#arachnid — Public Fediverse posts

This beautiful little wolf spider lives on our garden table and visits whenever we sit there 🥰
#spider
#arachnid

This beautiful little wolf spider lives on our garden table and visits whenever we sit there 🥰
#spider
#arachnid

This beautiful little wolf spider lives on our garden table and visits whenever we sit there 🥰
#spider
#arachnid

This beautiful little wolf spider lives on our garden table and visits whenever we sit there 🥰
#spider
#arachnid

This beautiful little wolf spider lives on our garden table and visits whenever we sit there 🥰
#spider
#arachnid

How to Befriend a Fly

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://warandpeas.com/2026/08/06/how-to-befriend-a-fly/

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.

When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-spider-that-catapults-prey-into-its-web-at-a-brutal-140-g

#ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️🕸️ Researchers from #Macquarie University discovered a new ballista #spider species in #Queensland’s #CapeYork #rainforest that builds a spring-loaded web snare targeting green tree #ants.

When an ant bites the cone, tension lines fire it into the web at 1,367 m/s² – roughly 140 G – making this the most power-dense biological catapult known. The spider’s use of pheromone-mimicking silk represents a #hunting strategy not seen before in any #arachnid.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-spider-that-catapults-prey-into-its-web-at-a-brutal-140-g

#ballista #australia #biology #biomechanics #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #predator

Jumping spider hanging out on the fence

@arachnology

#spider #arachnid #photography #bigeyes #macro #iridescent #nature #year2026 #SonyA7rIII #laowa #neatobuilds

Little happy spider on a rose petal.

@photography
#arachnid #Photography #macro #nature #insects #NeatoBuilds #SonyA7RIII #Laowa #darktable #zerenestacker #spider #california #Bloomscrolling #bayarea #Year2025

Litte spider hanging out with a fancy little green moss bunch on its head, the latest in arachnid fashion

#spider #arachnid #macro #Photography #nature #darktable #zerenestacker #sonya7riii #Laowa #hiking #outdoors #moss

In honor of the Opiliones that years ago entered the kitchen & climbed the counter - to eat Schnitzel crumbs! It rotated a crumb like a cob of corn.

#arachnid #opiliones #harvestman #schnitzel #germanartists #germanart #art #mastoart #fediart

For International Rock Flipping Day, here's an immature western black widow (Latrodectus hesperus, Theridiidae). Likely a female (pedipalps seem small) but I gather palpal bulbs might not appear on males until a later molt. So not sure. Found under a rock in Madras, Oregon, USA. #spider #arachnid #rock #nature #GenderReveal