#tangle-web spiders

[uncharismatic-fauna]

No Tears for the Southern Black Widow

Latrodectus mactans, more commonly known as the southern black widow, is the most common species in the black widow family. While it can be found throughout North America, they are found most often in the southern United States. Within this wide range, L. mactans enjoys a variety of habitats. They prefer areas that are close to the ground, dark, and sheltered; in the wild this may mean dense brush or under logs, while in inhabited areas they may be found in basements, log piles, or under trash lids.

In addition to being the most common black widow, L. mactans is also the largest member of the family Theridiidae. The females are larger than the males, averaging at about 8-10 mm (0.31- 0.39 in) in length and weighing about 1 g (0.04 oz); however the male's legs are generally longer than the females. Both males and females are black, with small thoraxes and extremely large, round abdomens. The female can be distinguished by the iconic red hour-glass shape on the underside of her abdomen, while the male has 4 pairs of red and white stripes on each side of his abdomen.

The southern black widow is mainly solitary, spending most of its time in or near its web. Only the females live long enough to build a web for catching prey, and are the sole source of black widow bites. While bites do require medical attention, no human fatalities have been reported since 1983.

During the day, females hang in the center of the web to expose the bright red warning on their abdomen; when startled they drop to the ground and play dead. Though the webs they construct are haphazard-- the stereotype of cobwebs-- they are extremely strong and are capable of catching woodlice, millipedes, centipedes, other spiders, and occasionally small mice. Once an animal becomes trapped in L. mactan's web, the spider envenoms its prey and wraps it in a thick cocoon. After the animal dies the spider injects it with digestive enzymes and consumes the resulting fluid. Despite their strong venom, the southern black widow can be victim to several predaotrs; namely wasps, the brown widow spider, praying mantises, and large centipedes.

The southern black widow mates primarily in the spring and summer. Mature males build small webs and deposit semen along the threads. He then coats his mouthpieces-- palps-- with sperm and sets out to find a female mate. To court her, he vibrates the threads of her web until she is receptive. On rare occasions, a displeased female may eat the male. Afterwards, if he survives, the male leaves the females web and dies soon afterwards. From just one encounter, the female can store enough sperm to last her a lifetime of reproductive cycles.

After fertilization, the female builds a small web where she lays her egg sac, which can contain up to 400 eggs. She guards these eggs until they hatch about 20 days later, and immedietly disperse to establish their own territories. Until they become fully mature, at about 90 days old, juveniles have no venom and are extremely vulnerable to predators- including adult black widows. Typically only about 30 individuals from a single clutch survive to adulthood. Once mature, males can live for only one year, while females can live up to three years in the wild.

Conservation status: The IUCN has not evaluated the southern black widow, but due to its large range and population size it is considered stable. It is able to adapt to most habitats, and thus the species' only threat comes from extermination via pest control.

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Photos

Mark Kostich

James L. Castner

Meghan F. Murphy

#southern black widow #Araneae #Theridiidae #black widows #true widows #tangle-web spiders #cobweb spiders #spiders #arachnids #arthropods #generalist fauna #generalist arthropods #urban fauna #urban arthropods #north america #southern north america

[emocheremuha]

dig me right into the hole if I die here, I won't feel anymore and my words get all choked up in my mouth in a tunnel I'll swell up, filled with doubt

#digital artist #artists on tumblr #spideypool #artwork #deadpool #spideypool fanart #amazing spider man #peter parker #wade wilson #inspired by fanfiction #the tangled web we weave

[thedarknesssings]

The Spider.

#ffxiv #elezen #duskwight #screenshot #gpose #Spider #gposer #Spinner #weaver #tangled webs #gelmorran #eldritch things

[motoroil-recs]

[X / X / X] [X / 🏎️ / X] [X / X / X]

A stimboard for Spider-Man [Marvel's Spider-Man 2] with imagery of spiders, webs, and body stims.

#🏎️ — stimboard ! #kin blog #kinblog #kin help #kinhelp #fictionkin #kin stimboard #stimboard #stim #spider #spiders #insect #bug #body stim #tangle #clothing #web #spider web #hands #black #grey #brown #blue #spiderman kin #spider man kin #insomniac spider man kin #insomniac spiderman kin #spiderman ps5 kin #peter parker kin #peter parker ps5 kin

[arcticarthropod]

Lyric cobweaver I think

#Spider #Arachnid #Cobweaver #Lyric cobweaver #Tangle web #Theridiidae

[the-tangle-web]

Still no real luck in finding exactly where Gabe is- or any of the other boys for that matter. We overheard one of them escaped! And that’s good news! But… I don’t think it’s appropriate to bombard her with questions at this moment.

I just hope they’re doing alright. We’ve not left the sewers ever since Gabe told us not to. And Splinter doesn’t take it lightly. We’re still not allowed to leave until we get an all clear! And Leon is REALLY getting bored and when he gets bored- he goes into my lab and touches things. And I want him to NOT touch my things. So the situation is becoming dire.

Any ideas? Literally anything to help in this overall situation would be splendid.

#the tangle web #ic #67889 donnie #67889 tmnt #spider oc #donnie: and if anyone could ask for us if Athena and Thalia are ok??? we’ve been worried! #donnie: and we also have this WEIRD SPIDER CAT HERE which we think belongs to the other less cool spider person Anthony #donnie: any ideas on what spider cats eat?

[artapir]

Stealthed cyberspider, perhaps a "chase car" for the racing spiders, or a vector of rival corporate espionage, or a self-destructing agent deployed to eliminate incriminating evidence of such illegal unsanctioned incursions into a protected extrasolar ecological theatre...?

Midjourney 6

#ai cyberspider #stealth cyborg spider #von neumann fauna #extrasolar cyborganic contamination #oh what a tangled web we weave

[pleafyistired]

why is c!fluffy always in my head like girl,,, (gender neutral) why you so strings,,,,,

#whoever draw them with strings all around them you are such a genius (its probably fluffy themselves) #idk why it just. in my head so much i cant put it into words its just. 'STTRIGNGS STRINGS AROUND THEM AROUND THEIR NECK #THE SPIDER WEAVING ITS WEB AND TANGLE ITSELF IN THE PROCESS #IT CATCHES PREY BUT AT WHAT COST #AND STILL THE SPIDER CONTINUE WEAVING #WEAVE WEAVE AWAY AS THE STICKY WEB STRINGS CLING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER ONTO THEIR NECK AND ARMS

[plasmagrrl]

Tangle

#Februllage 2024 #Februllage #Februllage2024 #Collage #Art #Mixed Media #Tangle #Jelly Fish #Seaweed #Spider web #fence #interchange #overpass #lost #tangled #twisted #caught #Sakmfersvingen

[theprismyyy]

Thinking about how I remembered that I had sent the first and second chapter of Tangled Webs to my friend, so all is not lost. Come on girls, come on, first chapter of Tangled Webs scheduled to be released tomorrow at noon.

#gwen stacy x reader #gwen stacy x fem!reader #gwen stacy x oc #across the spiderverse #spider verse #into the spider verse #spider ghost #gwen stacy #spider gwen #fanfic #fem!oc #oc #felicia hardy #black cat #wlw #lesbian #bissexual #pansexual #supremacy of gwen stacy bi #tangled webs #let's go lesbians #🌺 emir spam

[jihef03]

"-It's delightful."

bruh X'D

#bar with no name #marvel #spider-man's tangled web

[waporlock]

one of those nights where you cant help but feel like yasu umineko

#is there rly a future left for me? #an ugly spider tangled in her own web #i can hear us howling in pain #etc etc etc and other such quotes #personal #i guess

[the-tangle-web]

Loud ass beeping in his ears.

Being stuck restrained in some sort of metal tube isn’t a fun experience. And certainly not one Gabe wants to experience again.

His whole body under his neck was numb for the first few days. There were needles in his arms and some sort of mask over his face. After awhile, he started to gain more feeling in his body. But something wasn’t right. It wasn’t all him.

Everything else felt like flesh. But one side was off balance. He could feel it, but it wasn’t the same. It was hard to explain, but it just felt…. Different.

Carnage wasn’t far away from him. Stuck in a different clear tube. Even when separated, he could have sworn he felt how Carnage felt. Both of them were trapped and didn’t know how long it had been. He started to forget as days passed what exactly happened.

It was a muffled alarm that tore him from his thoughts. Shouts and a roar. He flinched as something cracked just outside his holding. Like something shattering. Then, he felt a familiar sensation, tendrils gripping at his legs and sneaking through his confinements. He didn’t need to look to know who it was. He couldn’t even move his head anyways. His fingers stretched downwards at his sides, and he felt Carnage grip at his hand.

. . .

Karma swallowed the scientist whole, her tongue licking her teeth as their screams muffled and the room was clear. Red lights flashing and a promise of backup.

The symbiote flinched and whipped her head around as a side of the room shattered. Emerging a red symbiote with bared teeth.

“Carnage,”

“Karma,”

Karma growled, “Go get the others,” and she gestured over her shoulder to the opening of debris that led to another room, “we are finding Teddy and Ravage,”

“Our memories are jumbled- but your brother is not far. They are separate but in the same room. Just beyond here.”

. . .

Ravage bonded to a weak body that disoriented him. But slowly, he was able to repair what he could not after all this time. Slowly, he stepped outward from the glass cell Teddy was in. Across the room, he saw the box he used to be stuck in, now torn. Glass littered the ground.

“Ravage,”

“Karma-“

The other symbiote shook her head, “No time, we are leaving. You both can move?”

“We are dizzy, but we will be fine,”

. . .

His head hurt like shit… he went from being restrained upright to almost face planting the cold ground. Anthony gritted his teeth, slowly lifting himself up with his arms. A large claw gently but firmly lifted him to his feet.

“Gareth is feeding. Backup is coming. We need to leave, now.”

He blinked rapidly, his gaze falling across the room. Several dead and drained bodies of scientists and Gareth still hunched over one. When the vampire lifted his head, his mouth was bloodied, but he no longer looked so crazed. His eyes dilated and his eyes shut tightly before opening again.

“What- where the fuck-“

“No time. We have to go!”

A loud crash and Anthony whipped his head over his shoulder. Heavy footsteps and shouts were getting louder.

He looked back ahead and he saw a large opening in the wall to the outside of the building. The rooms trashed and broken, research destroyed and littered with bodies.

Anthony ran on autopilot. He wasn’t sure who gave him a zip up jacket, but it was most likely Gabe. He didn’t remember when Ravage and Karma came around the corner and they all reassembled. And he didn’t remember forcing his body to sprint and jump through his opening to freedom.

. . .

Jen stood in front of the TV, her body frozen and eyes wide. An Oscorp lab destroyed and escaping it, three symbiotes and two humanoid beings. One shooting a web and swinging across to hide in an alleyway. Their faces unable to be recognized.

But she knew.

And she was relieved and horrified.

. . .

Castle was already searching the city, top to bottom, and tearing it apart.

Nick Fury and the Avengers have been failing to find the lost teen.

And Carnage led them, for the time being, the only place he knew they would be safe until the coast was clear. And safe to say, the turtle mutants had lots of questions.

“HOW THE FU-“

#the tangle web #spider oc #67889 tmnt #metal mirrors arc #anthony rossi #67889 carnage #gaberiel todd #gareth fletcher #universe 67889 punisher #universe 67889 nick fury #67889 nick fury #67889 she hulk #writing #tw injuries #tw violence #tw implied torture #tw implied experimentation

[primarining]

anyways 90s/00s grunge variant of spider-punk. that's my spider-sona.

#i need to study grunge fashion to design a costume #shes got spider-knuckles that leaves webs attached to people she strikes. tangles up crowds of enemies #also reworking my symbiote self-insert so that my spider-sona is the symbiote self insert #so she has their old terror-gaze power as a power unique to her #(eye-contact with her can induce intense fear) #and this power gets exponentially stronger when the symbiote is introduced to her physiology

[nereb-and-dungalef]

Gonna create a battle jacket that has soooo much symbolism

#today's patch is a four eyed pigeon carrying a dandelion in seed with its feet tangled in red string #flying upward and the dandelion seeds are scattered in the air behind it #the back is. mushrooms captioned 'nature will bury you' #also have a few cryptozoology pins #plague doctor pin #turtle pin #spider web #paper wasp patch that says 'slay queen' #moss on the sleeve that took FOREVER to embroider #my beloved bad english pins from moldova #and a pirate ship captioned 'pirate life' #not tolkien

[sweetearthandnorthernsky]

36 for the word prompts?

Morinel taps her fingers against the well-wrought table where she sits in the front hall of the Gwaith-i-Mirdain. 

Sunlight streams through the high, wide windows to warm the hall.  Then Morinel sighs, shaking her head and coming back to the book and her notes spread out before her.

Her hand aches from taking notes and her head spins as she tries to decipher the extremely technical language before her without being distracted.

It’s the apprentices, masters, and journeymen of the Mirdain going about their business, laughing or in deep discussion, mostly, though on occasion she’s drawn from her work by a far more insistent distraction.

Ungoleg, the Gwaith’s unofficial mascot, hops up onto the table and tilts her head as she stares into Morinel’s eyes. 

A few moments pass.

Evidently, Ungoleg isn’t displeased with whatever she found since she remains on the table, curled up next to the stack of papers. 

Morinel glances outside to see the tree leaves and flowers swaying in the summer breeze. 

She sets down her pen and she sighs. 

Ungoleg looks up curiously and Morinel gives in, stroking the spot just beneath the cat’s chin and Ungoleg purrs before uncurling and standing on her feet.

Before Morinel can stop her, a paw print smudges the word ‘conditional’ in her notes, before the whole page is smudged by the rest of the cat as Ungoleg decides imperiously that Morinel’s notes on the conditionality of runes and their uses is the best place to nap.

#ty friend!!! #<3 #my fic #ask game reply tag #i made nice!!! no angsty!!! #ungoleg got her name (little-spider) from that one time she got tangled in a web of string that an apprentice left out by accident #feel like this is real early eregion. 'annatar' who? he's not causing problems yet #og post