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Angela Antunovic
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@rnzbot_nz “A close inspection revealed a spider she had never seen before. She took photos and, with the permission of the landowners, uploaded them to nature identification app iNaturalistNZ.” “Te Papa PhD student Shaun Thompson contacted her, identifying the spider as a potential new species.”
#iNaturalist #iNaturalistNZ #spiders #discovery #NewSpecies #CitizenScience
der.hans
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I've been a practicing scientist since 1990, and it never ceases to amaze me just how much time it takes to pull together a journal manuscript. These two figures alone took about 16 hours (it's how I spent this weekend)--and that doesn't count the time spent practicing to get to the point that I could get this quality of images. Whew! Done!
These are the palps and epigyne of wolf spiders, documenting a new species.
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@rnzbot_nz “A close inspection revealed a spider she had never seen before. She took photos and, with the permission of the landowners, uploaded them to nature identification app iNaturalistNZ.” “Te Papa PhD student Shaun Thompson contacted her, identifying the spider as a potential new species.”
#iNaturalist #iNaturalistNZ #spiders #discovery #NewSpecies #CitizenScience
Smithsonian Event | The World & Me: Save a Spider!
Natural History Museum.
Saturday, March 14, 2026, 10 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
See spider specimens and other arachnids up close, make observations at live tarantula feedings, and learn about the amazing diversity found within the different spider and arachnid species.
https://www.si.edu/events/detail?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D193384366%26key%3D86adfad12ce224a5f5fb6affb2474114 #globalmuseum #museums #events #spiders
I've been a practicing scientist since 1990, and it never ceases to amaze me just how much time it takes to pull together a journal manuscript. These two figures alone took about 16 hours (it's how I spent this weekend)--and that doesn't count the time spent practicing to get to the point that I could get this quality of images. Whew! Done!
These are the palps and epigyne of wolf spiders, documenting a new species.
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Billy Smith
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🕷️🔬 An electron microscope image of Australian net-casting spider silk won the 2025 Royal Society Publishing #Photography Competition overall prize. The structure shows an elastic core wrapped in harder fibers that allow the spider to throw its net effectively, combining strength with stretchiness for ambush hunting.
#microscopy #science #nature #Australia #evolution #insect #research #spiders #arachnids
Spiders are hardcore!
🕷️🔬 An electron microscope image of Australian net-casting spider silk won the 2025 Royal Society Publishing #Photography Competition overall prize. The structure shows an elastic core wrapped in harder fibers that allow the spider to throw its net effectively, combining strength with stretchiness for ambush hunting.
#microscopy #science #nature #Australia #evolution #insect #research #spiders #arachnids
A Tale of Two Trunks by Rohan Neel Shah
In the Maasai Mara, two elephants intertwine their trunks in a gentle moment of play. The black-and-white frame accentuates the texture of their skin and their shared quiet connection.
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Maasai Mara national reserve, #Kenya
Catch of the day by Kashyap Naresh Raval
A fishing spider lives up to its name as it rests at the edge of a waterbody, holding its freshly caught fish.
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Kollur, #India
Billy Smith
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A female and male Ornamental Tree Trunk Spider (Herennia multipuncta) spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore on 22 Nov 2025. They make a lovely couple. 🙂
(The male is the small red spider.)
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/327639088 ].
#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Spiders #Araneae
A female and male Ornamental Tree Trunk Spider (Herennia multipuncta) spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore on 22 Nov 2025. They make a lovely couple. 🙂
(The male is the small red spider.)
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/327639088 ].
#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Spiders #Araneae
Anke
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Before the snow.
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Before the snow.
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Scientists discovered the world’s largest spiderweb, covering 106 m² in a sulfur cave on the Albania-Greece border.
Over 111,000 spiders from two normally rival species live together in a unique, self-sustaining ecosystem—a first of its kind.
@Rainmaker1973 #globalmuseum #spiders #science
Will Tuladhar-Douglas
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Sulfur cave #spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web https://phys.org/news/2025-11-sulfur-cave-spiders-arachnid-megacity.html
An extraordinary colonial spider community in Sulfur Cave sustained by chemoautotrophy https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/162344/
"the entire food chain is powered by sulfur-oxidizing #microbes that thrive in the cave system and are consumed by tiny non-biting midges. These small #insects are easily caught in the web, providing an abundant, continuous food source"
Sulfur cave #spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web https://phys.org/news/2025-11-sulfur-cave-spiders-arachnid-megacity.html
An extraordinary colonial spider community in Sulfur Cave sustained by chemoautotrophy https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/162344/
"the entire food chain is powered by sulfur-oxidizing #microbes that thrive in the cave system and are consumed by tiny non-biting midges. These small #insects are easily caught in the web, providing an abundant, continuous food source"
Neville Park
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#Arachtober 31: handsome little ice cream sandwich boi (male _Hentzia palmarum_ jumping spider) spotted back in August.
Damn, posting every day feels like way more work than it should. Anyway back to slightly less frequent arachnid posts tomorrow…
#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae
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