero…hehehehe.
Funny though, but true and if you must know, in this particular case I wouldn’t dream of doing that, as this spider looked beautiful but weird in an exciting way. So I took some pictures of the spider with my phone even in the dark and tried as much as possible to get a good position so as not to spook it.
So I made use of Google lens to research the name of this rare-looking spider, and this is what I got.
So from my research via Google lens I discovered that the spider's name is Amblypygi which is from the order of arachnid chelicerate arthropods which is also known as whip spiders or tailless whip scorpions. It lacks flagellum that is mostly seen in whip scorpions, it's has no silk glands or venomous fangs. Also I noticed that they only come out at night and not during the daytime.
The stand out features of this wonderful rare looking specie of spider that I noticed are:
It has a small thorax of about 1-2 cm in length.
It has very long legs almost 5-7 cm in length each.
It’s black in colour.
It has two (2) long antennas almost 8-9cm in length.
And it has pedipals (crab/scorpion-like) structure at the top of its head.
For further information about this specie of spiders check out this link
Thank you for visiting my post and stay safe.
Photography: Spider
Camera used: Smart phone
Model: Redmi note 10
Photographer: @daveyjones7
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Wow! I have seen lots of spiders but not this kind of specie. It's creepy but also fascinating, I wonder what they use their antennas for and how their web looks like. Did you get see the web?
Nice done! An amazing post you have here
I didn't really see it's cobwebs but I think based in the research I made it said this specie of spiders has no silk glands so probably it means it doesn't have cobwebs.
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Incredible photographs, you can appreciate some details of this small insect. It has very long antennae compared to its body.
They are quite an amazing creatures don't you think? Thank you for stopping by and visiting my post.
The truth is I don't like them much 😂😂😂😂 however I'm sure it's because we don't know about them, I just judge them by appearance.
They can be scary but fascinating. 😁
I am scared 😬
😁😁😁 that will be the first impression but a closer look will bring about the appreciation of this magnificent creature.
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You are most welcome ☺️
Yay! 🤗
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Good photos, my friend @daveyjones7
Although spiders are not my favorite animals, I recognize that one is very elegant.
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Wow! Thanks for taking the time to visit my post and your kind words and support,it means a lot. I guess Bees are one of your favourites?😁
Awesome find! They're misunderstood creatures but can be quite gentle. And so shy, they're difficult to come across so you're really lucky to spot one!
But this is not a spider (who belong to the order Araneae, not the order Amblypygi). It's confusing because of the common name "whip-spider" but it's not a spider at all. It's closer to a vinegaroon than to a spider. Those two thin long things are one of their leg pairs, not antennae, though they work like sensors to tell what's going on around them instead of for walking.
Wow!!! Thanks a lot @anikekirsten for the corrections, at first I couldn't get the name and that's why I resulted to google lens to make my findings.
Hmmm....not spider but closer to vinegaroon? I really need to do more research into this type of specie. You seem to have a vast knowledge on these creatures, am impressed.
Thanks once more and also for visiting my post.
I'd like to invite you to join our Arachnids community and share your arachnid content in cross-posts with us.
Woah! Thank you for the invite, so does that mean I get to cross-post this post or any other new post?
You're welcome to just cross-port this and/or future posts or to post directly, either is fine. We just want to spread arachnid knowledge.
Okay. Thanks for the clarification. I just did that now.