ambitious_bones@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 days agoCan anyone help identify this spider? Found on a celing in Austria.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down17
arrow-up165arrow-down1imageCan anyone help identify this spider? Found on a celing in Austria.lemmy.mlambitious_bones@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 days agomessage-square44linkfedilink
minus-squareFlubo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoYeah. I have no idea why it has this name. :D
minus-squareOmid Mnzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoFrom the Wikipedia link above: The abdominal black marking evokes the vampire of the 1922 German silent film Nosferatu, which led to the common German name of the spider, Nosferatu-Spinne.
It’s a vampire spider?
Yeah. I have no idea why it has this name. :D
From the Wikipedia link above: