NEW SPECIES PHOTOS: Jumping Spiders, Odd Gecko, More

nationalgeographic ^ | March 25, 2009

[posterchild]

There are jumping spiders in the US also.

[potlatch]

Scary looking. I once had a Tarantula get into my home through a window screen that wasn't secured. They JUMP! Wasn't fun getting it out the door, lol.

[bert]

Here's my green frog with my tilandsia collection....

[JoeProBono]

[Danae]

Ugh I hate spiders.

[Ax]

The U.S. Forces that were fighting in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands had to put up with these beasts as well as the fanatical Japanese soldiers. Still and all, I’d love to visit New Guinea some day, and nobody hates/fears spiders more than me.

[SunkenCiv]

You deserve the “three frog topics in a week” award. ;’)

[Hot Tabasco]

this bent-toed gecko of the Cyrtodactylus genus is the only one known of its kind,

Could it be that perhaps someone or something stepped on its fingers and bent them??????????

I once saw a video of a two legged dog..........Should it be considered an endangered species too?

[JoeProBono]

"Could it be that perhaps someone or something stepped on its fingers and bent them??????????"

Yea...sure looks like it.

[JoeProBono]

"I once saw a video of a two legged dog..........Should it be considered an endangered species too?"

Perhaps....perhaps not.

[mojitojoe]

Thanks a lot. I’ll sleep with the lights on tonight. bad enough that we have these 6-7” long black Scorpions here. *shivers*

[JoeProBono]

Like this?

[mojitojoe]

STOPPPPPPPPPPPP!YUK.... YES!!! One time there was a mother with lots of little babies all over her back. SICK! Years ago I got a pan out of the cabinet and heard a noise, there was one in the pan! Our Springer Spaniel got stung twice. She coughed all night but it doesn’t affect cats. Nasty little sob’s, they will lay there and let you put your hand right on you then sting the hell out of you. They don’t run like spiders.
Kids here cut their stinger off then carry them around and scare people.

[JoeProBono]

"STOPPPPPPPPPPPP!"

OK, I quit

[dixie sass]

Geeze Joe! That is scary! I hate spiders and all creepy crawly things. Luckily there is a guy next door that will come and take care of any of those critters if I spy any.

[dixie sass]

Wow, Bert, that is a beautiful picture and what a cute little frog.

[bert]

Hey gal!! How ya doin?

The bromeliad is one of several in my office. The frog is a gift from my grandson..... a plastic 3d puzzle

[dixie sass]

Doing good. It looks so real in the photo, doesn’t it?

[ZX12R]

That Uroballus spider sure looks strange!

Looks like it's wearing one of Michelle Obama's dresses.