While the world is full of adorable animals that grace our social media feeds, there’s a whole other side to nature that’s equally fascinating—though far less cute. These are the creatures that don’t get as much attention, often because they’re a little too creepy or bizarre for most people’s tastes. But be warned: if spiders, strange creatures, and eerie reptiles make your skin crawl, here are 50 creepy mother nature.
1. Dead Man’s Fingers Fungus. So Excited To Have Spotted This On A Recent Trail Hike (Location: Ontario, Canada)
2. Aplysia Vaccaria Is A Species Of Slug Native To California And Mexico That Can Grow Up To 1 Meter In Length And Weigh 30 Pounds
3. Euphorbia Balsamifera Emerging From The Underworld
4. Found In My Dad’s Shower In Puerto Vallarta
5. This Wasp I Caught Flying Around My House Has An Ant Head Latched Onto Its Back Leg
6. Woke Up To See This In My Kitchen, I Live In The Middle Of The Mountains Like 500 Km From The Nearest Beach
My wife screamed as if she saw a ghost at 5 AM in the morning, turns out she went to get some water and saw this huge crab crawling in the kitchen. It’s just insane.
7. A Swarm Of Honeybees Looking For A New Home Decided That My Mother’s Jeans Looked Comfortable. We Contacted A Local Beekeeper, And He Just Came By And Shook Them Into His Box
8. Found Under My Friend’s Flower Pot, AKA The Gates Of Hell
9. My Tarantula Had Babies
10. Saw A Ton Of Vultures On A House Today. I’m Not Sure What This Implies. Google Says Either A Gas Leak Or A Body
11. These Are All Brown Recluse. A Man Said He Had A Lot Of Glue Traps That Looked Just Like This In His Home
12. This Evil-Looking Mushroom Thing In My Yard
13. A Wild Tokay Gecko Eating Someone’s Pet Tarantula
14. Seen In Costa Rica
15. Absolute Unit Of A Jerusalem Cricket, Which Is Neither From Jerusalem Nor A Cricket
16. So Some Bees Decided To Make A Hive In Between The Window And The Shutters
17. Insects Nest That Looks Like A Skull
18. A Giant Swarm Of Maggots Eating A Dear Carcass On The Nature Trail Behind My House
19. Inside A Common Starling’s Mouth
20. Inside The Hive Of The Stingless Honey Bee Plebeia Sp
21. Went To Go Brush My Teeth Last Night, And
22. A Bunch Of Ducks Followed Me Yesterday Night. They Stopped And Stared Whenever I Turned Around
23. I’m Pretty Sure I Came Across The Scene Of A Crime This Afternoon
The smaller spider looks like a widow to me. At first, I thought it was a black widow, but it has more of a brown color, and I don’t recognize the red stripe. Plus, its web is in an exposed location above a window on the outside of our house. What is it? The bigger one (the victim, I think) is curled up, not moving, and partially wrapped in webbing. I thought it might be a tarantula, but I’m not sure. It has really fuzzy legs and body.
24. Tentacle Octopus Found In South Korea
25. Mormon Crickets At My Local Hospital
26. I Found This Guy Getting Tossed In The Surf In Kauai
27. The Amount Of Flies Trapped In This Window Glass
28. Flies Devouring A Gecko Still Stuck To A Pole (Okinawa, Japan)
29. This Butterfly Orchid Flower With A Face On It
30. House Spider Falls Victim To Superior Arachnid
31. A Tick Biting Another Tick
32. Please Help Me. I Think It’s The Devil
33. How Did A Bat End Up In My Toilet? Gone For 12 Days, House Is Secure And A Dead Bat Is In My Toilet When I Come Home. So Weird And Confusing
34. Wasps Have Made A Nest On My (Closed) Bedroom Window
35. This Picture My Mom Sent Me Of A Spider In Her House
36. This Spider I Found In My Basement Cellar. According To Google, This Is Caused By A Type Of Fungus Called Cordyceps That Ends The Lives Of Bugs. I Am Considering Burning My House Down
37. Two Robber Flies Mating While One Snacks On A Bee
38. A Bee With Pollen Mites
39. Found This Lady Outside My Door
40. Not Sure What This Is, Probably A House Spider?
41. There Is A Wasp That Lays Its Eggs Under The Skin Of A Specific Caterpillar. When The Eggs Hatch, The Larvae Eat The Caterpillar Alive
42. Spider Babies Outside Our Window
43. I Found This On The Trail In Northern India. Thought It Was Cool
44. Plugging An Extension Cord Into An Outdoor Box. Flipped Open The Lid To Discover This
45. This Robber Snatched That Poor Guy Out Of The Air About 2 Ft From My Face
46. Cordyceps That I Just Found In The Rainforests Of Cairns
47. I Have Never Seen Something Like This
48. What On Earth Is This
49. Found Dead Flies Making A Circle Near My Window. I Don’t Use Traps, Bug Sprays, Or Anything Similar. What Could Be Causing This?
50. The “Hair” Under This Rock Is Actually A Mass Of Spiders
