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

#Arachtober 10: happy #InternationalJumpingSpiderDay! Here is one of my favourite species, the peppered jumper _Pelegrina galathea_, seen recently. I find the females' patterns so mesmerizing. This one is brown but they can also be just black and white.

While I've found them in all manner of places, I've found that tansy flower heads are a good place to look for them. They like to make little silk retreats under the dense canopy of flowers.

#ArthroBeauty #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae

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.
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.
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.
A closer look at her on the stem.
A closer look at her on the stem.
A closer look at her on the stem.
On a stem of goldenrod, a tiny face peers out. It's a jumping spider with big round eyes and striped legs and pedipalps.
On a stem of goldenrod, a tiny face peers out. It's a jumping spider with big round eyes and striped legs and pedipalps.
On a stem of goldenrod, a tiny face peers out. It's a jumping spider with big round eyes and striped legs and pedipalps.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

#Arachtober 10: happy #InternationalJumpingSpiderDay! Here is one of my favourite species, the peppered jumper _Pelegrina galathea_, seen recently. I find the females' patterns so mesmerizing. This one is brown but they can also be just black and white.

While I've found them in all manner of places, I've found that tansy flower heads are a good place to look for them. They like to make little silk retreats under the dense canopy of flowers.

#ArthroBeauty #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae

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.
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.
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.
A closer look at her on the stem.
A closer look at her on the stem.
A closer look at her on the stem.
On a stem of goldenrod, a tiny face peers out. It's a jumping spider with big round eyes and striped legs and pedipalps.
On a stem of goldenrod, a tiny face peers out. It's a jumping spider with big round eyes and striped legs and pedipalps.
On a stem of goldenrod, a tiny face peers out. It's a jumping spider with big round eyes and striped legs and pedipalps.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

#Arachtober 7: can't go wrong with a classic, the photogenic bold jumping spider (_Phidippus audax_). In my experience they are shy at first, but if you take a little extra time and are patient, they become curious and friendly.

#ArthroBeauty #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae

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.
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.
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.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

#Arachtober 7: can't go wrong with a classic, the photogenic bold jumping spider (_Phidippus audax_). In my experience they are shy at first, but if you take a little extra time and are patient, they become curious and friendly.

#ArthroBeauty #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae

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

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 2 months 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

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.
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 3 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

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 4 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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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 4 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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