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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Let's kick off #Arachtober with some fall colours! This beautiful coppery jumping spider—_Eris rufa_, maybe, or _Pelegrina_?—reminded me of autumn leaves. Tried to get an even closer pic of its iridescent scales.

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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Let's kick off #Arachtober with some fall colours! This beautiful coppery jumping spider—_Eris rufa_, maybe, or _Pelegrina_?—reminded me of autumn leaves. Tried to get an even closer pic of its iridescent scales.

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Her impeccable lashes

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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.
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.
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.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Her impeccable lashes

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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.
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.
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.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

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?

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A bridge spider (Larinioides sclopetarius) just below the hub of her web, feeding on a small glistening lump that was once a fly. She is grey-brown with a damask-like leaf-shaped pattern on the top of her abdomen and a white-bordered carapace. The image is a bit washed out because it was taken with flash at night through a window.
A bridge spider (Larinioides sclopetarius) just below the hub of her web, feeding on a small glistening lump that was once a fly. She is grey-brown with a damask-like leaf-shaped pattern on the top of her abdomen and a white-bordered carapace. The image is a bit washed out because it was taken with flash at night through a window.
A bridge spider (Larinioides sclopetarius) just below the hub of her web, feeding on a small glistening lump that was once a fly. She is grey-brown with a damask-like leaf-shaped pattern on the top of her abdomen and a white-bordered carapace. The image is a bit washed out because it was taken with flash at night through a window.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

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.

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@nev@flipping.rocks replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

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

A bridge spider (Larinioides sclopetarius) just below the hub of her web, feeding on a small glistening lump that was once a fly. She is grey-brown with a damask-like leaf-shaped pattern on the top of her abdomen and a white-bordered carapace. The image is a bit washed out because it was taken with flash at night through a window.
A bridge spider (Larinioides sclopetarius) just below the hub of her web, feeding on a small glistening lump that was once a fly. She is grey-brown with a damask-like leaf-shaped pattern on the top of her abdomen and a white-bordered carapace. The image is a bit washed out because it was taken with flash at night through a window.
A bridge spider (Larinioides sclopetarius) just below the hub of her web, feeding on a small glistening lump that was once a fly. She is grey-brown with a damask-like leaf-shaped pattern on the top of her abdomen and a white-bordered carapace. The image is a bit washed out because it was taken with flash at night through a window.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

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.
The jumping spider's abdomen, seen between tansy flower heads. It has both matte and shiny black patches and smaller white markings.
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.
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.
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.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

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.
The jumping spider's abdomen, seen between tansy flower heads. It has both matte and shiny black patches and smaller white markings.
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.
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.
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.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

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.

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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"
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"
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 fully out, staring at something out of the frame. Her large abdomen, rising above her head, is partly visible.
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 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 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.
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 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.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

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