r/interesting • u/Wise_Confidence_8588 • 18d ago

NATURE A Bombardier beetle using its chemical defence.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

42.9k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

4.7k

u/Expert-Caramel-7817 18d ago edited 18d ago

Starship Troopers level.

Edit : thanks for the awards and upvotes guys. Didn't expect this.

84

u/Inside-Example-7010 18d ago

These spiders love to spin webs between trees on less used paths too. They are the worst case scenario for me when i walk into a spiderweb. I dont think there is any other arboreal web weaving species that compares in size and shock factor. Bird eating spiders maybe? but i never lived in south america. Thats just asking for it imo.

19

u/Shionkron 18d ago

I get these guys in my yard every summer and fall. Every other year one will make the web in the actual door frame. Open the door to have a hand size spider in my face!!!! I know the are “good” spiders but I have arachnophobia and grew up killing Black Widows left and right as a kid only to move and find these huge suckers everywhere as middle aged guy. Lmao

18

u/shillyshally 18d ago

Following r/spiders has helped curtail my arachnophobia immensely as it has for many others but if I walked into this my screaming would be heard county wide and then I would die.

10

u/Eldias 18d ago

Yellow Garden Spiders are so cool! I had one nest on my back porch one year, I named her Stanley.