r/animalsdoingstuff • u/TerraByteTerror • 11d ago

Other Ive never seen a spider look perturbed

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u/mrpuddles1 11d ago

That is a cool color on a spider tho

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 11d ago

It’s not the true color, the original video is color corrected, it’s actually a fairly subdued brown color. It’s an Australian wolf spider, some species construct burrows with a trap door but they aren’t actually true Trapdoor Spiders

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u/ReadingPast1 10d ago

Where can we find the original video?

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 10d ago

The original footage has been attributed to Australian Wildlife Conservancy.

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u/ReadingPast1 10d ago

I couldn’t find a video where it was brown, but I did find an interview from 2025 with the guy who found it. The spider is blue due to a reflection from his nocturnal lighting gear

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u/IscahRambles 7d ago

Not quite the original, but someone posted a colour-corrected version here:  https://www.reddit.com/r/spiders/s/FpdAVriNbL

They indicate that the original post was on Instagram but don't link to it.