I'm all for conservation, but I really have mixed feelings on this one - eviltoast

The Fen Raft Spider is roughly the size of an adult male’s hand, and can spin webs as big as pizzas (25cm).

They are also semi-aquatic and can run across the water’s surface to capture their prey.

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    If they’re calling 25cm the size of a pizza… I’m doubting the rest. Size of an adult male’s hand? I’m small, and being generous, the width of my palm is 90cm.

    from Wiki:

    Adult females can have bodies of slightly over 20mm in length with a span of 70mm including their legs.

    That’s the size of the largest banana spiders I’ve seen. In FLORIDA.