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  1. CW: Spider, being a spider

    Heyo friends, I met a #spider!

    At one point I brought the camera too close and alarmed the poor thing, but it chilled out again after I backed off. Wild to me how spikey their legs are.

    #awalkaday #spiders #arachnids #arachnid #SpiderSunday

  2. The Garden of the Greek Gods (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden) is always a pleasure to visit. I love examining the limestone for tiny fossils. I also found this running crab spider (_Philodromus_) sunning itself on one of Pan's horns.

    #DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #arachnids #spiders #Araneae #Philodromidae

  3. #Arachtober 22: "Back off!" This running crab spider (_Philodromus_) I found on a rock tonight was suspicious of me. Black & white not to be artsy but because the white balance was irreparably fucked up.

    #DailySpiderPic #arachnids #spiders #Araneae #Philodromidae #macro

  4. #Arachtober 13 (it's still the 13th somewhere!): a fast-moving, red running crab spider (family Philodromidae) eating an equally fast-moving, red whirligig mite (family Anystidae)! From back in July, seen on the Park Dr Reservation Trail, southwest of the Evergreen Brick Works.

    Possibly _Philodromus rufus_? I've only identified a _Philodromus_ to species like, once.

    #DailySpiderPic #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #spiders #mites #Araneae #Philodromidae #Acari #Anystidae

  5. The other day I was lucky enough to catch a little running crab spider molting, beginning to end, on video! Many videos of spider molting are of tarantulas, which take hours to molt, and the sped-up footage looks freaky. But with small spiders it only takes minutes, and you can see how gradual it is. Check it out!

    Bonus red-winged blackbird screeches, and a guest appearance from a clover mite.

    youtu.be/Bfcvh-IgDu8

    #DailySpiderVid #arachnids #spiders #Philodromidae #macro