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  1. This absolute unit had set up shop right above the back door, I included the recessed ceiling light for scale (the photo still doesn't do it justice, the light is smaller than the spider 😭😭😭)

    My husband managed to safely remove it and release it in the backyard in a spot where there should be plenty to eat. I'll bet this guy eats mice. 😩

    #gianthousespider #absoluteunit #EndBoss #spiders #huisspin #arachnids #arachnophobia #donotwant #aaaaaaah #pleasegetitawayfromme #imscared

  2. This absolute unit had set up shop right above the back door, I included the recessed ceiling light for scale (the photo still doesn't do it justice, the light is smaller than the spider 😭😭😭)

    My husband managed to safely remove it and release it in the backyard in a spot where there should be plenty to eat. I'll bet this guy eats mice. 😩

    #gianthousespider #absoluteunit #EndBoss #spiders #huisspin #arachnids #arachnophobia #donotwant #aaaaaaah #pleasegetitawayfromme #imscared

  3. This absolute unit had set up shop right above the back door, I included the recessed ceiling light for scale (the photo still doesn't do it justice, the light is smaller than the spider 😭😭😭)

    My husband managed to safely remove it and release it in the backyard in a spot where there should be plenty to eat. I'll bet this guy eats mice. 😩

    #gianthousespider #absoluteunit #EndBoss #spiders #huisspin #arachnids #arachnophobia #donotwant #aaaaaaah #pleasegetitawayfromme #imscared

  4. This absolute unit had set up shop right above the back door, I included the recessed ceiling light for scale (the photo still doesn't do it justice, the light is smaller than the spider 😭😭😭)

    My husband managed to safely remove it and release it in the backyard in a spot where there should be plenty to eat. I'll bet this guy eats mice. 😩

    #gianthousespider #absoluteunit #EndBoss #spiders #huisspin #arachnids #arachnophobia #donotwant #aaaaaaah #pleasegetitawayfromme #imscared

  5. This absolute unit had set up shop right above the back door, I included the recessed ceiling light for scale (the photo still doesn't do it justice, the light is smaller than the spider 😭😭😭)

    My husband managed to safely remove it and release it in the backyard in a spot where there should be plenty to eat. I'll bet this guy eats mice. 😩

    #gianthousespider #absoluteunit #EndBoss #spiders #huisspin #arachnids #arachnophobia #donotwant #aaaaaaah #pleasegetitawayfromme #imscared

  6. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️💨 The jungle #huntsman #spider from #Queensland reached 3.59 meters per second, doubling the previous #arachnid speed record.

    Researchers at #Imperial College #London measured 162 #species across four #continents to study spider #locomotion. They found that longer legs relative to body size predict greater speed.

    👉 newscientist.com/article/25320

    #biomechanics #arachnids #animals #science #biology #evolution #australia #wildlife #invertebrates #nature

  7. #MiteMonday: a tiny _Podocinum_ mite found under a rock. Its extremely thin elongated front legs have forked hairs at the end, and it seems to use these legs like antennae to navigate.

    Much better pictures here: bugguide.net/node/view/514391

    #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Parasitiformes #Mesostigmata #Podocinidae

  8. #MiteMonday: a tiny _Podocinum_ mite found under a rock. Its extremely thin elongated front legs have forked hairs at the end, and it seems to use these legs like antennae to navigate.

    Much better pictures here: bugguide.net/node/view/514391

    #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Parasitiformes #Mesostigmata #Podocinidae

  9. #MiteMonday: a tiny _Podocinum_ mite found under a rock. Its extremely thin elongated front legs have forked hairs at the end, and it seems to use these legs like antennae to navigate.

    Much better pictures here: bugguide.net/node/view/514391

    #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Parasitiformes #Mesostigmata #Podocinidae

  10. #MiteMonday: a tiny _Podocinum_ mite found under a rock. Its extremely thin elongated front legs have forked hairs at the end, and it seems to use these legs like antennae to navigate.

    Much better pictures here: bugguide.net/node/view/514391

    #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Parasitiformes #Mesostigmata #Podocinidae

  11. #MiteMonday: a tiny _Podocinum_ mite found under a rock. Its extremely thin elongated front legs have forked hairs at the end, and it seems to use these legs like antennae to navigate.

    Much better pictures here: bugguide.net/node/view/514391

    #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Parasitiformes #Mesostigmata #Podocinidae

  12. “Most people, when they see one spider they start screaming. And here, we have 100,000 spiders and everybody wants to learn about them — to me that is hard to believe.”

    Agreed!!

    #arthropods #spiders #arachnids #araneae #spiderweb #worldslargest

    Why the world's largest-known spider web surprised this scientist | CBC Radio
    cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/bigge

  13. noch schnell die letzte gelegenheit nutzen #arachtober an den #DailyBug zu tackern

    Hornweberknecht
    Phalangium opilio
    de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalangi

    keine #spinne aber ein spinnentier, ein arachnid, also passt #arachtober da trotzdem.
    anders als spinnen haben weberknechte keinen klar zweigeteilten körperbau mit vorderkörper, wo die beine dran sind und hinterleib, wo die spinndrüsen drin sind, sondern das ist alles "an einem stück"

    #arachnids #krabbeltierchen #AuwaldRunde #nature #biodiversity

  14. #Arachtober 25: now for something entirely different, a penthaleid mite (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

  15. #Arachtober 23: witnessed some interesting behaviour between two long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae, likely genus _Balaustium_) on a tree trunk. They were circling each other and drumming their legs, similar to what I've seen courting _Allothrombium_ red velvet mites doing. I am going to email a mite expert and see what they think!

    Unfortunately somewhat shaky video here: youtu.be/eGYU6fMfm_Q

    #ArthroBeauty #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae

  16. The rain this morning brought out plenty of arthropods in the garden, including these two arachnids. A podocinid mite (bugguide.net/node/view/247922), a tiny mesostig with extremely long, thin front legs terminating in forked hairs; and a chthoniid pseudoscorpion, with its clawed pedipalps. Strangely akin.

    #ArthroBeauty #arachnids #pseudoscorpions #mites #Pseudoscorpiones #Cthoniidae #Acari #Mesostigmata #Podocinidae

  17. The rain this morning brought out plenty of arthropods in the garden, including these two arachnids. A podocinid mite (bugguide.net/node/view/247922), a tiny mesostig with extremely long, thin front legs terminating in forked hairs; and a chthoniid pseudoscorpion, with its clawed pedipalps. Strangely akin.

    #ArthroBeauty #arachnids #pseudoscorpions #mites #Pseudoscorpiones #Cthoniidae #Acari #Mesostigmata #Podocinidae

  18. The rain this morning brought out plenty of arthropods in the garden, including these two arachnids. A podocinid mite (bugguide.net/node/view/247922), a tiny mesostig with extremely long, thin front legs terminating in forked hairs; and a chthoniid pseudoscorpion, with its clawed pedipalps. Strangely akin.

    #ArthroBeauty #arachnids #pseudoscorpions #mites #Pseudoscorpiones #Cthoniidae #Acari #Mesostigmata #Podocinidae

  19. The rain this morning brought out plenty of arthropods in the garden, including these two arachnids. A podocinid mite (bugguide.net/node/view/247922), a tiny mesostig with extremely long, thin front legs terminating in forked hairs; and a chthoniid pseudoscorpion, with its clawed pedipalps. Strangely akin.

    #ArthroBeauty #arachnids #pseudoscorpions #mites #Pseudoscorpiones #Cthoniidae #Acari #Mesostigmata #Podocinidae

  20. The rain this morning brought out plenty of arthropods in the garden, including these two arachnids. A podocinid mite (bugguide.net/node/view/247922), a tiny mesostig with extremely long, thin front legs terminating in forked hairs; and a chthoniid pseudoscorpion, with its clawed pedipalps. Strangely akin.

    #ArthroBeauty #arachnids #pseudoscorpions #mites #Pseudoscorpiones #Cthoniidae #Acari #Mesostigmata #Podocinidae

  21. gotta stay on brand

    here's a sidewalk mite (_Balaustium_) feeding on some predatory mite, Rhagidiidae or Cunaxidae or thereabouts; and an _Admestina_ jumping spider I found near pine trees in a nearby park. I find such interesting arthropods around pines that I don't see anywhere else.

    #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #DailySpiderPic #arachnids #mites #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae #Araneae #Salticidae

  22. Down by the lake I noticed a mite that seemed small for a trombidiid and large for an erythraeid…only on looking more closely did I notice that its dark red body had a gorgeous iridescent blue-green sheen! I think this may be a _Balaustium_ species, but not one of the ones I usually see. I've only seen this kind once before!

    #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #ArthroBeauty #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae

  23. In other news, we have reached Peak Anystid, that short but precious time when it seems like every leaf has a plump little whirligig mite running around on it. They are avid predators and eating is practically the only time they stay still. Here are several from the garden.

    #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Anystidae