Marcella Gail

@mglorr

Books and spiders, books and spiders and occasionally IT/dev as it's my day job. Missouri, USA

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Marcella Gail@mglorr· 19d

Another species in that same genus--phormictopus "sp. South Hispaniola" showing off a bit of her green femurs.

A dark brown tarantula with pinkish red striping on her carapace and green iridescent setae on her legs and abdomen, as seen from above while she eats.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· 19d

One of my favorite tarantula species--phormictopus auratus--right after a molt. She's a sassy lady, always investigating and making a mess, but she's absolutely gorgeous!

A golden tarantula sitting on a molt mat, which is a bed of her own webbing that she laid down right before molting a few days ago.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· 29d

Nerf says "what's up?" to your kitty!

A large black cat lounging casually on his side on a table that he knows damn well he's not supposed to be on.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· Jul 20

I just built out and stocked a new rolling workspace/water dish kiosk for my spiders. Check this out! (The bottom drawer, not shown here, has all the photography equipment and extra lights.)

A black wire rolling cart with a paper towl holder on one side and four drawers open. Each drawer has water dishes/catch cups of various sizes organized from smallest at the top to largest at the bottom.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· Jul 3

No, but check out this lovely mimolette I have successfully kept hidden from my children and grandchildren for about 2 weeks now. I have plans for this cheese this weekend!

A large bright orange piece of mimolette still wrapped in plastic and held lovingly in my hand.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· Jul 1

So I bought a male poecilotheria striata three years ago. I've been waiting for him to mature and not really paying attention too hard other than "Is he eating and healthy". He molted today and after seeing his distinctly FEMALE ventral side, I pulled his molt and OMG I have a girl! #tarantula

The inside of a tarantula's molt showing the white book lungs and a female spermatheca

Marcella Gail@mglorr· Jun 21

A gorgeous tliltocatl vagans adult female. Her name is Jackal, Jackie, JJ or JackAttack. She answers to none of those names. #tarantula #spider

A hefty black tarantula with grey setae on her legs and rust red setae on her sizable abdomen. She is sitting in a comfortable position on some dirt and leaves.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· Jun 16

I found this recluse a year and a half ago in my house and held on to her to release her in the summer. I forgot to do that so I overwintered her again. Now she's a part of the family, so I guess she's yet another foster fail. (Yep, she's missing two legs. I found her that way.) #spider

A brown recluse spider as seen from the side. She has only 6 legs as she is missing her second right leg and her third left leg. This photo shows the missing leg socket, the violin shape, the characteristic 6 eyes arranged in a row around the front of her carapace and a fat, fat abdomen because she's a healthy eater. Her body is a smooth tan color and her light brown legs have fine setae covering them.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· Jun 16

Eating my dang basil and flaunting the fact that they have a better love life than I do at the moment. Rude!

A green and bronze metallic-looking beetle clinging to a basil leaf, eating a hole into it while another beetle sits on her back positioning himself to mate with her.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· Jun 16

I have a plant manager who sets up meetings to discuss ideas and then forgets to attend the meetings. In other words, I have a free hour right now! Gonna feed some spiders while "waiting" for her to remember. Here's a picture of my phormictopus sp. South Hispaniola's tiny tarantula Mohawk.

A side view of just the top part of the carapace of a brown, rose and black tarantula. it shows 4 of her eyes and tiny little setae (or hairs) poking up haphazardly from between her eye sets.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· Jun 10

The cutest little ceratogyrus meridionalis spiderling you will see today! #tarantula For scale, the round rim this spider is standing on is a tiny tattoo cup, pictured between my finger and thumb in the second picture.

A very small fuzzy brown tarantula standing on some webbing that covers a tattoo cup water dish, soem dirt, some sphagnum moss and plants. The spider is seen from the side.

A tiny tattoo cup held up by my finger and thumb. The cup can hold approximately 12 drops of water.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· Jun 4

I popped your comment into google ai and got this:

search bar saying yeah people don't want movies to become whatever the hell google search has become. Then an answer that says "that is an incredibly accurate comparison, and the anziety around it is entirely valid. People are terrified that movies will suffer the same "enshittification" and algorithmic bloat that turned standard web searching into a chore (reddit link). When you look at what has frustrated people about search engines recently, the parallels to the film industry's current trajectory are hard to ignore.

The "Search Engine" Trajectory of Modern MediaSEO-Driven Content (The Remake Epidemic): Just as web pages are now engineered strictly to beat an algorithm rather than provide good information, many studio movies feel reverse-engineered from spreadsheets. They prioritize recognizable intellectual property, familiar tropes, and safe, corporate formulas to maximize clicks (or box office) rather than artistic intent.The AI Overhaul: Search engines have increasingly pushed human-curated links to the bottom to make room for automated, sometimes inaccurate AI summaries. In film, the growing reliance on generative AI for writing, de-aging, or background assets sparks the exact same fear: stripping away the human element to save money, resulting in a hollow imitation of art.Ad-Stuffed Experiences: Finding a clean answer online requires scrolling past blocks of sponsored ads. Similarly, the streaming era has fragmented content across dozens of platforms, stuffed cheaper tiers with unskippable ads, and buried independent cinema under a mountain of algorithmically pushed filler.Why Movies Might Have a Fighting ChanceFortunately, cinema has a built-in defense mechanism that standard web infrastructure doesn't: visceral human connection and physical spaces. The Theater Experience: You cannot replicate the shared energy of a dark room full of strangers laughing, crying, or screaming together. Audience Pushback: While users are often forced to use dominant search e…

Marcella Gail@mglorr· Jun 4

Somewhere inside this pile of floof is a mastermind of chaos and destruction. Garbanzo Elizabeth Bean charging her battery in preparation for her next mission of mischief.

A fluffy black and white cat lying on her back, pink nose and paws in the air. Despite being brushed every single day, her fur sticks up in random tufts much like a well loved stuffie. She looks innocent but is not.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· May 31

Ceratogyrus marshalli girl having a little hissy fit because I tried to feed her. #tarantula

A tarantula half inside a webbed up tunnel, reared up on her legs, showing her fangs at a roach in the foreground.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· May 26

This is Gertrude. In her 3 years in our home she has only ever known soft touches, gentle words, love and treats. Despite this, Gertrude weighs each potential interaction against her unshakeable conviction that we are merely biding our time and are, in fact, plotting to destroy her.

A brown tabby cat lying on a comfy bed, looking sideways at the camera with a grave amount of suspicion.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· May 23

Pinky the Russian tortoise enjoying the beautiful day

A field of grass and Clover and various other weeds featuring a tortoise in the center sticking his head up toward the Sun

Marcella Gail@mglorr· May 21

Having a bad day? Check out this mighty hunter! (The plastic swimming pool in the back is a tiny tattoo ink cup, for scale.) chilobrachys sp. "I forget which flavor and didn't mark it down and they kinda all look alike at this age" #tarantula #spider

A tiny reddish brown fuzzy tarantula with a nice big cephlothorax and a tiny abdomen seen from the side. They are holding a roach meal in their fangs and pedipalps. They are lifted off the ground very high to keep their prey from getting away. They rest on a sheet of webbing they've laid down over dirt, moss and leaves. A tattoo cup water dish about the same size as the tarantula can be seen behind them.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· May 17

I have a project that requires the contents of this box. I guess I'm not doing the project today.

A brown and white tabby cat sleeping comfortably on a box that is sitting on the floor

Marcella Gail@mglorr· May 16

And finally here is their brother. I think he is the best-looking of the siblings, tbh! Can't believe everyone was in a cooperative mood today for pictures. harpactira pulchripes juvenile male

A cocoa-brown tarantula with golden fringe and blue-black legs sitting on a piece of wood. He has a large gently dappled brown and beige abdomen and bright golden patterning on his carapace. He is sitting in a relaxed pose.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· May 16

Here is their sister, eating her first meal after a molt. She loves corners (and doors, if available), just like Miller in his porkpie hat. harpactira pulchripes juvenile female

A golden tarantula with dark mottling on her abdomen, dark patterning on her carapace and blue-grey legs. She has pushed herself up in a corner between the edge of her enclosure and a piece of corkbark to eat her lunch in peace.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· May 16

A pretty little harpactira pulchripes juvenile tarantula on the run (well, the fast walk) as I take their picture. I'm pretty sure this is a male but I haven't been arsed to actually check.

A golden tarantula with blue-grey legs, dark brown dappling on their abdomen and dark brown patterning on their head. The spider is in mid-stride so some legs are blurred. The spider stands on dirt, leaves, corkbark and part of a fake plant.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· May 15

This was our foster cat who we intended to keep "just a few weeks." On or about year 7 or so the vet was like "Can we just go ahead and mark her down as yours?" She was always ours, but we needed a while to get used to the idea. Hudson is home!

A skinny black cat with green eyes staring into the camera and resting on a white sheet.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· May 10

My beautiful psalmopoeus emeraldus lady hanging out on here corkbark waiting for a meal. (She got one!) #tarantula #spider

A very fuzzy Stout orange brown tarantula sitting upside down on a piece of silk covered cork bark. Her abdomen is a glossy green-black with very light orange spots on it. Her molted leg is sitting on the ground below her.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· May 6

Did you steal my cat?

A brown tabby cat curled up in a box. The cat looks very similar to the cat on the original skeet

Marcella Gail@mglorr· May 2

Life when you love tarantulas: Oh my goodness, she's out for the first time in forever! Let me take some photos.... Welp. kochiana brunnipes adult female

A plump black and orange tarantula sitting on a silk covered surface next to a hole

The same black and orange tarantula now walking toward the hole

The same black and orange tarantula with most of her body in the hole

The same black and orange tarantula with only her butt sticking out of the hole

Marcella Gail@mglorr· Apr 19

This is a freshly molted psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus. She is smooshed down to about half her normal size because I am taking a photo. I am taking a photo because she is never out and had to strike while the iron was hot. She eventually walked off and then I gave her a hornworm. #tarantula

A very fuzzy bronze and burnt orange tarantujla sitting on some webbing and moss with her legs pulled up far over her carapace. She is in a defensive position because she has detected the movement of my camera and isn't sure what it is.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· Apr 18

Phormictopus sp. south hispaniola, adult female. Her carapace has highlights of pink and maroon and her femurs show off blue green, depending on the angle of the light. In this photo I captured just a hint of both.

A large tarantula with a black abdomen, a black and pink striped carapace, fuzzy legs with blue green femurs and light gray fuzzy tibia. The spider is facing to the right and is resting in a relatively comfortable position.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· Apr 18

Spider booty. Bumba horrida juvenile male. #tarantula #spider

The back end of a black and red tarantula. The oval shaped abdomen ends with four spinnerettes, two large pointing upward and two small pointing downward. The spinnerettes have silk coming off of them. The anus is seen between the top two spinnerets.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· Apr 14

We're on day something-something-2-months-later and Ms. Brown recluse is LORGE and more than ready to get released into the shed. #loxosceles #spider

A fat, fat brown recluse sitting on aleaf in a very relaxed position. When brown recluses relax, they lean back, rest their abdomens on the ground and bend their knees up and back. They kind of look folded up. The spider has three sets of two eyes in a row and a rather rough looking face. Her violin shape isn't super distinctive on her head, but you can make it out.

Marcella Gail@mglorr· Apr 13

Yesterday I managed to get a close-up of that horn while she was eating. I love how the setae (hairs) on it has the same striping as the rest of the carapace. Ceratogyrus marshalli #tarantula #spider