"This is a huge human-faced spider, all black, the white pattern on the back of the spider, naturally generating the appearance of a human face, the facial features are all outlined, the same is not much, the same is not much." The pattern of this human face is the size of a washbasin, the spider is several times larger, and the eight strange legs are covered with fluff. "In the classic suspense novel "Ghost Blowing Lights", the human-faced spider appears as a monster image, which makes many readers feel suspenseful and terrible.
Does such a humanoid really exist in real life?
Picture according to @ Radio Luo Xiaogang
On July 28, Luo Xiaogang, a well-known dialect program host in Chengdu, told the thrilling scene of his encounter with a human-faced spider through his Weibo: "Did I pick up a life today?" I found a spider web in the mountain forest, and vaguely remember that there are smiling spiders in the world, which are said to be very poisonous and want to kill people... I guess I almost became its plate meal. ”
Red Star News saw from the photos taken by Luo Xiaogang that the spider was web-lined among the bamboo forests, and the white abdomen was matched with black, which did look like a human face.
Is such a humanoid really the legendary poison?
On July 29, a Red Star News reporter contacted Zhao Li, director of the Huaxi Insect Museum, who confirmed through the picture that it was a golden spider. Zhao Li introduced that the golden spider (scientific name: Argiope ocula) is a spider of the garden arachnid family and the genus Golden Spider. It is distributed in Sichuan, Hunan, Zhejiang and other places, inhabiting shrubs and grasses. The species's model origin is in Sichuan, where it was discovered in 1938.
Zhao Li photographed the golden spider catching cicadas in Qingcheng Mountain The picture was provided by Zhao Li
"I also shot this kind of cicada catching in Mount Qingcheng. As long as you don't catch it, you won't bite people, even if you bite, its venom against insects will not have much effect on people, don't be afraid. Zhao Li revealed that there is currently no record of the golden spider attacking humans.
Zhao Li introduced that the so-called "human-faced spider" is not a strict biological definition, "there are many species in the spider, and the pattern on the back is like a human face." Since many spider patterns are like human faces, this is just a general term for various spiders that resemble human faces. For example, the white-fronted tall spider and the black-spotted garden spider have all appeared in the situation of "human face".
Zhao Li photographed a human-faced Kuji spiny spider at the Wuhou Ancestral Hall, provided by Zhao Li
It is unreliable to judge whether there is a highly toxic one based solely on the image of not being human. Zhao Li revealed: "The pattern on the spider is often caused by the contact points inside its body, muscles and body surfaces. For example, the most human-like Ku-Khun Thorn Spider, which I have photographed in Wuhou Temple before, is very similar to Zhang Fei's face. "Spiders are almost always venomous, but because their venom is directed at insects, they are not very harmful to humans. However, there are a few species of spiders that can be deadly, such as the Black Widow spider in the United States.
It is not excluded that some people will be allergic after being bitten by spiders. "Most spiders are slightly bitten, which may be a small red dot, but some people may have serious consequences due to allergies to spider venom in the body, and some netizens asked me this question a few days ago." Zhao Li explains.
Red Star News reporter Yan Xue Du Yuquan intern Cheng Qiguo
Edited by Zhang Li