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[–]FUCKING_BUG_EXPERT 222 points223 points ago

Ahh... The Gorgyrella sp. African Red Trapdoor Spider. I must say, these are some scary little douchenozzles. I had one named "Osama." I rarely ever saw the damn thing.

The first time I threw a cricket in after it constructed its burrow and trapdoor, I patiently waited for at least 10 minutes, without moving or touching the terrarium, as the cricket sat and groomed itself in the opposite corner. I looked away for no more than 3 seconds, heard a brief rustle, and the cricket was gone. Missed my chance to see it for myself the first time.

When it refused to eat, fetching the cricket out of its tank was scary as hell.

[–]Tr0llzor 52 points53 points ago

"I rarely ever saw the damn thing" Names it Osama lmao

[–]beansmachine 74 points75 points ago

Sees bug related post then enters Comments section. Ctrl+F "FUCKING_BUG_EXPERT" Proceed to shit oneself from laughter.

...every time

[–]Omnipotent_Hamster 1 point2 points ago

Read the top part, then read yours. Ctrl+F FUCKING_BUG EXPERT. 2 of 2? I'm an idiot.

[–]Mein_Tarnaccount 17 points18 points ago

Barbeque tongs.

[–]corananlime 243 points244 points ago

Trapdoor spider

[–]dankula 459 points460 points ago

Or by my made up scientific name: FUCKUS THATICUS

[–]spovat 131 points132 points ago

I believe bigus dickus owned one

[–]iAmiAdam 35 points36 points ago

Monty Python references will always be upvoted.

[–]AtTheKevIn 21 points22 points ago

Do you find something funny about the name Bigus...........................Dickus?

[–]El_Nopal 12 points13 points ago

He has a wife, you know. Do you know what her name is? Incontinentia...

[–]Never-Nude-Prude 17 points18 points ago

...Incontinentia Buttocks.

[–]use_a_name_please 18 points19 points ago

Stwike him, centuwion, vewwy woughly.

[–]gneithamer1 2 points3 points ago

Thwow him to the fwoor.

[–]leighrah 2 points3 points ago

Cheered me up after seeing that horrific thing. Lol

[–]I_DO_NOT_EAT_SHIT[S] 63 points64 points ago

[–]somebodyshootme 57 points58 points ago

Do I count 10 legs?

[–]speculativereply 65 points66 points ago

Two of those "legs" are probably some of its mouth parts.

[–]SirBee 256 points257 points ago

So I should kill myself now then?

[–]MegaXwatt 75 points76 points ago

Very yes.

[–]sillybear25 19 points20 points ago

Pedipalps.

[–]rifenbug 10 points11 points ago

Is that supposed to make me feel better?

[–]milkmanwes 23 points24 points ago

8 legs and 2 pedipalps, they are by the mouth and have fewer joins than legs.

[–]jtg16021 15 points16 points ago

Those are huge! I would would literally get a machine gun and kill it if i saw it

[–]eamantite 20 points21 points ago

I'd get my figurative machine gun.

[–]DeadStillWalk 18 points19 points ago

I'd get my figurative running (the fuck away) shoes

[–]watermouse100 2 points3 points ago

People don't call me "Machine Gun Spider Jumper" for nothing!

[–]KhazMoonianFingh 0 points1 point ago

wuss, stepping on it would work just as well, this isn't the Cretaceous

[–]jtg16021 8 points9 points ago

that thing is bigger then my foot… "im gonna need a bigger boot…"

[–]zulway 8 points9 points ago

Nope, those are pedipalps.

Edit: sorry milkmanwee already covered it. my bad.

[–]Hooin_Kyoma 32 points33 points ago

A miracle of the universe. I cannot wait until spiders evolve and develop self awareness.

[–]CHAAAZZZZ 87 points88 points ago

GTFO

[–]Spr09 16 points17 points ago

Reddit, causing arachnophobia since /r/spiders .

[–]Snazzlecrag 7 points8 points ago

I am never, ever clicking on that subreddit. Now, who took all my napalm?

[–]thextrickster 3 points4 points ago

I read that as "napkin" at first and thought, "If you have the balls to squish one of them, God bless you and all your fearless offspring."

[–]k0wabunga 13 points14 points ago

Hello. Yes this is spider.

[–]thou_liest 3 points4 points ago

Would it still be arachnophobia if a self-aware spider is afraid of itself?

[–]AmoCrescent 5 points6 points ago

Otherwise known as Shelob.

[–]darkly39r 6 points7 points ago

My favorite spider

[–]BishopKingOfTheWSV 96 points97 points ago

Imagine it doing that to your foot...

[–]I_DO_NOT_EAT_SHIT[S] 275 points276 points ago

No.

[–]JaronK 20 points21 points ago

Did you know this type of spider likes to hide just to the side of mattresses so it can pop up and eat your face?

[–]Imprezzed 77 points78 points ago

[–]KiiLLBOT 1 point2 points ago

I can hear his voice. It is magnificent.

[–]Smooovies 65 points66 points ago

Imagnine it doing that on your isolated hand while you're sleeping. Tickle Tickle

[–]AnalJuice 39 points40 points ago

Fuck you.

[–]Garizondyly 8 points9 points ago

Not cool, bro. I was planning on sleeping tonight. No I have to inspect my hand every fifteen seconds.

[–]griffinvsoctopus 14 points15 points ago

I hate you.

[–]Damiend 1 point2 points ago

Instant heart failure.

[–]amacleod426 78 points79 points ago

CORPSER!

edit: Our Hero

[–]dfhawks3 3 points4 points ago

More or less.

[–]NoSirPlease 38 points39 points ago

My first thought was a hand with fat fingers. Wow.

[–]MrsFisher 360 points361 points ago

Jesus titty fucking Christ when is reddit going to get a spider warning?

[–]Classy_toast 80 points81 points ago

Please let this be looked into...soon I'm gonna have a damn heart attack..

[–]boogdd 2 points3 points ago

I don't know who screamed louder: me, or my fiance.

[–]wopple 30 points31 points ago

you're on r/wtf

[–]E-Squid 20 points21 points ago

That means shit nowadays, since it's either Facebook newsfeed junk or insects.

[–][deleted] 29 points30 points ago

Ah yes incest.

[–]cyclicamp 13 points14 points ago

The day this man retires.

[–]farkusfarko 62 points63 points ago

This. Please. That was the worst gif in the world.

[–]hedonismbit 37 points38 points ago

It just looked like a hand puppet to me. Look at it like it's a hand puppet. Now it seems harmless. You can even use your own hands and play along.

[–]TakeyoMedicine 15 points16 points ago

SEEMS harmless... until it walks across your face.

[–]CreamOfTheClop 35 points36 points ago

You're going to hell.

[–]Rheaonon 3 points4 points ago

and not just any hell, there's a special type for people just like him. Where spiders are the rulers and are permitted to creep, crawl and scuttle across your body, and if you squish it, 10 more are spawned from the dead body.

[–]ubiquitous_one 3 points4 points ago

Now just imagine what it would be like if they were big enough to grab people like that...

[–]myuglyapple 3 points4 points ago

NSFF ... Not Safe For Flies

[–]Sam_Rosen 8 points9 points ago

DO_YOU_EAT_SHIT?

[–]I_DO_NOT_EAT_SHIT[S] 6 points7 points ago

No.

[–]blackhawk465 25 points26 points ago

Anyone seeking more info might also check here:

title comnts points age /r/
NOPE 32coms 103pts 29dys gifs
Hardest I have NOPED in a long time 59coms 161pts 2mos gifs
Holy fuckin' shit 5coms 7pts 3mos pics
Oh cool! Someone has a pet grasshopper in a bucke--- Ahh! Wtf? 373coms 733pts 4mos WTF
NOPE 18coms 67pts 5mos gifs
You aren't safe anywhere. 79coms 114pts 9mos WTF
Spider Ambush [NSFL] 70coms 105pts 9mos gifs
Forget cocaine spider. Look at this shit. 84coms 84pts 11mos pics
I know I'm not supposed to post DamnLoL link but... WHAT IN THE FUCKING WORLD IS THIS ?!?!?!? 6coms -2pts 12dys WTF
Trap door spider. eeek 14coms 15pts 7mos gifs
Nope nope nope 9coms 20pts 11mos gifs
Ohmygodwhatisit!? 154coms 159pts 1yr WTF
Seek and Destroy 56coms 74pts 1yr pics
Yup, Fuck everything about this. 13coms 13pts 1yr reddit.com
Fuck. 46coms 74pts 11mos gifs

source: karmadecay

[–]inajeep 4 points5 points ago

Anyone who was surprised by this gif, Welcome to Reddit and the internet.

[–]Tan7 22 points23 points ago

Here we have a common field cricket,see how he's expl-- HOLY FUCKING SHIT A SPIDER!!!!

[–]skylla05 16 points17 points ago

I love that my country (Canada) is rarely green on the Wikipedia maps of WHERE SCARY SHIT LIVES.

[–]trevbot 27 points28 points ago

are medium-sized mygalomorph spiders..

Like fucking hell they're "medium sized"

[–]come_the_dawn 17 points18 points ago

They are. Now start thinking about the big ones.

[–]trevbot 5 points6 points ago

NOPE!

[–]HighSalinity 6 points7 points ago

Australia was included and destroyed the average.

[–]OnmyojiOmn 23 points24 points ago

[–]commom_username 6 points7 points ago

Cthulhu

[–]Dv9UnKnoWn 6 points7 points ago

[–]xhailofbulletsx 13 points14 points ago

Immediately regret clicking on this link.

[–]Asystole86 4 points5 points ago

Trapdoor spider

[–]gillelandashley 4 points5 points ago

It looks like a hand. A huge disgusting hand of a creature that shouldn't exist! I agree... we need a spider warning!

[–]LuckyNumberHat 4 points5 points ago

Since the first time I saw this, I have always thought this looks like a hand, leading me to believe it could possibly be fake. That is what let's me sleep at night.

[–]Hat_Catcher 15 points16 points ago

NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE

[–]RufiosBrotherKev 3 points4 points ago

NOPE x 10NOPE

[–]DeadStillWalk 5 points6 points ago

Oh what the holy fucking fuck. That looked like a hand made of sausages. No me gusta at all.

[–]bluemax13 2 points3 points ago

A whole hand made of SAUSAGES?

Me gusta indeed.

[–]WarpedSpeedMrSulu 12 points13 points ago

its a hand dressed as a spider...pretty sure.

[–]Mein_Tarnaccount 17 points18 points ago

Considering I was planning on sleeping tonight, yes. Yes it was.

[–]CWinter85 2 points3 points ago

Bug Wars! I thought this in the Transformers Beast Wars voice.

[–]JaegerCat 2 points3 points ago

Lunch.

[–]Thisguy89 2 points3 points ago

Gonna have fucking nightmares

[–]keithwarf 3 points4 points ago

Instantly reminded me of corpsers from Gears of War

[–]z0mi3ie 3 points4 points ago

I have a Goliath bird eating spider in my room as well others. This little guy has nothing.

[–]Sosolid14 2 points3 points ago

The video said there was no recorded human deaths because of these spides... I fail to believe no-one has killed themselves whilst encountering one.

[–]ceshuer 2 points3 points ago

[–]Emily_theNotSoGreat 2 points3 points ago

No seriously, WTF is that? Kill that shit with fire. Now.

[–]Sunset_Shananigans 2 points3 points ago

Holy moley mother of nope!!

[–]ichigo2862 2 points3 points ago

EVOLUTION, PLEASE, FOR ALL THAT IS GOOD AND HOLY DO NOT MAKE THOSE SPIDERS BIGGER THAN THEY ALREADY ARE

[–]Sanguinetti 3 points4 points ago

FUCKIN CORPSER!!! ANYA, IS THE HAMMER ONLINE?

[–]youseemerollins 1 point2 points ago

This is one of those things where it completely HORRIFIES me but I'll continue to watch it over and over again to decide if it's a real spider or one of my worst nightmares come to life...

[–]GokuPrime 1 point2 points ago

After watching this I immediately pulled my feet up

[–]Ace1999 1 point2 points ago

Upon closer research and inspection, it appears to be a NOPE, sir.

[–]one_pint_down 1 point2 points ago

Oh well! who needs sleep anyway?

[–]lactosefree1 0 points1 point ago

Spiders are not wtf. Post spiders in /r/spiders.

[–]ziggybiggnutts 1 point2 points ago

Um...it's a trapdoor spider. There really are scarier things in the world than bugs that eat other bugs.

[–]mcon87 1 point2 points ago

No matter how many times I see this .gif, I poop myself a little every time.

[–]prismra 1 point2 points ago

The horror. The horror...

[–]EricaLorraine 1 point2 points ago

DAMN NATURE YOU SCARY

[–]limelight22 1 point2 points ago

Did anyone else think it was a hand at first?

[–]32_Wabbits 1 point2 points ago

So I showed this to my girlfriend, and now she won't leave the house.

[–]roger_podakter 1 point2 points ago

DAMN NATURE! YOU SCARY!

[–]Riots_all_day 1 point2 points ago

If i ever saw that in person i would break down and scream for my mom.

[–]Puddinlegzz 0 points1 point ago

MY WORST FUCKIN NIGHTMARE!

[–]KingKane 1 point2 points ago

I NOPE in your general direction!

[–]STABIDYDOOWAAAA 1 point2 points ago

I sent this to my arachnaphobic boyfriend. Guess who's single now?

[–]Delaneyloes 0 points1 point ago

This is one HUGE nope!

[–]Fahrt 0 points1 point ago

10/10 would light on fire

[–]nthgthdgdcrtdtrk 1 point2 points ago

A FROG

[–]SomeToxicPooder 0 points1 point ago

Trap door spider it has thin webs outside its hole

[–]Tamerassassin 4 points5 points ago

giggity

[–]Jano606 0 points1 point ago

um excuse me?

[–]suckafree2k12 0 points1 point ago

that looked like a claw from the sasquatch

[–]Cowboy420 0 points1 point ago

CORPSER

[–]captcaveman72 0 points1 point ago

Isn't it obvious? It's every nightmare I've ever had, rolled into one 8 second gif.

[–]peepstreaker 0 points1 point ago

YES. PLEASE KILL THIS SHIT WITH FIRE. WAIT, NO.. KILL IT WITH NUKES.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

You piece of shit! Thats why you use the goddamn spider tag! SHIT!

[–]Smilesme 0 points1 point ago

............ im out.

[–]HeinskeetsVelvet 0 points1 point ago

looks like a damn hand

[–]OccamsAxe 0 points1 point ago

Is it wrong that I knew it would be a spider before the spider broke cover?

[–]Laurenanne727 0 points1 point ago

Good god, have you never seen Eight Legged Freaks?

[–]datachecker 0 points1 point ago

[–]JavaMusic 0 points1 point ago

The fuck am I look- WOAH FUCK ME

[–]PsychedelicAmpersand 0 points1 point ago

I think that was a Floormaster.

[–]ADDoholic 0 points1 point ago

Ah yes, a lurker from SC in RL

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

I'm not safe anymore

[–]validtomfoolery 0 points1 point ago

That shook my core.

[–]The_Wholover 0 points1 point ago

A redditors worst nightmare is being that fly.

[–]LethalProgram 0 points1 point ago

That's a whole lotta nope.

[–]gridiron_nick -1 points0 points ago

HOLY SHIT IS THAT REAL?!

[–]frankyboy4my -1 points0 points ago

This is À spider!!!!!!

[–]PULLITOUTIGOTTAPOOP 0 points1 point ago

I am very scared of spiders, when i watched this my balls actually tingled and it felt like they shrivelled up a bit...

[–]KuchiKobe 0 points1 point ago

We call it " a nightmare" but many calls it "a spider"

[–]HighFlyerMN 0 points1 point ago

Bahhh.... do not want. I remember seeing these in some childhood pop-up book that scared the shit out of me. Not sure why they thought kids would want to see that.

[–]thisistheperfectname 1 point2 points ago

Trapdoor spider-pretty cool... but scaring Reddit shitless.

[–]Flatline_hun 0 points1 point ago

HOW FUCKING OLD IS THAT??

oops, caps

[–]RocKiNRanen 0 points1 point ago

Normally I'm not scared of spiders, not even tarantellas, but this scared the crap out of me.

[–]hebertjoshua 0 points1 point ago

In my car on break at work. Had to check my back seat after this.

[–]Merlons 0 points1 point ago

Your feet just started to tickle. Just sayin'.

[–]Interesting_name 0 points1 point ago

Don't you remember seeing the Jeff Corwin Experience episode about these? No?

[–]FumCacial 1 point2 points ago

And these fuckers hunt them

[–]smartphone-redditor 0 points1 point ago

YOU BASTARD! Clarify stuff in the title when posting shit like this !

[–]danieljohns 0 points1 point ago

Suddenly Africa seems so close... what if it decides to smuggle itself even closer, like in a banana or mango or something!!

[–]RzK 0 points1 point ago

"Get off ma lawn grass hopper.."

"Fuck you"

"Ill give you till ten, get off ma lawnnn"

"Fuck you, im a grass hopper bitch"

"OK THATS IT!!!"

[–]paduschka 0 points1 point ago

i shouldnt have searched trap spider on youtube...

[–]Chickenzrck 0 points1 point ago

SURPRISE MUTHA FACKA

[–]thedarksalmon 0 points1 point ago

Corpser!

[–]arachnophilia -1 points0 points ago

can we, like, put a link to /r/spiders in the sidebar or something?

there's a subreddit for this kind of thing, and it's not WTF.

[–]samuraialien 0 points1 point ago

At first I thought that was a black man's hand and said "what the fuck", then I noticed it's a spider and realized this isn't WTF.

[–]Dat_Black_Guy 0 points1 point ago

It's called a trap door spider...an hes damn good at his job.

[–]vkirky 0 points1 point ago

The Trapdoor Spider. They even make Sir David Attenborough jump!

[–]MattToTheStein 0 points1 point ago

Nightmares. That's what that was. Fucking nightmares in a gif.

[–]Omnineco 0 points1 point ago

i thought that was hand at first o.o

[–]tanz83 0 points1 point ago

Mother of God. Did I just see an effing Spider? Or a hand? NOPE NOPE NOPE

[–]Abyakuya109 0 points1 point ago

Nope, nope, nope.

[–]Jakabov 0 points1 point ago

That's me when the gf comes home after a weekend away.

[–]ehenning1537 0 points1 point ago

Trapdoor spider

[–]invincibill -1 points0 points ago

NOPE NOPE NOPE

[–]lebobathan -1 points0 points ago

that, sir was a nope.

[–]ronincowboy 0 points1 point ago

What disturbs me is that this spider seems to enjoy doing squats. I mean look at those fucking sausage legs!

[–]DrKaptain 1 point2 points ago

I think it was a cricket, but I can't be sure.

[–]Concrow 0 points1 point ago

Trap Door Spider.

[–]froznice -1 points0 points ago

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE!!!

[–]splashofpaint 0 points1 point ago

I don't see what everyone's problem is. Trapdoor spiders are not lethal to humans and it is really impressive that they are able to dig and hid their holes so well.

[–]stvb95 0 points1 point ago

I'm not even an arachnophobe and it still gave me the chills...

[–]gerbilseverywhere 0 points1 point ago

feet are now off the floor

[–]Jesus_Chris 0 points1 point ago

Is that the horrible thing they based this horrible thing on in the movie Enemy Mine?

[–]DatCanadianGuy 0 points1 point ago

NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[–]zergbadger 0 points1 point ago

well who needs sleep

[–]Generous_Zombie 0 points1 point ago

Well looks like I wont be sleeping tonight then.

[–]versed_vagabond 0 points1 point ago

that my friend, is a big fat NOPE

[–]dfhawks3 0 points1 point ago

That's called a "FUCK!!! RUNNN!! asaurus."

[–]puremojito 0 points1 point ago

Fuck me I am never EVER leaving my house ever again!

[–]chained-sunflower 0 points1 point ago

0.0

[–]seinsmelled 0 points1 point ago

Couldn't click BACK fast enough!

[–]seinsmelled 0 points1 point ago

Couldn't click BACK fast enough!

[–]JonnyCFH66 0 points1 point ago

Lmao i love this one XD and my gf hates it which is one of the reasons i love it :P

[–]Nerdy31415 0 points1 point ago

Oh, I read about this in kindergarten, because of The Magic School Bus books. It was a spider who build their traps like trapdoors. When their prey comes along, they burst out of their trapdoors and grab their meal.

[–]RYN3O 0 points1 point ago

Pikmin 2 anyone?

[–]roofermann 0 points1 point ago

A hungry spider

[–]soft-butt 1 point2 points ago

OHH MY GODDDDDDDDD. Someone please tell me WHY a 'SPIDER' button is NOT AVAILABLE YET REDDIT COME ON!!!!!

[–]nutshack 1 point2 points ago

A spider

[–]Commisioner_Freeman 0 points1 point ago

I do believe that is about 8 levels of "NOPE!"

[–]aisner190 1 point2 points ago

[–]Rusrec 0 points1 point ago

Reminds me of that thing from Gears of war xD

[–]thederpsta 1 point2 points ago

trapdoor spider...scary as fuck!!

[–]ONPRaGu 0 points1 point ago

Reminds me of the Kool-Aid man!