There are a ton of wildlife videos on social media. These intriguing videos each feature unique phenomena and are always enlightening to see. Even though they provide a lot of information, some of them are occasionally terrifying to watch. One such Instagram video, showing a spider’s nest on a tree trunk, has gone viral.
A lengthy, black, and hairy nest on a tree trunk is shown in the movie. While it appears to be a fungal growth, when probed by the cameraman, it is discovered to be a nest of spider-like critters. A swarm of harvest spiders (Opiliones) emerges from the nest. Some fall, while others begin crawling in random patterns.
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The video, captioned “Thousands of spiders cover the tree,” has received over 1.43 lakh views on the social networking platform. People who saw the video were scared by the spider-like creatures and commented in the comments area.
People Reactions:
“I screamed out loud. Where is this so I can make sure I never go there?”, a person said.
“I think they’re harvestmen! They eat all the nasty bugs we don’t want to deal with, like gnats, aphids, etc. They’re great! And they’re not spiders, although they are arachnids!”, the second user said.
“I thought it was going to show some cute fluffy arboreal animal like maybe a bear or a binturong,” third commented.
“Those aren’t spiders! Those are Opiliones. Also known as daddy long legs. They aren’t venomous, they aren’t dangerous, and they’re extremely helpful to gardeners/farmers because they eat aphids!” someone said.
Both spiders and Opiliones are members of the Arachnida animal order and share a number of characteristics. There are, however, some significant distinctions between the two. For instance, whereas every species of spider produces some form of venom, no species of Opiliones does. Opiliones are safe for us to handle because, unlike spiders, they have frail jaw muscles that would shatter if they attempted to bite human flesh.
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