Being 'pregnant' but not pregnant, dubbed a creature from hell but it's harmless

Spiders are an obsession of many people because this animal has an unfriendly appearance. Whether they are house spiders or poisonous spiders, they also have a scary and ugly "reputation". Just the hairy legs and 8 eyes are enough to make you faint! Yet Mother Nature also created a spider with a very "mercurial" appearance. It's a gourd spider as small as the tip of a fingernail, with a collection of carnival-like colors!

Despite its scary appearance, this demon horn spider is not poisonous. They are also not a threat to humans. On the contrary, many people find their "cow horns" quite cute!

Devil's horns gourd spider - "masterpiece" of the art of creation

The gourd spider is a member of the "family" of spiders, the Araneidae, which are found in huge numbers around the planet. They are quite small in size, with an average body diameter of only about 3cm. But they possess huge horns like gladiators.

According to a research document called "Early Cretaceous Webs and Their Prey" published by a group of foreign authors in 2006, it is possible that the devil-horned gourd spider was one of the ancient "weavers" that emerged. existed more than 100 million years ago. They are even said to be extinct. 3 times, then reborn spectacularly.

Up to now, the demon horn spider is no longer rare, but still a unique creature that captivates the scientific world. The reason they are called gourd spiders is because of the special way of weaving nets in the shape of a circle. It's like the "seal" of the family Araneidae.

And these are fragile but dangerous circular nets.

They are also known as star spiders, or spiny back weavers due to their rather impressive jagged "shell". The largest spines are symmetrically located in the middle of the back, the other smaller ones grow out like crab legs. Perhaps this is the spider with the most "stage names" on earth! Devil horn spiders are distributed across all continents. Which is Singapore, East Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Americas, Australia.

The gourd spider has many shapes. Some have giant horns, some are covered with small spikes. Some are dark, some are colorful but all are pretty freaky! Just looking at it once will make you "shudder" because it's so impressive.

Whatever color you like, we have it all!

The hard outer shell protects the demon horn spiders from enemy stings and struggling prey. For example wasps. These spiders arch their backs toward their enemies to defend themselves with piles of sharp spikes. The spikes also make it difficult for birds of prey to grab. If swallowed, the enemy must also "smack" the demon horn spider right away if they don't want to die of choking. This tiny creature also has a secret weapon, a stinky chemical that causes most enemies to retreat immediately.

In Australia, gourd spiders are excellent "soldiers" at killing insects. In the US, they can be found as "jewelry" to adorn flower beds or walls overgrown with vines. They are hardworking gardeners with countless patterned spider webs everywhere. Those "stealth" nets are quite sophisticated, making it easy for flying insects and bees to get caught.

A swarm of devil-horned gourd spiders are diligently weaving silk through the leaves.

The little "assassin" hung his giant horns in the air.

When prey sticks to the web, the tiny "assassin" will sense through vibrations. It rushes out to inject venom and digestive juices with tiny fangs that paralyze the victim. It then uses its own web to coil the bait like a cocoon. And they don't bother to go to sleep, they are always busy weaving new ones so that the next day they will "trap" the bait. Ah, maybe that's why the devil horned spiders are known as "sleeping day and night"!

The bites of these multi-legged little guys are completely harmless to humans. However, their thorns can puncture your skin and cause pain. Be careful if you see some colorful spikes protruding from the bushes!

5 seconds of "birth and death" after maintaining the breed

Like many other spider species in the world, the male demon horn spiders have a rather tragic fate. Instead of dying of old age and disease, they will "go to heaven" right after mating. It's not that they're too happy to die, but they are eaten by female spiders in the first time they have sex!

Do you want to sacrifice for our children?

The researchers discovered that none of the male spiders were lucky enough to survive the second mating. The first time if they escaped death, it was because they "fast feet" jumped 5 seconds earlier. Intentionally staying in "sex" for longer than 10 seconds will end up being bait for female spiders!

This devil-horned gourd spider also knows depression if inbreeding. Children will be stressed when they meet a partner who is a "relative" to them. How do they know that? You try to get into a bush somewhere in the US and find some devil-horned spiders and ask to "confident", but we don't know!