Sorry for poor picture quality. Found in France. Never seen anything like it.
this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2024
44 points (87.9% liked)
What is this thing?
5519 readers
325 users here now
Let us help you identify that mysterious object you’ve found.
Currently in CHALLENGE mode: If you've got something obscure knocking about, post a picture, and let's see how we do. Please prefix such posts with "CHALLENGE:" so we know we've got a fighting chance.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
You're hurting his leg :( (Pretty sure it's a male Eratigena atrica)
Friendly spiderbro, very common.
Thanks! It isvery likely a Eratigena Atrica. The pattern on its back is identical. I safely released it in the garden.
Moving an indoor spider outside typically leads to their death. What you did here is basically throw a spider to the wolves. If you can't deal with a spider indoors and you feel obligated to do something about it but have ethical feelings or whatever, the better thing to do is simply and quickly squish it.
But, it's a spider, so whatever.
Nahhhh if you let it outside your feeding another animal, if you squish it your making a mess.
Eat the spider after you squish it. Problem solved.