Cool Animal Facts, like spider eye arrangement

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:05 am

Found a cool website that shows the arrangement of eyes on different kinds of spiders. It varies based on function, such as most web weaving spiders have all-around eyes while jumping spiders are very lateral with the largest eyes on the front, while wolf spiders that chase prey have the most front-mounted eyes

http://bugguide.net/node/view/84423

So if you like drawing giant spiders this is a neat way to give them an air of 'authenticity' base don what they do.

I'll add more links when I find other nifty animal resources that would be helpful with monster design.

erik · Post by **erik** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:56 am

I liked this image for spider eyes (for some of the 8-eyed variety anyway)

I had to sift through my posts to find it since I put it in the news thread a month ago as a sleep aid for Shrapnel.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 3:08 am

My favourite is the No-eyed Eight-eyes Spider. It's part of the eight-eyed spider "family" so by all accounts should have eight. But it happens to not have any eyes. But because of where it fits, they still have Eight-Eyed in the name.

Mistborn · Post by **Mistborn** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:07 pm

I've always liked jumping spiders, they have these big round eyes that stare right into your soul.