[dayglored]

Perfect!

An adult male Aphonopelma johnnycashi, one of 14 newly discovered species of tarantula found in the U.S. The males' jet-black appearance recalls the country musician Johnny Cash, who famously preferred to dress in black.

[dayglored]

Creepy-crawly ping!

[dp0622]

are you kidding me?

i didn’t know there were going to be pictures.

I feel faint.

Yes, I’m a man. From NYC.

only got knocked down once when i boxed, but i am dizzy now and need a Tylenol before i fall again.

[Billthedrill]

That one’s named Sue.

[tumblindice]

If it bites your ****
It’s a burning ring of fire

[Scrambler Bob]

One Fall day a Tarantula was walking in my yard, and I let him(?) be, expecting to see him occasionally, later.

A few days later I remembered him, and the black widow in the garden shed, and looked into the shed.

Tarantula, with a walking leg-span of about 2 1/2 inches was wrapped up in the widow’s web.

Sad.

[snarkpup]

Others, like the tiny Aphonopelma atomicum, nestle themselves in silk-lined burrows near Nevada's nuclear test sites.

"When animals go bad, that's enough trouble; but when mutant military animals go bad, that's really special!"—Sci Fi Channel trailer.

[Nailbiter]

a johnny cash tarantula- how cool ping

[martin_fierro]

a spider named sue Ping

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[Tax-chick]

Arachnid friends.

[lowbridge]

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[Moltke]

To uncover the new species, a three-person team led by the Florida Museum of Natural History's Chris Hamilton spent more than a decade on the hunt, logging thousands of miles of travel across the United States, hundreds of hours of laboratory analysis, and fieldwork on remote mountains and in scorching deserts.

10+ years' worth of paychecks for jaunting around the country. Nice work if you can get it.

[Prov1322]

Seeing the headline made me immediately think of Johnny with One Bad Pig...

Johnny Cash & One Bad Pig - Man In Black

It also brought a smile remembering my encounters with the Haitian Brown Tarantulas. These things were HUGE but apparently harmless to humans as the MK's (boys, never the girls) would keep them in a shoebox as pets.

You haven't lived until you are investigating why your usually docile dog is barking furiously @ 2AM when you realize you are intersecting one of these "beauties" in your house. Oh, and they can jump several feet in the air when threatened. I can smile now...

[GSWarrior]

Wonder how many disgusting, scary insects and creatures live in our homes, just out of our sight.

[trisham]

Neat.

[central_va]