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

#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

Jumping spider directly facing the camera, front legs spread out like it's about to jump at the camera (they do that sometimes)
Jumping spider directly facing the camera, front legs spread out like it's about to jump at the camera (they do that sometimes)
Jumping spider directly facing the camera, front legs spread out like it's about to jump at the camera (they do that sometimes)
Jumping spider seen from slightly above. The white band separates its round eyes from its protruding dark brown chelicerae.
Jumping spider seen from slightly above. The white band separates its round eyes from its protruding dark brown chelicerae.
Jumping spider seen from slightly above. The white band separates its round eyes from its protruding dark brown chelicerae.
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.
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.
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.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

#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

Jumping spider directly facing the camera, front legs spread out like it's about to jump at the camera (they do that sometimes)
Jumping spider directly facing the camera, front legs spread out like it's about to jump at the camera (they do that sometimes)
Jumping spider directly facing the camera, front legs spread out like it's about to jump at the camera (they do that sometimes)
Jumping spider seen from slightly above. The white band separates its round eyes from its protruding dark brown chelicerae.
Jumping spider seen from slightly above. The white band separates its round eyes from its protruding dark brown chelicerae.
Jumping spider seen from slightly above. The white band separates its round eyes from its protruding dark brown chelicerae.
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.
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.
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.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

#Arachtober 29: didn't have time for a proper spider outing, so hopped over the garden wall to see what I could find in the yard—and almost walked right through this cross orbweaver's web strung between the dead coneflowers and columbines! As you can hopefully see in the close-up, her jaws are full of a big lump of mushed-up bugs.

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #Araneae #Araneidae

A closer crop of the same photo. You can hopefully better see the spider's fangs (opening sideways like scissors) in a shiny, lumpy black bolus; and its eyes, a classic orbweaver : :: : arrangement.
A closer crop of the same photo. You can hopefully better see the spider's fangs (opening sideways like scissors) in a shiny, lumpy black bolus; and its eyes, a classic orbweaver : :: : arrangement.
A closer crop of the same photo. You can hopefully better see the spider's fangs (opening sideways like scissors) in a shiny, lumpy black bolus; and its eyes, a classic orbweaver : :: : arrangement.
A dead coneflower seen from slightly below. Under the brown, withered petals shelters a brown spider with spiky, banded legs, looking at the camera with beady little eyes. Thin lines of silk, anchor lines for a web, stretch out of frame. The background is blurry but suggests a blue sky and trees.
A dead coneflower seen from slightly below. Under the brown, withered petals shelters a brown spider with spiky, banded legs, looking at the camera with beady little eyes. Thin lines of silk, anchor lines for a web, stretch out of frame. The background is blurry but suggests a blue sky and trees.
A dead coneflower seen from slightly below. Under the brown, withered petals shelters a brown spider with spiky, banded legs, looking at the camera with beady little eyes. Thin lines of silk, anchor lines for a web, stretch out of frame. The background is blurry but suggests a blue sky and trees.
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@nev@flipping.rocks replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

#Arachtober 30: a lovely female hacklemesh weaver (_Amaurobius cf. ferox_) out in the open one night, rare for them. They spend most of their time in crevices in retreats of fuzzy back-combed silk that extends some way outside, letting them sense prey passing too close. People typically encounter the mature males that go wandering in search of mates and inadvertently end up inside.

The family is closely related to the funnel-weavers (family Agelenidae).

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #Araneae #Amaurobiidae

A robust dark brown spider on light grey  stone. Its abdomen is covered with short, glossy, velvety fur with a lighter patch over the upper centre (where the heart is located). Its head is shiny, with small uniformly sized eyes clustered at the front. The legs are finely furred with no spikes or long hairs.
A robust dark brown spider on light grey stone. Its abdomen is covered with short, glossy, velvety fur with a lighter patch over the upper centre (where the heart is located). Its head is shiny, with small uniformly sized eyes clustered at the front. The legs are finely furred with no spikes or long hairs.
A robust dark brown spider on light grey stone. Its abdomen is covered with short, glossy, velvety fur with a lighter patch over the upper centre (where the heart is located). Its head is shiny, with small uniformly sized eyes clustered at the front. The legs are finely furred with no spikes or long hairs.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

#Arachtober 29: didn't have time for a proper spider outing, so hopped over the garden wall to see what I could find in the yard—and almost walked right through this cross orbweaver's web strung between the dead coneflowers and columbines! As you can hopefully see in the close-up, her jaws are full of a big lump of mushed-up bugs.

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #Araneae #Araneidae

A closer crop of the same photo. You can hopefully better see the spider's fangs (opening sideways like scissors) in a shiny, lumpy black bolus; and its eyes, a classic orbweaver : :: : arrangement.
A closer crop of the same photo. You can hopefully better see the spider's fangs (opening sideways like scissors) in a shiny, lumpy black bolus; and its eyes, a classic orbweaver : :: : arrangement.
A closer crop of the same photo. You can hopefully better see the spider's fangs (opening sideways like scissors) in a shiny, lumpy black bolus; and its eyes, a classic orbweaver : :: : arrangement.
A dead coneflower seen from slightly below. Under the brown, withered petals shelters a brown spider with spiky, banded legs, looking at the camera with beady little eyes. Thin lines of silk, anchor lines for a web, stretch out of frame. The background is blurry but suggests a blue sky and trees.
A dead coneflower seen from slightly below. Under the brown, withered petals shelters a brown spider with spiky, banded legs, looking at the camera with beady little eyes. Thin lines of silk, anchor lines for a web, stretch out of frame. The background is blurry but suggests a blue sky and trees.
A dead coneflower seen from slightly below. Under the brown, withered petals shelters a brown spider with spiky, banded legs, looking at the camera with beady little eyes. Thin lines of silk, anchor lines for a web, stretch out of frame. The background is blurry but suggests a blue sky and trees.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

#Arachtober 29: didn't have time for a proper spider outing, so hopped over the garden wall to see what I could find in the yard—and almost walked right through this cross orbweaver's web strung between the dead coneflowers and columbines! As you can hopefully see in the close-up, her jaws are full of a big lump of mushed-up bugs.

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #Araneae #Araneidae

A closer crop of the same photo. You can hopefully better see the spider's fangs (opening sideways like scissors) in a shiny, lumpy black bolus; and its eyes, a classic orbweaver : :: : arrangement.
A closer crop of the same photo. You can hopefully better see the spider's fangs (opening sideways like scissors) in a shiny, lumpy black bolus; and its eyes, a classic orbweaver : :: : arrangement.
A closer crop of the same photo. You can hopefully better see the spider's fangs (opening sideways like scissors) in a shiny, lumpy black bolus; and its eyes, a classic orbweaver : :: : arrangement.
A dead coneflower seen from slightly below. Under the brown, withered petals shelters a brown spider with spiky, banded legs, looking at the camera with beady little eyes. Thin lines of silk, anchor lines for a web, stretch out of frame. The background is blurry but suggests a blue sky and trees.
A dead coneflower seen from slightly below. Under the brown, withered petals shelters a brown spider with spiky, banded legs, looking at the camera with beady little eyes. Thin lines of silk, anchor lines for a web, stretch out of frame. The background is blurry but suggests a blue sky and trees.
A dead coneflower seen from slightly below. Under the brown, withered petals shelters a brown spider with spiky, banded legs, looking at the camera with beady little eyes. Thin lines of silk, anchor lines for a web, stretch out of frame. The background is blurry but suggests a blue sky and trees.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

#Arachtober 28: clover mite (_Bryobia_) in a bright patch of lichen.

#ArthroBeauty #LichenSubscribe #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #CloverMites #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

Close-up photo of a roundish patch of curly, leaf-like yellow-green lichen on tree bark. In the middle is a small purplish-red mite with a flattened, hairless, almost diamond-shaped body with a ridge behind the head and long stringy legs.
Close-up photo of a roundish patch of curly, leaf-like yellow-green lichen on tree bark. In the middle is a small purplish-red mite with a flattened, hairless, almost diamond-shaped body with a ridge behind the head and long stringy legs.
Close-up photo of a roundish patch of curly, leaf-like yellow-green lichen on tree bark. In the middle is a small purplish-red mite with a flattened, hairless, almost diamond-shaped body with a ridge behind the head and long stringy legs.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

#Arachtober 27: late October, we're getting frost warnings, but the orbweavers just keep on trucking. Taken just a few hours ago on a grocery run; the supermarket's large windows attract a lot of midges and are great scaffolds for the ubiquitous _Larinioides_ orbweavers.

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #Araneae #Araneidae

A large orbweaver silhouetted against a brightly lit window, the light showing the banding and spiky hairs on her legs, as she prepares her web for a night of trapping. In the lower right of the picture is her web full of small midges.
A large orbweaver silhouetted against a brightly lit window, the light showing the banding and spiky hairs on her legs, as she prepares her web for a night of trapping. In the lower right of the picture is her web full of small midges.
A large orbweaver silhouetted against a brightly lit window, the light showing the banding and spiky hairs on her legs, as she prepares her web for a night of trapping. In the lower right of the picture is her web full of small midges.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

#Arachtober 26: sometimes on a whim you look inside a hole in a railing…

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A closer view, and the spider has moved a bit so you can see both his pedipalps (as you can see, enlarged at the ends, but still undifferentiated) and one of his curving fangs, which kind of folds under the chelicera like a jack-knife.
A closer view, and the spider has moved a bit so you can see both his pedipalps (as you can see, enlarged at the ends, but still undifferentiated) and one of his curving fangs, which kind of folds under the chelicera like a jack-knife.
A closer view, and the spider has moved a bit so you can see both his pedipalps (as you can see, enlarged at the ends, but still undifferentiated) and one of his curving fangs, which kind of folds under the chelicera like a jack-knife.
A hole about 1cm across in a metal railing. A juvenile male leaf-curling sac spider looks out from a sheer silk shelter (say that 5 times fast). He is a yellowish colour with a darker face and chelicerae (fangs).
A hole about 1cm across in a metal railing. A juvenile male leaf-curling sac spider looks out from a sheer silk shelter (say that 5 times fast). He is a yellowish colour with a darker face and chelicerae (fangs).
A hole about 1cm across in a metal railing. A juvenile male leaf-curling sac spider looks out from a sheer silk shelter (say that 5 times fast). He is a yellowish colour with a darker face and chelicerae (fangs).
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

#Arachtober 25: now for something entirely different, a penthaleid mite (https://bugguide.net/node/view/263374) feeding on a dandelion leaf. Species like the common _P. major_ (which this probably is) have a #DorsalAnus and excrete these globules as they feed, often hanging upside down on the undersides of leaves or vertically on blades of grass.

(If you think a dorsal anus is wild, certain astig females have secondary dorsal genital openings for copulation.)

#ArthroBeauty #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Penthaleidae

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A small dark blue-purple mite with bright red legs and mouthparts on the surface of a dandelion leaf. There's a similar one out of focus in the background. There is a drop of clear yellowish fluid on the mite's back.
A small dark blue-purple mite with bright red legs and mouthparts on the surface of a dandelion leaf. There's a similar one out of focus in the background. There is a drop of clear yellowish fluid on the mite's back.
A small dark blue-purple mite with bright red legs and mouthparts on the surface of a dandelion leaf. There's a similar one out of focus in the background. There is a drop of clear yellowish fluid on the mite's back.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

It's still #Arachtober 24 somewhere: a tiny, curious zebra jumping spider (_Salticus scenicus_). It even gave me a little head tilt. WARNING: very high levels of cute

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

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.
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.
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.
The zebra jumping spider looking upward curiously, fuzzy white pedipalps held up in front of its mouthparts.
The zebra jumping spider looking upward curiously, fuzzy white pedipalps held up in front of its mouthparts.
The zebra jumping spider looking upward curiously, fuzzy white pedipalps held up in front of its mouthparts.
Zebra jumping spiderling in profile. You can see the silk dragline stretching out behind it. Also note the pair of eyes on the back of its head, giving it an excellent field of view.
Zebra jumping spiderling in profile. You can see the silk dragline stretching out behind it. Also note the pair of eyes on the back of its head, giving it an excellent field of view.
Zebra jumping spiderling in profile. You can see the silk dragline stretching out behind it. Also note the pair of eyes on the back of its head, giving it an excellent field of view.
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.
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.
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.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp last month

#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 last month

#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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Eresus sandaliatus
Mariehøneedderkop
Ladybird Spider

One of the, if not the most strikingly gorgeous spiders I have had the good fortune to encounter. It is, unfortunately, quite rare in Denmark. It is mostly too cold and damp, but one of the very few places it lives in Denmark is on the heath, where I spent a lot of my youth.

#VelvetSpider
#Arachtober
#Entomology
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#ArthroBeauty

The fangs are visible. It can crack the carapace of dung beetles with ease, so it is good advice to keep your fingers out of harm's way. They can deliver a painful bite
The fangs are visible. It can crack the carapace of dung beetles with ease, so it is good advice to keep your fingers out of harm's way. They can deliver a painful bite
The fangs are visible. It can crack the carapace of dung beetles with ease, so it is good advice to keep your fingers out of harm's way. They can deliver a painful bite
The colours really pop on the white background of the photo tray. Jet black, with a bright red abdomen. Four large black dots on the abdomen, giving it the ladybird name.White bands on black legs and a red ring circling the cephalothorax.
The colours really pop on the white background of the photo tray. Jet black, with a bright red abdomen. Four large black dots on the abdomen, giving it the ladybird name.White bands on black legs and a red ring circling the cephalothorax.
The colours really pop on the white background of the photo tray. Jet black, with a bright red abdomen. Four large black dots on the abdomen, giving it the ladybird name.White bands on black legs and a red ring circling the cephalothorax.
A charismatic spider with a striking red abdomen with pairs of black spot crawling in withered heather. The females live their entire lives in their burrows. The males will emerge on sunny spring days to see if they can locate the ladies.
A charismatic spider with a striking red abdomen with pairs of black spot crawling in withered heather. The females live their entire lives in their burrows. The males will emerge on sunny spring days to see if they can locate the ladies.
A charismatic spider with a striking red abdomen with pairs of black spot crawling in withered heather. The females live their entire lives in their burrows. The males will emerge on sunny spring days to see if they can locate the ladies.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp last month

#Arachtober 9: a very cool orbweaver, _Gea heptagon_! Named because of its seven-pointed abdomen. So far I have only found them low among the grass in a particular marshy meadow. The juveniles have similar circular web decorations as young _Argiope_.

#ArthroBeauty #spiders #Araneae #Araneidae

A G. heptagon, seen from behind and slightly below, in a web with a central web decoration.
A G. heptagon, seen from behind and slightly below, in a web with a central web decoration.
A G. heptagon, seen from behind and slightly below, in a web with a central web decoration.
A G. heptagon web with no spider in it. The middle has a jagged zigzag line of silk in a spiral around the centre.
A G. heptagon web with no spider in it. The middle has a jagged zigzag line of silk in a spiral around the centre.
A G. heptagon web with no spider in it. The middle has a jagged zigzag line of silk in a spiral around the centre.
An orbweaver in its web amid green grass. It has a striking abdomen with seven white points around the edges, a velvety brown-black triangular patch, and intricate lighter brown patterns.
An orbweaver in its web amid green grass. It has a striking abdomen with seven white points around the edges, a velvety brown-black triangular patch, and intricate lighter brown patterns.
An orbweaver in its web amid green grass. It has a striking abdomen with seven white points around the edges, a velvety brown-black triangular patch, and intricate lighter brown patterns.
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Eresus sandaliatus
Mariehøneedderkop
Ladybird Spider

One of the, if not the most strikingly gorgeous spiders I have had the good fortune to encounter. It is, unfortunately, quite rare in Denmark. It is mostly too cold and damp, but one of the very few places it lives in Denmark is on the heath, where I spent a lot of my youth.

#VelvetSpider
#Arachtober
#Entomology
#Arthropods
#ArthroBeauty

The fangs are visible. It can crack the carapace of dung beetles with ease, so it is good advice to keep your fingers out of harm's way. They can deliver a painful bite
The fangs are visible. It can crack the carapace of dung beetles with ease, so it is good advice to keep your fingers out of harm's way. They can deliver a painful bite
The fangs are visible. It can crack the carapace of dung beetles with ease, so it is good advice to keep your fingers out of harm's way. They can deliver a painful bite
The colours really pop on the white background of the photo tray. Jet black, with a bright red abdomen. Four large black dots on the abdomen, giving it the ladybird name.White bands on black legs and a red ring circling the cephalothorax.
The colours really pop on the white background of the photo tray. Jet black, with a bright red abdomen. Four large black dots on the abdomen, giving it the ladybird name.White bands on black legs and a red ring circling the cephalothorax.
The colours really pop on the white background of the photo tray. Jet black, with a bright red abdomen. Four large black dots on the abdomen, giving it the ladybird name.White bands on black legs and a red ring circling the cephalothorax.
A charismatic spider with a striking red abdomen with pairs of black spot crawling in withered heather. The females live their entire lives in their burrows. The males will emerge on sunny spring days to see if they can locate the ladies.
A charismatic spider with a striking red abdomen with pairs of black spot crawling in withered heather. The females live their entire lives in their burrows. The males will emerge on sunny spring days to see if they can locate the ladies.
A charismatic spider with a striking red abdomen with pairs of black spot crawling in withered heather. The females live their entire lives in their burrows. The males will emerge on sunny spring days to see if they can locate the ladies.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp last month

#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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#Arachtober 8: these small, delicate dish-shaped webs are made by mesh-web weavers, family Linyphiidae. Look for a small smooth spider with thin tapered legs hanging upside down, waiting to size any small insects that fall onto the web.

#ArthroBeauty #spiderwebs #spiders #Araneae #Linyphiidae

The maker of the web, at the edge. It has faint white markings on the underside of its dark brown abdomen, and dark brown bands on its thin, pointed brown legs. The bulbous but still simple and undifferentiated pedipalps indicate this is a juvenile male.
The maker of the web, at the edge. It has faint white markings on the underside of its dark brown abdomen, and dark brown bands on its thin, pointed brown legs. The bulbous but still simple and undifferentiated pedipalps indicate this is a juvenile male.
The maker of the web, at the edge. It has faint white markings on the underside of its dark brown abdomen, and dark brown bands on its thin, pointed brown legs. The bulbous but still simple and undifferentiated pedipalps indicate this is a juvenile male.
Another sheet web, in a tiny hollow in grass, resembles a spiral galaxy. The drops of dew, catching the afternoon sun far above, have faint rainbow hues.
Another sheet web, in a tiny hollow in grass, resembles a spiral galaxy. The drops of dew, catching the afternoon sun far above, have faint rainbow hues.
Another sheet web, in a tiny hollow in grass, resembles a spiral galaxy. The drops of dew, catching the afternoon sun far above, have faint rainbow hues.
A flat round sheet web, spread across the leaves of a dandelion, is beaded with tiny drops of dew. The spider, an unremarkable-looking dark brown spider, is in the lower left corner of the picture just at the edge of the web.
A flat round sheet web, spread across the leaves of a dandelion, is beaded with tiny drops of dew. The spider, an unremarkable-looking dark brown spider, is in the lower left corner of the picture just at the edge of the web.
A flat round sheet web, spread across the leaves of a dandelion, is beaded with tiny drops of dew. The spider, an unremarkable-looking dark brown spider, is in the lower left corner of the picture just at the edge of the web.
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#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 last month

#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 last month

#Arachtober #MiteMonday: just a good old red velvet mite (_Allothrombium_).

Just imagine having a guinea pig-sized one, as a pet. It would be soft and squishy. It would enjoy squeezing into little crevices to nap. You could brush it, very gently. It wouldn't see very well. It could climb up things with little retractable claws. You could probably feed it mealworms.

#ArthroBeauty #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Parasitengona #Trombidiidae

A robust mite covered in short plush red fur climbs up rough tree bark.
A robust mite covered in short plush red fur climbs up rough tree bark.
A robust mite covered in short plush red fur climbs up rough tree bark.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp last month

#Arachtober 5: the last order of arachnids I have found, pseudoscorpions! They look kind of like scorpions without tails; they are found basically everywhere on earth but Antarctica, but they are absolutely tiny and live in places like under tree bark, under rocks and logs, in leaf litter, etc., so you will rarely see them unless you're looking for them. Sometimes they can be found clinging to the legs of larger flying insects with their little claws, or indoors eating booklice and other tiny household insects.

The ones in my garden are so small you might take them for mesostigmatid mites at first glance. This one has captured a soil-dwelling mite of some kind.

#iNaturalist observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99203146 inaturalist

#ArthroBeauty #arachnids #pseudoscorpions #Pseudoscorpiones #Cthoniidae

Another shot, from above . You can see the delicate sensory hairs on its claws, and hairs sticking out from its round butt (unlike a scorpion, it has no long stinger-tipped tail).
Another shot, from above . You can see the delicate sensory hairs on its claws, and hairs sticking out from its round butt (unlike a scorpion, it has no long stinger-tipped tail).
Another shot, from above . You can see the delicate sensory hairs on its claws, and hairs sticking out from its round butt (unlike a scorpion, it has no long stinger-tipped tail).
A tiny golden-brown arachnid with a pear-shaped body and translucent red-brown pincers similar to a scorpion's. It has seized a white mite of some kind in its chelicerae, which are also pincer-like. Glinting spots on either side of its head might be eyes, but I doubt they are functional beyond being able to see light and dark.
A tiny golden-brown arachnid with a pear-shaped body and translucent red-brown pincers similar to a scorpion's. It has seized a white mite of some kind in its chelicerae, which are also pincer-like. Glinting spots on either side of its head might be eyes, but I doubt they are functional beyond being able to see light and dark.
A tiny golden-brown arachnid with a pear-shaped body and translucent red-brown pincers similar to a scorpion's. It has seized a white mite of some kind in its chelicerae, which are also pincer-like. Glinting spots on either side of its head might be eyes, but I doubt they are functional beyond being able to see light and dark.
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