This feller just descended from the ceiling on a ninja rope right in front of me, even stopping dramatically midway. And now it's staring me down on my desk.
I don't mind spiders in the house, but this one is nearly the size of the plughole!
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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Did you know that the entomology department at the University of California Davis has a link where you can just ask questions?? #spiders
#bugstodon
https://entomology.ucdavis.edu/
Did you know that the entomology department at the University of California Davis has a link where you can just ask questions?? #spiders
#bugstodon
https://entomology.ucdavis.edu/
Did you know that the entomology department at the University of California Davis has a link where you can just ask questions?? #spiders
#bugstodon
https://entomology.ucdavis.edu/
Neville Park
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i had to break out the fancy camera to get a night shot but here is ms. window orbweaver.
approx. 12-15mm body length, maybe?
#ArthroBeauty#DailySpiderPic#SpidersOfMastodon #spiders#Araneae#Araneidae
Window orbweaver update: all quiet tonight. I felt bad for her meagre haul, so earlier today I captured a greenbottle fly, then later when she came out I carefully removed the window-screen and held the fly against the web with tweezers until she sensed and captured it. She has spent the past few hours feeding on it.
i had to break out the fancy camera to get a night shot but here is ms. window orbweaver.
approx. 12-15mm body length, maybe?
#ArthroBeauty#DailySpiderPic#SpidersOfMastodon #spiders#Araneae#Araneidae
Anke
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a wolf spider about the size of a loonie (27mm or 1”) made its nest inside of our living room window. i was amazed by how hairy it was.
a wolf spider about the size of a loonie (27mm or 1”) made its nest inside of our living room window. i was amazed by how hairy it was.
Neville Park
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The broad, dense canopies of tansy flowers (Tanasetum) are a perfect home for small jumping spiders like this juvenile bold jumper (Phidippus audax)!
#ArthroBeauty#DailySpiderPic #spiders#JumpingSpiders#Araneae#Salticidae #bloomscrolling
The jumping spider's abdomen, seen between tansy flower heads. It has both matte and shiny black patches and smaller white markings.
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 broad, dense canopies of tansy flowers (Tanasetum) are a perfect home for small jumping spiders like this juvenile bold jumper (Phidippus audax)!
#ArthroBeauty#DailySpiderPic #spiders#JumpingSpiders#Araneae#Salticidae #bloomscrolling
The jumping spider's abdomen, seen between tansy flower heads. It has both matte and shiny black patches and smaller white markings.
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.
Neville Park
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Yesterday I was going up to a park bench to lock my bike to it when I saw the most enormous bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax) poking her head out from between two slats. She had a spacious silk retreat with a well-wrapped egg sac. She was shy, but I gradually lured her out by lightly dragging a blade of grass across one opening of the retreat, and she stalked and pounced on it, like a cat.
I find that contrary to their name bold jumpers are very shy at first, but once they've gotten used to you they are unafraid and will climb all over you. Unfortunately I didn't have time to properly make friends with this spider.
#DailySpiderPic#JumpingSpiders #spiders#Araneae#Salticidae#ArthroBeauty
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"
The jumping spider fully out, staring at something out of the frame. Her large abdomen, rising above her head, is partly visible.
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 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.
Yesterday I was going up to a park bench to lock my bike to it when I saw the most enormous bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax) poking her head out from between two slats. She had a spacious silk retreat with a well-wrapped egg sac. She was shy, but I gradually lured her out by lightly dragging a blade of grass across one opening of the retreat, and she stalked and pounced on it, like a cat.
I find that contrary to their name bold jumpers are very shy at first, but once they've gotten used to you they are unafraid and will climb all over you. Unfortunately I didn't have time to properly make friends with this spider.
#DailySpiderPic#JumpingSpiders #spiders#Araneae#Salticidae#ArthroBeauty
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"
The jumping spider fully out, staring at something out of the frame. Her large abdomen, rising above her head, is partly visible.
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 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.