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Marcella Gail
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Video of me unboxing a little psalmopoeus victori (Darth Maul tarantula) named Tuna three years ago. (All my tarantulas are named after animal species or plant species. The first letter of their name tells me their genus.)
November 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
mglorr.bsky.social
Pretty phormictopus cancerides tarantula allowed me to take exactly one photo before she took off.
The carapace and abdomen of a brown tarantula with red gold highlights streaking her setae. She is sitting in a relatively relaxed position and the photo shows some of her bent knees
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
mglorr.bsky.social
Anybody else still jumpscare, even after years of keeping tarantulas, when they find a discarded leggie dumped in the water dish?

The AMAZING news is that this poecilotheria ornata molted 6 days after her potential/hopeful mate molted into maturity!

No pics of spider as she's resting.
A water dish with the leg of a tarantula molt dumped in the water. Tarantulas often throw out their trash into their water dishes. Her molt is a few inches away, off frame in this picture. I guess she was tired and didn't quite make it to the trash bin with the whole thing.
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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samthielman.com
Jesus having the term “in-app purchases” explained to him and just wordlessly filling a sock with nickels
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
mglorr.bsky.social
I feel like the least Marco Rubio could do would be to provide half of the batteries he swallows. This would leave two for Paul's battery drawer.
pftompkins.bsky.social Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 5d
Years ago I was suspended on Twitter for inviting Marco Rubio to swallow ten D batteries, which I don’t see how it could be a threat; he and I were not even in the same room and I have at most six D batteries on hand
November 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
mglorr.bsky.social
You know what's weird? When your adult kids plan trips and visits to see each other and you learn about it much later and your heart is warmed but then you wonder if they were talking about you and you start second-guessing "suggestions" the likely spokesperson has casually dropped.
a netflix ad shows two men standing in a room and says is this another intervention
ALT: a netflix ad shows two men standing in a room and says is this another intervention
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
mglorr.bsky.social
Juvenile female phlogiellus johnreyzaloi tarantula eating a hornworm. I was really excited to get this spider last weekend!
A brown spider with her front half poking out of a hole and eating a hornworm. The spiders eyes are visible, as is one fang. The photo is taken through several sheets of webbing that the spider has laid down
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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tylerfromtheinternet.com
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
mglorr.bsky.social
Little brachypelma boehmei tarantula boy got a meal so he launched into 4x4 mode, where he lifts his body high up, presumably to keep the food from running off.
A small, fuzzy tarantula with an orange carapace, a black abdomen and orange and black banded legs lifted up as much as he can reach with each foot on tiptoe. He holds the meal he is eating in his fangs. he's playing a bit of a dangerous game in that he's not holding the food to his face with his pedipalps, but I suppose he knows his business.
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
mglorr.bsky.social
Laughs in St. Louis!
jasonkirk.fyi Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 8d
"Scared of Charlotte" is a whole new level of "scared of cities" that I'd never even considered possible
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d
Rep. Pat Harrigan: "I have asked Josh Stein, our governor, to consider working with President Trump to allow the National Guard to come into Charlotte ... use the National Guard as a force multiplier and they can a lot of load off the Charlotte PD."
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
mglorr.bsky.social
Find the baby tarantula, insane mode.

I got a baby aphonopelma hentzi as a freebie.

Pic 1: The ridiculously large 4x4 inch enclosure the spider came in

Pic 2: Their new home, still a bit too large. LEGO brick water dish for scale.
A 4x4 sandwhich container full of dirt with a tiny, tiny pink spider at the very top right of the photo at the edge of the dirt A small condiment cup full of dirt, a round single LEGO brick and a tiny pink spider smaller than the LEGO brick in the center toward the left and top
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
mglorr.bsky.social
She loves me lol

pterinochilus murinus expressing displeasure about... checks notes... being fed
A bright orange tarantula threat displaying with her front legs up and her fangs out and deployed, ready for action. She is sitting on some dirt and fake plants.
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
mglorr.bsky.social
Chatted w someone who wanted to buy my spider. Talked about housing and feeding and care. Everything sounded OK until they mentioned they wanted to get a spider to secretly hold and pull out to scare family members.

Nope. No sale, ever.

This girl is not a prop. She's a whole ass animal.
An orange and black fuzzy tarantula. Her abdomen, her paws and the first parts of her legs are black. The middle portions of her legs and her carapace are bright orange. She is sitting in a relatively relaxed position with her legs splayed pretty wide on some dirt and a piece of Moss
November 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
mglorr.bsky.social
I've had this orphnaecus sp. quezon blue tarantula since she was a little speck. Here's a picture of her 5 years ago and another one today. Same size deli cup for scale in both pics.

(She subscribes to the If-I-Can't-See-You-You-Can't-See-Me club.)
A deli cup full of dirt and in the midst one tiny little pinkish grey tarantula about the size of a shelled sunflower seed. She is sitting with her little feet kind of just splayed out in random directions. A smooth, silky looking chocolate brown tarantula with a cocoa-colored carapace sitting on a giant sheet of webbing. Her abdomen and three back feet are resting in a webbed-over deli cup and the rest of her legs are scrunched up covering her eyes. She is larger than the deli cup, which is the same size as the cup in the first picture.
October 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
mglorr.bsky.social
I feel like House of Dynamite could have probably fit in an ending rather than 12 minutes of credits.
October 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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weeder.bsky.social
A grey blue washed image of a bearded young ish white guy looking into the mirror all serious with his palm pressed against it. A serif font title reads: DID I JUST ARGUE WITH A JOKE? A semi opaque navy snoot near the bottom bears the bluesky logo and the text PART OF A BLUESKY EDUCATIONAL SERIES
October 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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jasonhaslam.ca
Dearest Martha,

The front lines in Portland remain bleak. Today the local coffee-shop/bookstore/meditation space ran out of oat milk so I had to have soy in my favourite new latte.

And the frogs, Martha. Oh god the frogs.
October 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
mglorr.bsky.social
I love a great spider picture especially with detailed alt text!
mousebanshee.bsky.social 🕸️🦇 Eddie 🦇🕸️ @mousebanshee.bsky.social · Oct 11
plump as hell and laying in the sun, what more could you ask for? 🥰 #spider #jumpingspider #regaljumpingspider #phidippusregius
An orange jumping spider is is resting on a leaf in her enclosure, enjoying a nice bit of morning sunlight. Her abdomen is quite large, so she is potentially close to molting. She looks almost glittery in the light. The same spider adjusted her position, considering crawling onto a stick instead. There is some areas of shade close by if she decides she's had enough sun. The spider has decided to stay on her leaf and sunbathe. She is making quite a cute face and showing off a hint of her chelicerae, though the picture is a bit blurry. She's cute enough that she makes up for it!
October 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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mousebanshee.bsky.social
i love rosie's little jack-o'-lantern face on her booty so much 😭💕 #spider #jumpingspider #regaljumpingspider #phidippusregius
An orange jumping spider is facing away, giving us a good look at her abdomen. The patterning there looks like a goofy little jack-o'-lantern, with bright orange insides outlined in black.
October 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
The universe is too fucking fabulous for capitalism, y'all!

Last night's evidence:
1. North America Nebula (1 hour)
2. Andromeda (20 min)
3. Pac-Man Nebula (15 min)

The universe is basically just hydrogen, dark matter, and dark energy. Plus trillions upon trillions of perturbations lol
🔭
1/3
North America Nebula. Lots of red because of all of the hydrogen gas.
October 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
mglorr.bsky.social
He looks innocent, but it is a front.
The face shoulders and front paws of a brown black and white tabby cat with yellow green eyes and a little pink and black nose. The cat is resting on the floor looking upward away from the camera with soft dewy eyes. If you didn't know better you would think he was thinking about how much he loves everyone in the world. However he is planning his next crime.
October 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
mglorr.bsky.social
Look at the badonkadonk on this poecilotheria metallica tarantula!

Caught her out sitting funny at the top of her cork bark. Of course when I started taking photos, she slowly walked away.

I haven't enhanced the colors. Blue is her signature color.
A side view of a black, white, blue and yellow tarantula sitting on the side of an acrylic enclosure and showing off her gigantically fat abdomen. She does not miss meals. A side view of a large blue, yellow gray and black tarantula sitting with carapace resting on a piece of corkbark and pedipalps just kind of flung over the top. A handful of back legs are holding her up
October 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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chanda.blacksky.app
THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE

YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS

PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
September 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
mglorr.bsky.social
The more stressful this country gets, the more I hang out with my spiders.

May you all find your haven, even if it isn't a spider haven.
September 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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blackazizanansi.blacksky.app
What could go wrong?
September 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM