texas·TexasbyBigFig [USA Today] Tarantulas in Texas are popping out of the earth. Here's what they're looking for.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/14/tarantulas-in-texas-are-popping-out-of-the-earth-in-droves-heres-why/70321121007/Open linkView original on lemmy.world5Comments8Reply
iineedtosleep lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyI was under the impression that USA Today would at least have an editor. 4Reply
mmajkeli lemmy.worldI lived in the California desert where they do that too. Creepy as hell. It’s like a wave of tarantulas sweeping across the desert.2Reply
gina lemm.ee3Hide 3 repliesIt’s cool to see that they interviewed David Moellendorf for the article. He has a species of tarantula (Aphonopelma moellendorfi) named for him. I was able to purchase a spiderling from his shop a couple years ago.1Reply
gina replylemm.ee1Hide 1 replyTarantulas are just big old dorks, going about their dorky tarantula tasks in their dorky little tarantula lives.3Reply
BigFig replylemmy.worldI'm definitely a live and let live type with spiders but they do creep me out though. I once had a wolf spider chilling in my bathroom for a few days. He was cool2Reply
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I was under the impression that USA Today would at least have an editor.
No thank you, I'm good
I lived in the California desert where they do that too. Creepy as hell. It’s like a wave of tarantulas sweeping across the desert.
It’s cool to see that they interviewed David Moellendorf for the article. He has a species of tarantula (Aphonopelma moellendorfi) named for him. I was able to purchase a spiderling from his shop a couple years ago.
The thought of owning a spider....you're brave lmao
Tarantulas are just big old dorks, going about their dorky tarantula tasks in their dorky little tarantula lives.
I'm definitely a live and let live type with spiders but they do creep me out though.
I once had a wolf spider chilling in my bathroom for a few days. He was cool
They’re just out there looking for love.