Litany@lemmy.world
on 02 Sep 2024 16:46
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Memes aside, since I’ve been on the internet long enough to know that this could legitimately be the first time someone’s seen this information:
A brown recluse is a real spider endemic to the central United States. They are small, slender, and brown. Their bites are venomous and can require medical attention. In rare cases they can potentially be lethal, especially in young children.
tobogganablaze@lemmus.org
on 02 Sep 2024 16:55
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Thanks for that!
To expand more on the meme side: It’s a notorious problem in spider communities that every brown spider will at some point be called a brown recluse by … less educated people. Which can lead to innocent spiders being killed just for their skin colour! Which is why there are usually rules that prohibit layman from identifying medically significant spiders.
The spider in the picture is a tarantula, so very obvious not a brown recluse. That’s the joke. It’s funny here, but seriously don’t make that joke on an actual spider community, none of the residents will think it’s funny.
Sanctus@lemmy.world
on 02 Sep 2024 20:15
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My grandmother lost her pinky finger to one of those! Do not ingore the bite! It will require medical attention.
AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml
on 02 Sep 2024 22:37
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I hate brown recluses so much. I’ve known several people that needed surgery because of them
SARGE@startrek.website
on 02 Sep 2024 17:13
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I would like to know the inside joke, but I also don’t want to look at a bunch of pictures of spiders…
I’m not arachnophobic, but I’m also not a spider voyeur, and am perfectly okay with them staying in their corners of the house while I stay in mine.
So uhhhh… Can someone explain the joke I’m too scared to try and understand? I assume it’s in the same vein as "the MELTdown " on the reddit grilled cheese page
tobogganablaze@lemmus.org
on 02 Sep 2024 17:15
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I did in another reply to the comment you just repied to.
SARGE@startrek.website
on 02 Sep 2024 17:19
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Lmao that’s what I get for leaving the page up for twenty minutes without hitting “submit reply”
tobogganablaze@lemmus.org
on 02 Sep 2024 17:22
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lol, I’ve been there.
flora_explora@beehaw.org
on 03 Sep 2024 16:32
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I somehow cannot see your explanation :( I can see the clarification regarding the “sentient dot” but not the “brown recluse”.
tobogganablaze@lemmus.org
on 03 Sep 2024 16:33
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To expand more on the meme side: It’s a notorious problem in spider communities that every brown spider will at some point be called a brown recluse by … less educated people. Which can lead to innocent spiders being killed just for their skin colour! Which is why there are usually rules that prohibit layman from identifying medically significant spiders.
The spider in the picture is a tarantula, so very obvious not a brown recluse. That’s the joke. It’s funny here, but seriously don’t make that joke on an actual spider community, none of the residents will think it’s funny.
flora_explora@beehaw.org
on 03 Sep 2024 22:34
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So what are these sentient dots? I keep seeing them everywhere, but no one else around me does. This is the first time I’ve seen anyone else acknowledge their existence.
tobogganablaze@lemmus.org
on 02 Sep 2024 16:29
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Seems to be a mite (possibly red velvet mite).
lemmyng@lemmy.ca
on 02 Sep 2024 16:30
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Red spider mites. They’re plant pests.
tobogganablaze@lemmus.org
on 02 Sep 2024 16:45
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Red spider mite is the common name for Tetranychus urticae. That’s quite the specific ID for such a terrible picture. I don’t think it’s correct, Trombidiidae seems more likely (and those are predators).
You know what, I think you are right. I was hasty and the shape fits your suggestion better.
flora_explora@beehaw.org
on 03 Sep 2024 16:23
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If you ever wonder what lives around you (and you have not the worst phone/camera), you could take pictures of it and upload it to iNaturalist. It is such a great site/app to learn about all the organisms around you :)
YourPrivatHater@ani.social
on 02 Sep 2024 17:04
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The long legs boys are the best. The weaver ones and the Hunters.
tobogganablaze@lemmus.org
on 03 Sep 2024 17:44
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Something about those legs just makes me want to call them daddy.
davidgro@lemmy.world
on 02 Sep 2024 19:26
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Ok, what is the salad dressing one and why is it labeled that way?
Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 02 Sep 2024 19:40
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It’s called a vinegaroon it’s not actually dangerous.
propter_hog@hexbear.net
on 02 Sep 2024 21:40
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Sentient dot sucks. Used to have them outside the library at uni. Careless freshmen would sit on the steps to enjoy the day only to come home looking like they’d had a roll in ants.
Anticorp@lemmy.world
on 03 Sep 2024 19:29
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You’re now banned from !spiders@lemmy.world
Memes aside, since I’ve been on the internet long enough to know that this could legitimately be the first time someone’s seen this information:
A brown recluse is a real spider endemic to the central United States. They are small, slender, and brown. Their bites are venomous and can require medical attention. In rare cases they can potentially be lethal, especially in young children.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider
Thanks for that!
To expand more on the meme side: It’s a notorious problem in spider communities that every brown spider will at some point be called a brown recluse by … less educated people. Which can lead to innocent spiders being killed just for their skin colour! Which is why there are usually rules that prohibit layman from identifying medically significant spiders.
The spider in the picture is a tarantula, so very obvious not a brown recluse. That’s the joke. It’s funny here, but seriously don’t make that joke on an actual spider community, none of the residents will think it’s funny.
My grandmother lost her pinky finger to one of those! Do not ingore the bite! It will require medical attention.
I hate brown recluses so much. I’ve known several people that needed surgery because of them
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I would like to know the inside joke, but I also don’t want to look at a bunch of pictures of spiders…
I’m not arachnophobic, but I’m also not a spider voyeur, and am perfectly okay with them staying in their corners of the house while I stay in mine.
So uhhhh… Can someone explain the joke I’m too scared to try and understand? I assume it’s in the same vein as "the MELTdown " on the reddit grilled cheese page
I did in another reply to the comment you just repied to.
Lmao that’s what I get for leaving the page up for twenty minutes without hitting “submit reply”
lol, I’ve been there.
I somehow cannot see your explanation :( I can see the clarification regarding the “sentient dot” but not the “brown recluse”.
Ah thanks <3
So what are these sentient dots? I keep seeing them everywhere, but no one else around me does. This is the first time I’ve seen anyone else acknowledge their existence.
Seems to be a mite (possibly red velvet mite).
Red spider mites. They’re plant pests.
Red spider mite is the common name for Tetranychus urticae. That’s quite the specific ID for such a terrible picture. I don’t think it’s correct, Trombidiidae seems more likely (and those are predators).
You know what, I think you are right. I was hasty and the shape fits your suggestion better.
If you ever wonder what lives around you (and you have not the worst phone/camera), you could take pictures of it and upload it to iNaturalist. It is such a great site/app to learn about all the organisms around you :)
The long legs boys are the best. The weaver ones and the Hunters.
Something about those legs just makes me want to call them daddy.
Ok, what is the salad dressing one and why is it labeled that way?
It’s called a vinegaroon it’s not actually dangerous.
It’s a vinegaroon, which a lot of people may recognize as the poor creature that mad-eye moody demonstrates the cruciatus curse on in Harry Potter.
Edit: was wrong, it’s actually a tailless whip scorpion that got tortured by crazy eyes.
You’re thinking of the Tailless Whip Scorpion.
Oops, wrong arachnid. You are indeed correct.
Sentient dot sucks. Used to have them outside the library at uni. Careless freshmen would sit on the steps to enjoy the day only to come home looking like they’d had a roll in ants.
Sentient is pushing it.