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[Solved] What kind of spider is this? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/whatisthisthing

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About 1.5 to 2 inches across. Found in Santa Cruz, CA

Edit: Thanks all for your responses!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

A spider that's terrible at hiding

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing this! I quite enjoyed it.

The choice to

show spoiler

muffle the microphone when the spider covered its head with sand

was a brilliant touch.

P.S. I wish Lemmy supported >!inline spoilers!<. The current spoiler markdown is pretty clunky.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

hiding

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] Anticorp 1 points 4 months ago

Ha! I thought it was on a paper towel or something until it actually moved the sand at the end.