Huckleberry is the Sunspider that runs into my bathroom whenever I take a shit at night and tries to hide in the shadow under my feet. She also runs around my desk sometimes. Huckleberry’s body and head (not including legs) is about 2cm long, which is about as big they get where I live. The front pair of legs aren’t actually legs - they are called “pedipalps” and she holds them up while running around to touch stuff like a little kid doing airplane arms. She zooms around eating dust mites and other small bugs and is very fast. Huckleberry is an arachnid but closer in relation to a scorpion than a spider. She has no venom and spins no web preferring to hunt and explore.

You may also know these fine creatures by other names: Whipscorpion or Camel Spider.

So say hi to Huckleberry, she is nice.

  • Weedian [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    hi Huckleberry, I drank some huckleberry lemonade from the pow wow today

    spideys are so cute they eat the pest bugs but get the bad rep of looking scary or whatever

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Pow wow food is so good, I don’t care if I’m on a diet if I go to a pow wow I am making an exception and getting fry bread.

      And yes they get a bad rep despite them basically being the easiest to deal with. They aren’t going to get into your rice like weevils or eat your clothing like moths. They just want to hang out and chomp on pests and run away 99% of the time if you disturb them.

      Some people think Sunspiders “chase” people but they are just trying to hide in your shadow because in the desert a little shade is life or death. Poor misunderstood critters.