This was a post on ATF but since I learned it's easy to cut-and-paste, here are some of my spiders. These are only some of the smaller ones to highlight species and manufacturer diversity. It is only a fraction of my spider collection:
Family Liphistiidae (segmented spiders)1.
Ryuthela nishihirai (Kaiyodo – ChocoQ Animatales, Okinawa)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Theraphosidae (hairy mygalomorphs, a.k.a. ‘tarantulas’)left to right, top to bottom:
1. brown tarantula,
Aphonopelma hentzi (Safari LTD – Venomous Creatures TOOB)
2. desert tarantula,
Aphonopelma chalcodes (K&M International – Spiders Bulk)
3. Costa Rican zebra tarantula,
Aphonopelma seemanni (Play Visions – Habitat Earth: Tarantulas and Spiders)
4.
A. seemanni (UNK)
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1. Mexican red-kneed tarantula,
Brachypelma smithi (Safari LTD - Authentics Insects)
2.
B. smithi (Kaiyodo - Toxic and Dangerous Animals)
3.
B. smithi (Play Visions - Habitat Earth: Tarantulas and Spiders)
4. red-rump tarantula,
Brachypelma vagans (Furuta – ChocoEgg Funny Animals Series 1)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]left to right, top to bottom:
1. Indian ornamental tarantula,
Poecilotheria regalis (Play Visions - Habitat Earth: Tarantulas and Spiders)
2. cobalt blue tarantula,
Haplopelma lividum (Club Earth – Spiders to Go)
3. African baboon spider,
Pelinobius muticus (K&M International – Spiders Bulk)
4.
H. lividum (Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. – Venomous Spiders)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Ctenizidae (trapdoor spiders)left to right:
1. trapdoor spider, gen. sp. (Cadbury – Yowies, UK Series 1)
2. trapdoor spider, gen. sp. (Funrise Toys – World of Nature Insect Collection)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Dipluridae (funnelweb spiders)All representing the Sydney funnelweb spider,
Atrax robustus; left to right, top to bottom:
1. Science and Nature (Animals of Australia)
2. Cadbury (Yowies – Series
2)
3. Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. (Venomous Spiders)
4. Cadbury (Yowies – UK Series 1)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Mecicobothriidae (sheet funnel-web spiders).
One figure,
Megahexura fulva by Club Earth (Spiders to Go).
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Atypidae (purseweb spiders)left to right:
1. purseweb spider,
Sphodros rufipes (Club Earth – Spiders to Go)
2. purseweb spider,
Sphodros rufipes (UNK)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Scytodidae (spitting spiders)left to right:
1. spitting spider,
Scytodes thoracica (Club Earth – Spiders to Go)
2.
S. thoracica (UNK)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Theraphosidae (cobweb weavers, widows)First image, all southern black widows,
Latrodectus mactans; left to right, top to bottom:
1. Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. (Venomous Spiders)
2. K&M International (Spiders Bulk)
3. Play Visions (Habitat Earth: Tarantulas and Spiders)
4. Discovery Channel (Deadly Kiss: Poisonous Animals)
5. UNK (this figure is actually marked ‘red widow’ as they probably used the sculpt of
L. bishopi, below, as the basis for this figure, although the leg positions are different in my two figures)
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1. redback spider,
Latrodectus hasseltii (Science and Nature – Animals of Australia)
2.
L. hasseltii (Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. – Venomous Spiders)
3. katipo,
Latrodectus katipo (Cadbury – Yowies Series
2)
4. red widow,
Latrodectus bishopi (UNK)
5. malmignatte,
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus (Funrise Toys – World of Nature Insect Collection)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Araneidae (orb-weavers)left to right, top to bottom:
1.garden spider, gen. sp. (Wicked Cool Toys – Wild Kratts Creature Power Pack, Crawlers)
2. leaf-rolling spider,
Phonognatha graeffei (Cadbury – Yowies Series 4)
3. black-and-yellow argiope,
Argiope aurantia (Play Visions – Habitat Earth: Tarantulas and Spiders)
4. spiny orb-weaver,
Gasteracantha cancriformis (K&M International – Spiders Bulk)
5. garden spider,
Argiope amoena (Bandai – Figure Pictorial Book of Gakken Insect)
6. St. Andrew’s cross spider,
Argiope keyserlingi (K&M International – Spiders Bulk)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Tetragnathidae (long-jawed orb-weavers)1. Mabel orchard spider,
Leucauge venusta (K&M International – Spiders Bulk)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Pisauridae (nursery web, raft spiders)1. raft spider,
Dolomedes sp. (UNK)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Oxyopidae (lynx spiders)left to right:
1. green lynx spider,
Peucetia viridans (Play Visions – Habitat Earth: Tarantulas and Spiders)
2.
P. viridans (UNK)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Lycosidae (wolf spiders)left to right, top to bottom:
1. European wolf spider,
Lycosa tarantula (Papo – Wild Animals)
2. wolf spider, gen. sp. (Funrise Toys – World of Nature Insect Collection)
3. cave spider, gen. sp. (Safari LTD – Cave Dwellers TOOB)—this is included here because there is a general thought that this probably represents the Kaua’i cave wolf spider,
Adelocosa anops4.
L. tarantula (Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. – Venomous Spiders)
5. wolf spider, gen. sp. (Club Earth – Spiders to Go)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Eutichuridae (sac spiders)1. sac spider,
Cheiracanthium japonicum (Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. – Venomous Spiders)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Sparassidae (giant crab spiders)left to right:
1.giant Sydney huntsman spider,
Holcomia immanis (Science and Nature – Animals of Australia)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]2. green huntsman spider,
Micrommata virescens (Bullyland)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Thomisidae (crab spiders)left to right, top to bottom:
1. crab spider,
Diaea variabilis (Cadbury – Yowies Series 3)
2. crab spider,
Misumena sp. (Club Earth – Spiders to Go)
3. crab spider,
Thomisius sp. (UNK)
4. crab spider, gen. sp. (UNK)
5. crab spider, gen. sp. (UNK)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Salticidae (jumping spiders)left to right:
1. jumping spider, gen. sp. (Cadbury – Yowies Series 5)
2. Adanson’s house spider,
Hasarius adansoni (Kaiyodo – Sticky Tack Insect Set)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Family Eresidae (velvet spiders)1. velvet spider,
Eresus kollari (Bullyland)
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Family Dinopidae (ogre-faced spiders)1. ogre-faced spider,
Deinopus rubrufus (Cadbury – Yowies Series 4)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Ticks and Mites (order Acari).
The lone star tick
Amblyomma americanum.
Two figures, a female and male pair, by a currently unknown Japanese (Chinese?) manufacturer.
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The American dog tick,
Dermacentor variabilis.
Two figures, a male and female pair, by a currently unknown Japanese (Chinese?) manufacturer.
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Ticks in the genus
Ixodes.
I. Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus.
One figure, by Paleo-Creatures [figure is a male]
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II. castor bean tick, Ixodes ricinus.
1. 3B Scientific
2. Funrise Toys (World of Nature Insect Collection)
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III. Black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis.
Two figures, an engorged female and a male by a currently unknown manufacturer.
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IV. miscellanous 'Ixodes' ticks.
1. GPI Anatomicals (Canine Skin Parasites)-this is an otherwise great figure except for the presence of festoons which this genus should not have.
2. Play Visions (Fleas, Lice, and Ticks)-this is marketed as a 'deer tick' which generally implies an
Ixodes, but members of this genus should not have eyes, an ornate dorsal shield, nor festoons.
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The brown dog tick,
Rhipicephalus sanguineus:
Two figures, a female + male pair by Merial
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Soft Ticks (family Argasidae).
One figure, by Play Visions (Fleas, Lice, and Ticks). This figure is marked 'chigger' but this is clearly not a chigger (besides, chiggers are only parasitic in the larval stage, which would only have 6 legs). The morphology is generic (and many members of this family look similar), but probably represents
Ornithodoros or
Carios.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The dust mite,
Dermatophagoides farinae.
One figure, and what must be the ONLY figure of a dust mite, by Play Visions (Fleas, Lice, and Ticks). Kind of cartoony but interesting.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The itch mite,
Sarcoptes scabiei.
1. GPI Anatomicals (Canine Skin Parasites) - [probably intended to be subspecies,
S. S. canis.]
2. Play Visions (Fleas, Lice, and Ticks)
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Time for another grossly underrepresented group in toy/figure form, the Pseudoscorpionida.
I. Metagoniochernes tomiyamai.
Two figures, a male and female pair by Kaiyodo (Capsule Q Animatales - Tokyo).
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II. Miscellaneous pseudoscorpions.
A couple vintage-style figures from unknown manufacturers. The larger one appears to have a mite in its pedipalps!
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I don't think spiders are scary creatures, but we don't have dangerous spiders in Norway either. When I was a child I was told never to kill a spider, because a spider will bring you luck.
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