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What is this thing?

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by hangry@slrpnk.net to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
 

Sorry for poor picture quality. Found in France. Never seen anything like it.

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[–] hangry@slrpnk.net 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! It isvery likely a Eratigena Atrica. The pattern on its back is identical. I safely released it in the garden.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Moving an indoor spider outside typically leads to their death. What you did here is basically throw a spider to the wolves. If you can't deal with a spider indoors and you feel obligated to do something about it but have ethical feelings or whatever, the better thing to do is simply and quickly squish it.

But, it's a spider, so whatever.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

Nahhhh if you let it outside your feeding another animal, if you squish it your making a mess.