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ambitious_bones @lemmy.world

3mo ago

Can anyone help identify this spider? Found on a celing in Austria.

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That's Geoff
- What Geoff Vader runs the Death Star?
- I’ve been calling him Jeff! My apologies to Geoff.
- Way to go, now the Spider Mafia is going to find him and break his legs for sure.
As long as it's not Australia you're probably safe
- I am really not worried about my safety at all. Just curious.
  
  But if you were in Australia, you SHOULD be worried about your safety with something like that on your ceiling
Taken with the UFO-picture-taking camera™
Good question, I think this one is called Bob, but it could be his brother Frank too.
- It can't be Bob. Bob was, errrr, with me...
That's a huntsman. Not dangerous to you
Looks like a crab
- Everything becomes crab
  
  Can confirm.
Why did you make a screenshot of the cropped image instead of hitting the crop button on the top right?
Also did you check what your phone said about the spider?
I don't know anything about insects and spiders, but maybe some sort of running crab spider, e.g. Philodromus cespitum?
Maybe this one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoropsis_spinimana?wprov=sfla1
(Nosferatuspinne in German)
- It's a vampire spider?
  
  Yeah. I have no idea why it has this name. :D
Brenn die Bude nieder… nah, aber dem Foto zufolge düft‘s sich um a Krabbenspinne handeln.
Sehr schirch, ganz leicht giftig aber ungefährlich.
Probably something that'll kill you.
- Australia yes. Austria probably not.
  
  Maybe they got bit by it and had to type quick before the venom took hold so they missed some letters?
Cutie pie
I’d say it’s a common house spider but those significantly longer front legs throw it off for me. Might be the perspective or picture
Pseudoscorpion?

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