r/natureismetal 3d ago

I was chilling in my garden and this couple fell onto my left arm...

3.5k Upvotes

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u/ZippyTheWonderbat 3d ago

Green Lynx Spider?

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u/kietbulll 3d ago

Yes, a Lynx Spider caught a long-legged spider

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u/Nightcheerios 3d ago

That doesn’t look like a cellar spider, is it really long legs spider

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/Nightcheerios 2d ago

Ohh okay, hahaha, can you identify the spider though, spider hunting spiders might be my kink

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u/PepgarAMK 3d ago

Thats not a couple, thats a victim together with its predator

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u/TheSanityInspector 3d ago

So, not a post-hookup snack?

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u/PepgarAMK 3d ago

Nahh, i believe that to be two different spiders

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u/ActurusMajoris 3d ago

One does not exclude the other!

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u/edge70rd 3d ago

Said by every experienced marriage officiant

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u/PepgarAMK 3d ago

Upvoted

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u/New_Historian_1407 3d ago

He meant a couple of spiders as in two spiders, not spiders in a relationship.

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u/Luke_The_Random_Dude 2d ago

P-diddy is completely irrelevant yet somewhat familiar

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u/KenUsimi 3d ago

Wooooooaaah that thing is gnarly looking. Good on ya for giving them a safe place to get that molt done.

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u/kietbulll 3d ago

It's not the molt LOL

It's a Lynx Spider capturing another long-legged Spider

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u/Elystirri 3d ago

I like how one spider gets a cool name and the other just "ohh it has long legs? Long legged spider it is".

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u/kietbulll 3d ago

i got it, thaumasia spider is the name of the spider being eaten alive

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u/Elystirri 3d ago

Ohh that's really cool! Thanks for sharing

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u/kietbulll 3d ago

Haha that's because I don't know the scientific name of the victim LOL

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u/KenUsimi 3d ago

Even better; Lunch!

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u/Broad-Psychology 1d ago

His name is Robert Paulson

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u/Japanman195 23h ago

His name is, Robert Paulson!

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u/shehoshlntbnmdbabalu 3d ago

The one being eaten looks like of thaumasia spider.

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u/kietbulll 3d ago

you seem to be correct! I've just google searched and the result is the same with the one being eaten

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u/mossyfaeboy 3d ago

lol i’d be honored to be a spider’s temporary plate. how cool!

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u/semibacony 3d ago

Green linx are one of my favorite spiders, so cool!

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u/kietbulll 3d ago

There are tons of these guys at my place that I don't bother to take photos of them :p

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u/ChefArtorias 3d ago

That spider looks badass lol nothing like that where I live

r/spiderbro

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u/kietbulll 3d ago

Yeah I love that spiderbros sub

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u/Beatshave 3d ago

Looks like a prick

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u/2infNbynd 2d ago

Yeah wtf why are they both barbed

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u/AcidTraffik 2d ago

You finally got invited to the threesome

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u/sheriw1965 2d ago

I would never recover from this if it happened to me.

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u/napalmnacey 3d ago

That’s not a couple. I think one is eating the other one.

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u/DukeboxHiro 2d ago

Don't kink shame.

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u/NuXboxwhodis 2d ago

Ugh get a room you two

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u/Antisocialsocialite9 2d ago

Idc how small they are, I still would’ve had a heart attack

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u/jeam7778777 2d ago

Wow!!!! Incredible!!!

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u/f0rdf13st4 2d ago

great pics, what camera and lens did you use?

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u/kietbulll 2d ago

just took the photos by phone

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u/Irukandji_nomami 2d ago

I would cry. You are so brave, OP. 😭😂

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u/elvisandeleme115 2d ago

Wow that linxhas some dope ass Barnacle Legs! very cool thanks.

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u/dorothyxoxo 2d ago

I simply would not

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u/mas7erfufu 2d ago

Too many legs for me

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u/kietbulll 2d ago

🤪😜

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u/au333 1d ago

Great find! I remember this girl from a childhood book on animals.

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u/Revolutionary_Low_36 5h ago

That lynx spider is so spikey! Love it!