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Anyone know what kind of spider this is? (feddit.nl)

submitted 6 months ago by JairSterre@feddit.nl to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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Found this spider in Assen(NL) can anyone identify it?

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[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ah. My favorite Henry Ford quote:

The taxonomist can have the name in any language they want, so long as it is Latin.

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That is very true in the mammals. But with athropods things really get crazy as there are sooo many. I linked a video in another comment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKRW1zgkCVc