
Originally Posted by
Atlantic Friend
I think they are awesome - and doubly so since they are only a few millimeters big. I cannot even begin imagine the absolute terrors these things would be if they were just cat-sized !
Also they tend to have good taste in colors - well, except for the peacock spider who opted for the same modest attire best favored by a Jean-Paul Gaultier snorting acid in the midst of the 1980s, but still, pretty awesome again. If I was a Creationist, I'd call the Peacock spider as my next witness instead of focusing on the banana.
And yep, I agree, whatever takes out mosquitoes, gnats, cockroaches and web-weaving spiders is a Good Arachnid in my book.