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Sebastiaan Mathôt

@sebastiaan@neuromatch.social · last week

#Jumpingspiders are best known for being cute, but there's also a branch of not-so-cute-but-wonderful ant-mimicking species. The head mimics the abdomen, which is a bit disorienting! Probably evolved mainly to avoid predation—ants are unattractive prey. https://youtu.be/XRUZGtdp_TM?si=QCYKPkTRH8jX8DYW #biology #science

Sebastiaan Mathôt

@sebastiaan@neuromatch.social · last week

#Jumpingspiders are best known for being cute, but there's also a branch of not-so-cute-but-wonderful ant-mimicking species. The head mimics the abdomen, which is a bit disorienting! Probably evolved mainly to avoid predation—ants are unattractive prey. https://youtu.be/XRUZGtdp_TM?si=QCYKPkTRH8jX8DYW #biology #science

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@nev@flipping.rocks · 3 months ago

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A brown jumping spider with a broad white line running all the way around it, standing on the round top of a wrought iron fence post and gazing out. The background is a green lawn, out of focus.

Jumping spider seen from slightly above. The white band separates its round eyes from its protruding dark brown chelicerae.

Jumping spider directly facing the camera, front legs spread out like it's about to jump at the camera (they do that sometimes)

@nev@flipping.rocks · 3 months ago

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A brown jumping spider with a broad white line running all the way around it, standing on the round top of a wrought iron fence post and gazing out. The background is a green lawn, out of focus.

Jumping spider seen from slightly above. The white band separates its round eyes from its protruding dark brown chelicerae.

Jumping spider directly facing the camera, front legs spread out like it's about to jump at the camera (they do that sometimes)

@nev@flipping.rocks · 4 months ago

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A tiny zebra jumping spider on a stone slab green with algae and lichen, back to the camera so you can see the stripes that give it its nickname.

The zebra jumping spider looking upward curiously, fuzzy white pedipalps held up in front of its mouthparts.

The zebra jumper tilts slightly to one side, facing the camera. Often when they do this they are about to try to jump on the lens, so I wrapped up the photoshoot here.

Neville Park boosted

@nev@flipping.rocks · 4 months ago

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On a stem of goldenrod, a tiny face peers out. It's a jumping spider with big round eyes and striped legs and pedipalps.

A closer look at her on the stem.

A top-down view, showing the patterns on her body, white spots with eye-catching black-brown "shadows" or accents on a medium-brown background, and white around the edges of her cephalothorax and abdomen.

@nev@flipping.rocks · 4 months ago

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On a stem of goldenrod, a tiny face peers out. It's a jumping spider with big round eyes and striped legs and pedipalps.

A closer look at her on the stem.

A top-down view, showing the patterns on her body, white spots with eye-catching black-brown "shadows" or accents on a medium-brown background, and white around the edges of her cephalothorax and abdomen.

Neville Park boosted

@nev@flipping.rocks · 4 months ago

A bold jumping spider, fuzzy and orange-brown with black bands on its legs and metallic green chelicerae (fangs), standing on a railing and looking slightly upward at the camera with large round eyes.

@nev@flipping.rocks · 4 months ago

A bold jumping spider, fuzzy and orange-brown with black bands on its legs and metallic green chelicerae (fangs), standing on a railing and looking slightly upward at the camera with large round eyes.

Neville Park boosted

@nev@flipping.rocks · 4 months ago

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A jumping spider on pine bark, seen from slightly above, its robust first pair of legs partly raised. It has a shiny copper-coloured abdomen, red-brown legs banded with a more golden brown (a sort of tortoiseshell colour scheme), and a black-brown head with a broad white band along each side. The tops of the pedipalps, too, are white.

Close-up shot from above. The jumping spider's dark head is covered in short, fine, pale hairs. Its brown abdomen is covered with many small flat scale-like hairs that produce a pastel iridescence, like those "holo" highlight pressed powders that were a popular makeup trend a while back.

@nev@flipping.rocks · 4 months ago

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A jumping spider on pine bark, seen from slightly above, its robust first pair of legs partly raised. It has a shiny copper-coloured abdomen, red-brown legs banded with a more golden brown (a sort of tortoiseshell colour scheme), and a black-brown head with a broad white band along each side. The tops of the pedipalps, too, are white.

Close-up shot from above. The jumping spider's dark head is covered in short, fine, pale hairs. Its brown abdomen is covered with many small flat scale-like hairs that produce a pastel iridescence, like those "holo" highlight pressed powders that were a popular makeup trend a while back.

joene extra boosted

@nev@flipping.rocks · 5 months ago

Her impeccable lashes

#DailySpiderPic #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae

A light grey and white female Platycryptus undatus jumping spider, facing the camera head on. She is the same colour as the concrete she's on. She has fluffy white pedipalps, a white face, and two tufts of wispy lashes (pointing at a perfect 45° and 90°) on either side of the small anterior lateral eyes flanking her large black anterior median eyes.

@nev@flipping.rocks · 5 months ago

Her impeccable lashes

#DailySpiderPic #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae

A light grey and white female Platycryptus undatus jumping spider, facing the camera head on. She is the same colour as the concrete she's on. She has fluffy white pedipalps, a white face, and two tufts of wispy lashes (pointing at a perfect 45° and 90°) on either side of the small anterior lateral eyes flanking her large black anterior median eyes.

Neville Park boosted

@nev@flipping.rocks · 6 months ago

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A tiny little jumping spider face, with two big round eyes front and centre, peeks out from underneath a thick cluster of yellow tansy flowers.

The jumping spider's abdomen, seen between tansy flower heads. It has both matte and shiny black patches and smaller white markings.

@nev@flipping.rocks · 6 months ago

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A tiny little jumping spider face, with two big round eyes front and centre, peeks out from underneath a thick cluster of yellow tansy flowers.

The jumping spider's abdomen, seen between tansy flower heads. It has both matte and shiny black patches and smaller white markings.

Neville Park boosted

@nev@flipping.rocks · 7 months ago

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The head of a bold jumping spider peeking out from behind a metal rail on the back of a bench. She has eyelash-like tufts of hair, large round eyes front and centre, and metallic green chelicerae.

The jumping spider coming out of the retreat on the other side of the rail, with her front legs visible. She is black with white markings.

The jumping spider fully out, staring at something out of the frame. Her large abdomen, rising above her head, is partly visible.

Dorsal view of the jumping spider's abdomen as she climbs behind the rail. It has bands of matte and shiny black, and white markings like ">:D"

@nev@flipping.rocks · 7 months ago

4 media

The head of a bold jumping spider peeking out from behind a metal rail on the back of a bench. She has eyelash-like tufts of hair, large round eyes front and centre, and metallic green chelicerae.

The jumping spider coming out of the retreat on the other side of the rail, with her front legs visible. She is black with white markings.

The jumping spider fully out, staring at something out of the frame. Her large abdomen, rising above her head, is partly visible.

Dorsal view of the jumping spider's abdomen as she climbs behind the rail. It has bands of matte and shiny black, and white markings like ">:D"

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