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ichthyologist:

Aww this is so cute :))
A wolf spider carries its young to safety after the horrific Australian floods.
Shannon Dixon, Yahoo 7

ichthyologist:

Aww this is so cute :))

A wolf spider carries its young to safety after the horrific Australian floods.

Shannon Dixon, Yahoo 7

malformalady:

Bat-eating spiders are common and apparently creep around every continent, except Antarctica, devouring various bat species. Here, a dead bat (Rhinolophus cornutus orii) caught in the web of a female Nephila pilipes on Amami-Oshima Island, Japan.
Photo credit: Yasunori Maezono, Kyoto University, Japan

malformalady:

Bat-eating spiders are common and apparently creep around every continent, except Antarctica, devouring various bat species. Here, a dead bat (Rhinolophus cornutus orii) caught in the web of a female Nephila pilipes on Amami-Oshima Island, Japan.

Photo credit: Yasunori Maezono, Kyoto University, Japan

malformalady:

Snake ensnared in a spider’s web

malformalady:

Snake ensnared in a spider’s web

malformalady:

Tarantula Hawk vs. Tarantula. A tarantula hawk is a spider wasp which hunts tarantulas as food for its larvae.The more familiar species are up to 5 cm long, with blue-black bodies and bright, rust-colored wings (other species have black wings with blue highlights), making them among the largest of wasps.
Photo credit: Jason Penney

malformalady:

Tarantula Hawk vs. Tarantula. A tarantula hawk is a spider wasp which hunts tarantulas as food for its larvae.The more familiar species are up to 5 cm long, with blue-black bodies and bright, rust-colored wings (other species have black wings with blue highlights), making them among the largest of wasps.

Photo credit: Jason Penney