r/mildyinteresting • u/smilingjade101 • Jan 09 '26
critter corner š° Lady turns Spider lose on Fly
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u/Longjumping-Quail122 Jan 09 '26
Does this woman just have a pet attack spider that rides on her pants?
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u/ThotacodorsalNerve Jan 09 '26
You donāt?
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u/ThePocketTaco2 Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 09 '26
What kind of woman doesn't have an
axeattack spider?
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u/possiblyholly Jan 09 '26
I canāt focus on the rest of the video. All I can think about is how the spider I think came from her pants?????????
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u/Individual_Agency703 Jan 09 '26
I thought the spider would go into her button fly jeans. I was disappointed.
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u/imunfair Jan 09 '26
There's a whole subreddit of people that have pet jumping spiders and stuff, maybe she's one of those people.
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u/ihvnnm Jan 09 '26
One pocket for sand, one for spider, got most situations covered right there.
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u/PsychicNinja_ Jan 09 '26
I hate spiders, absolutely terrified of them, but jumping spiders are so adorable
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Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 09 '26
Have you ever seen Lucas the spider?
Edit: for the uninitiated https://youtube.com/shorts/2t-rl-nL65M?feature=shared
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u/Just_Dab Jan 09 '26
Honestly I prefer regular jumping spiders. Lucas is just so exaggerated that it loops back into being creepy.
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u/DitchDigger330 Jan 09 '26
I'm fine with web spiders. It's the ground spiders that get a big as your hand and are fast that I'm not a fan of.
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u/PsychicNinja_ Jan 09 '26
All of them scare the hell out of me, all sizes and all kinds. Itās just jumping spiders. I came face to face with one when I was working in a floral department, and it scared me at first, but then it was looking directly at me with its big eyes and Iāve loved them ever since.
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u/Interface- Jan 09 '26
I adore the way they tilt their heads to look up at people. You can see the intelligence and curiosity in their eyes.
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u/PsychicNinja_ Jan 09 '26
Thatās exactly it. That little spider I saw looked right at me and it was just different. Iāve never forgotten that tiny thing and those big eyes.
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u/Mr_Tiggywinkle Jan 09 '26
You can see the intelligence and curiosity in their eyes.
Fun fact - Jumping spiders specifically are responsible for scientists re-thinking how much cognitive ability is possible with tiny brains, because they are capable of way more advanced thinking than previously thought possible. Tracking out-of-sight targets for hours, adapting to situations etc.
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u/CampAstoria Jan 09 '26
The ones that kick open (their tiny) doors and suck the prey inside. Nightmare fuel.
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u/kinkylodes Jan 09 '26
Spiders are good! Please donāt hate them.
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u/PsychicNinja_ Jan 09 '26
I know theyāre good, but Iām still scared of them and probably always will be.
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u/InEenEmmer Jan 09 '26
Fun fact about jumping spiders incoming.
They got 8 eyes, 6 which are more like close surround sensors. They react mostly to movement and light changes, but it allows a wide perspective.
Then they also have 2 bigger eyes facing forward. They create a more focused vision. They can see sharp for a few meters (which is amazing considering the size of their eyes), but only in a very small spot.
Jumping spiders are amazing creatures
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u/CaribouHoe Jan 09 '26
If you're into SciFi read Children of Time!
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u/No_Imagination_2490 Jan 09 '26
Portia is one of my favourite sci-fi characters of all time and she's a terrifying giant mutant spider
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u/TortelliniTheGoblin Jan 09 '26
There are a TON of things I'm fine with as long as aren't big enough to hunt me and spiders are near the top
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u/Additional-Local8721 Jan 09 '26
We have Brown Recluse in Texas. Maybe the size of a dime but it's venom can eat a softball size hole into you. I will save any other spider but those.
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u/Green-Berry-436 Jan 09 '26
Ummmm we have them in KS too and with their legs I've seen some in my own basement the size of a silver dollar. š«£
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u/sparhawk817 Jan 09 '26
Brown recluse bites are significantly more rare than they are reported and treated for, but since most people come in saying they think it was a Brown recluse without a picture of it first or the spider in a ziplock bag or whatever, they just have to assume the victim is right, from what I understand.Study on 3 families living with Brown recluse infestations and the lack of bites
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u/Throwaway_Consoles Jan 09 '26
Iāve lived with brown recluse in the house forā¦ 19 years now? In that time Iāve been bitten twice. The first bite was bad, my leg looked scary, the second bite left a scar roughly the size of a cigar burn on my arm so that was kinda cool I guess.
Either way, theyāre super chill and I donāt have to worry about bugs in my house
We have an unspoken agreement (well, I told them the agreement when I moved in but I donāt think they understood) āStick to your corners and Iāll stay out of themā. Thereās even one in my shower! I named him Frank because Iām not creative with names but Frank is a G. I pretend to give him an air fist bump sometimes when Iām in a good mood
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u/Watbrupls Jan 09 '26
Jumping spiders are smart asf
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u/Techman659 Jan 10 '26
Fast asf too, flies are fast but that spider was so fast even the fly thought time and space just got messed up.
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u/ProfDFH Jan 09 '26
Too many people in these comments donāt know that overalls have buttons on the side.
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u/Splobs Jan 09 '26
Ty, I was scrolling the comments trying to find an explanation for the āarse on the frontā type body shape i was looking at.
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u/just_a_person_maybe Jan 09 '26
Some pants do too. I have two pairs of pants that have buttons on the side like this.
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u/beardedrockerboy Jan 09 '26
Well that was fucking FAST!!! This is awesome, I love nature!
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u/tabaK23 Jan 09 '26
You should read āchildren of timeā itās an incredible science fiction book if you find the idea of large jumping spiders and ants interesting.
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u/kaas_is_leven Jan 09 '26
If it helps, that's not how physics works. The spider is fast because of the low mass / small size. They move using (essentially) hydraulics, which can be near instant when moving a tiny bit of fluid, but to move more mass you need more fluid in the pipes which takes longer to move around so the spider is slower. Eventually this entire system wouldn't work anymore, which is why larger animals have muscles. Also inertia, regardless of how fast the system can work, changing acceleration takes more energy as mass increases. The cat would have to overcome that extra cost too.
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u/Cromagmadon Jan 09 '26
That square-cube law keeping everything proportionate to available nutrition. What we need is some Carboniferous-period oxygen levels again to get huuuuge insects (after a few thousand years).
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u/FewAcanthocephala828 Jan 09 '26
Second video I've seen lately of spiders being used as attack dogs, and I'm all here for it.
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u/pixeltweaker Jan 09 '26
I thought the spider was on her fly and then realized there was an actual fly.
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u/RedDemio- Jan 09 '26
Itās incredible to watch those little guys. They seem so much more intelligent than other spider, they have a proper little personality of their own. Amazing creatures
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u/MochiFluffs Jan 09 '26
Is it me, or did the wolf spider do happy mouth clicks like cats do when they see a bird, prior it to it pouncing? Kinda cute!š
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u/Yeetsformer Jan 09 '26
Itās a jumping spider
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u/MochiFluffs Jan 09 '26
Thanks! They both look similar to me.
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u/Yeetsformer Jan 09 '26
Thatās fair
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u/TophThaToker Jan 09 '26
Wolf spiders are fucking huge compared to the average jumping spider. Idk what the hell that person is smoking but I want some of it.
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u/ThinkingOz Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
I love how s/he excitedly primes the chomping gear while out of sight of his quarry.
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u/Push-not-pull Jan 09 '26
It went from doing a cute pull-up, to frightening slowly turning with cold precision.
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u/FeistyRelationship44 Jan 09 '26
Felt like a horror movie for a secā¦ I actually yelled ārun, fly!ā before the spider got it š
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u/Empty_Atmosphere_392 Jan 10 '26
I love spiders, I think it started when I learned that spiders eat mosquitoes, which are the creatures that I hate the most. So win win for me
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u/DrawerVisible6979 Jan 13 '26
Fly: "Today's a grape da-"
Spider: "I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU ABOUT YOUR CAR'S EXTENDED WARRANTY."
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u/bluearavis Jan 09 '26
I had one. They're amazing creatures to watch. Even when you see it pounce like in the video, it still seems like you lost time.
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u/Few_Translator4431 Jan 09 '26
great symbiotic relationship. youre hungry and want the fly gone. lil bro is hungry and will happily remove it. win win.
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u/Mean-Display77 Jan 09 '26
That was an amazing hunt to watch. I really enjoyed that. He was creeping moving his little face feet to sonar in on him. Just awesome.
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u/Stucklikegluetomyfry Jan 09 '26
Many years ago I decided to set a fly free instead of splatting it.
It immediately flew out the window straight into a spider web and that was the end of that.
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u/Trumpcangosuckone Jan 09 '26
I used to have jumping spiders as pets, and I fed them with flies and other insects I caught around the house. I'd purposefully swat the flies with just enough force to incapacitate them, but not smoosh them completely. Into the death jars they went.
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u/LungHeadZ Jan 09 '26
Everytime i watch this with the same enthusiasm.
The way itās little fangs?..rattle in the air, then a simple grab to the lip of the plate,like itās nothing. The slow inclined turn to the left. Just before that āblink or youāll miss itā pounce. Pure cinema
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u/No_Edge2569 Jan 09 '26
I like when the spider flaps it little flim flams as if it's calculating before climbing onto the plate.
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u/TheMuteHeretic_ Jan 09 '26
Apex predator right there. Exceptionally capable little killing machine.
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u/LordOffal Jan 09 '26
My mother raised me to really quite love spiders she always said they were doing good work. I managed to pass that view on to my wife too who was initially very scared of spiders but now appreciates the insect killing job they do.
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u/sealysea Jan 10 '26
idk why but the movement and the colors on it makes it look like a smol little cat
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u/SammySweets Jan 10 '26
Here I am in a Friday night spending time cheering on a spider catching a fly. Adulthood is not what I thought it would be.
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u/BriefDismal Jan 10 '26
Wow, were the frames cut? Because i have seen this on repeat where the spider seems to teleport in the last mili second to get the fly. There's a reason this predator hasn't changed for millions of years because it is efficient.
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u/Skavie Jan 11 '26 edited Jan 11 '26
Imagine a group of basically eldritch horrors cheering you on as you go food shopping lmao
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u/KRULLIGKNART Jan 12 '26
Things like this amazes me so much. Some animals and insects are so insanely fast I can't even comprehend. Or we humans are horribly slow lol.
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u/Frogy_mcfrogyface Jan 13 '26
I like that in its little head there's a tiny brain that knows how to stalk its prey like a cat would, and also how its surrounded by humans that could kill it with ease, but for some reason feels completely safe.
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u/Difficult-Gur766 Jan 17 '26
Amazing to catch that on video! That is one of those ācuteā spiders too
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u/UnRealmCorp Jan 09 '26
I just got a little Bold Jumping spider as a pet. He's currently munching on a baby meal worm after snoozing in his silk sack.
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u/Mindful_Rager Jan 09 '26
This is why I want to get a lizard or a bird to eat the mosquitos and annoying bugs.
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u/New_Tie6233 Jan 09 '26
Spiders freak me out, but I donāt know why jumping spiders donāt too much. Good boy. Get that pest!
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u/Bewhoyawannabe Jan 09 '26
Waiter waiter there is a fly on my fruit! Donāt worry Sir/Maāam the spider on my crotch will catch it!!! LOL
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u/Nice_Soup Jan 09 '26
we need spiders to eat them mosquitoes also not in any way in human vision I wish so we dont kill it or anything
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u/Kind-Block-9027 Jan 09 '26
First of all, r/humansbeingbros
Second, that spider is so fast, that it moved faster than the frame rate. It basically became vibrational and teleported š
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u/Capital_Check9527 Jan 09 '26
For a minute, I imagined what if humans developed a different tech tree.Ā
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u/heretobesarcastic Jan 09 '26
I think this spider is very common because Iāve been seeing a lot of of them on Reddit or somewhere else
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