Assortment of Random Arthropod Links 1

This will probably happen more than once on this blog per semester (and hence why I've titled this with "1"). I've been loading up the "Drafts" folder with stuff I've been meaning to post about, but it's gotten out of hand, and I think it would be more productive to post all of the arthropod links at once instead of parsing them all out. So, here's a bunch of stuff I found worthy of a blog post, but didn't necessarily feel were worthy of their own stand-alone posts.

1) http://bugasalt.com/

This website is dedicated to the sale of a salt gun for killing insects within short-range (about 3 feet). The gun prides itself on delivering a dead bug that will still be intact and "easy to clean up" (see FAQ page). Basically, the salt gun uses just a pinch of table salt as its ammunition to aim at unwelcome arthropod guests, especially mosquitoes and flies but also roaches and wasps.

On the order page, you can get this nifty device for a mere $34.95 if you're a lone gunman, or 144 guns for $2,800 (price per gun goes down to $19.44 [yes, I calculated that for you]). Doesn't sound too shabby!

Also, if you're not actually too fond of this device but you still want the thrill of killing flies, go on their website and you'll find a fly flying all over the page, which you can ultimately aim, target, and shoot with the simply click of your mouse.

2) Would you be happy or sad if you found this surprise in your raspberries?
I kind of wish those were my raspberries.

3) Amazing Arthropod Photography by Thomas Shahan 
Desktop background quality "macro" photos of arthropods. This guy takes some fantastic pictures of arthropods in their natural habitats. Definitely take a look--these are amazing.

4) Peacock Spider Gets Down For Love
If only I knew how to mate as well as these peacock spiders, I'd be quite the reproductively successful woman. If you click the link above, you'll find a video of the courtship behavior of this "peacock" spider with a link to a pdf of a preliminary description of the species and an undescribed genus Maratus to which it, as well as another undescribed species from 1931 member to the Peckham collection at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, belong. Cue Katy Perry's "Peacock"...

5) Fashionable Jumping Spiders
This is a link to a series of macro photographs of jumping spiders that carry a water droplet atop their heads, which reflect the scene around them. My question to you people: real or not real? If you don't think so, I suggest you drop by the photographer's portfolio website and see for yourself.

6) Last, but, DEFINITELY NOT LEAST: Beetles as Jurassic Park People
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU WILL EVER CLICK 

AND IF YOU DON'T CLICK IT

JUST LOOK HERE

And.... that's all for now. Have a great weekend, everyone!