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Chalcoscirtus diminutus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the United States.
Wikipedia has more photos. Apparently it has no common name.
Pet jumping spiders are pretty great, they are very adorable because if the front facing eyes
It is true that the eyes make them cute. Compare them to this guy who seems fit for a nightmare about death...
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It's the
poisonousvenomous brown recluse spider.See, I would cuddle that friendo, I find them extremely cute.
Which is why I'm afraid of brown recluses: I don't trust that I could recognize one and I'm not afraid of spiders, so I'd be like "neat spider" and then my leg would slowly fall off over the course of a couple months. Terrifying.
I'd have to google but if it bit you - I assume the pain is pretty great. You'd know the spider was a nasty one.
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Wow, I was very wrong.
Brown Recluse Spider Bite Information & Treatment
What are the symptoms of a brown recluse spider bite?
Brown recluse spider bites don't always hurt right away. In fact, you may not know that you have been bitten until other symptoms appear. Symptoms of a brown recluse spider bite include:
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Reddened skin that may be followed by a blister that forms at the bite site.
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Mild to intense pain and itching for 2 to 8 hours following the bite.
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An open sore (ulcer) with a breakdown of tissue (necrosis) that develops a week or more following the bite. This may take months to heal.
Some people have a severe, systemic (whole-body) reaction to brown recluse spider bites...
I've been using "ninja edit" a lot recently. Maybe I need to make fewer assumptions!
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They also tend to be intelligent (for arthropods) so they have interesting behaviours.
There's a cute insta where someone has silly conversations with their pet jumping spider, and then they made a reel for one of the spiders that died and I got all choked up and I'm sure I'm fine.
I had a jumping spider jump on my face earlier in the year as I was trying to take a picture of it. I love these things so much.
I had a jumping spider sit on the tip of my finger once for several minutes spinning out a thread of webbing that made it look like they were doing Kung fu moves.
I'm usually not okay with insects, spiders etc but this lil guy is making me squee.
Look how tiny he issssssss omg 😭
