#arachnids — Public Fediverse posts

Im Spätsommer und Frühherbst sind die Gartenkreuzspinnen besonders aktiv und bauen ihre auffälligen Radnetze in Gärten, Parks und an Waldrändern. ❤️

#Photomonday #Fotomontag

#DietmarSchneider #Fotogalerie #Foto #Photography #Fotografie #Photo #Animals #Spinnentiere #Arachnids #Gliederfüßer #Arthropod #Kreuzspinne #Gartenkreuzspinne #GardenSpider #Spider #Wildlife #Berlin #Schlossparkgezwitscher #Naturephotography #Naturfotografie #Digitour

Cellar spider, a week ago, and tonight. Look what she's done! New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/08/happy-event.html #VancouverIsland #Spiders #Arachnids #Invertebrates #InverteFest #NaturePhotography

“ #Mites & #spiders are #arachnids and they eat each other, they also have toxins in their #venom that target each other. Spider venom #peptides "organic" way of killing mites doesn't accumulate in the food chain; doesn't kill the farmer or the beekeeper or any pets — it's selective to the #varroa mite," Dr Herzig said.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-02/spider-venom-varroa-mite-research-honey-bees/106862586

(Note 1,700 native bee species have a very different biology from European honeybees.
https://www.aussiebee.com.au/varroa-mite-crisis.html )

#honeybees #Science

Long shot, but does (or did) anyone on here have a female salmon-pink tarantula (lasiodora parahybana)? I'd love to hear about your experience with/of it.

How big is it, and how much does it weigh? Have you ever held it in your hands, and if so, what is it like to hold? What is its personality like? Cautious or adventurous, active or mostly sitting still, for example.

Photos or video welcome.

#Spider #Tarantula #Arachnids

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

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

Anyway, #InternationalRockFlippingDay finds: a vine weevil (*Otiorhynchus* of some kind), and a bryobiine spider mite, see e.g. *Petrobia*.

#bugstodon #DailyMitePic #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Entiminae #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

Little red mites of spring!

- A larval sidewalk mite (_Balaustium_) eating pollen
- A young whirligig mite (family Anystidae) eating clover mite eggs (the little reddish balls)
- Sumo mites (_Allothrombium_) wrestling
- and lastly, a clover mite (_Bryobia_), which isn't really that red when full grown but which all of the other mites are frequently misidentified as. They won't be out much longer, they go dormant in the hot months.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Erythraeidae #Anystidae #Trombidiidae #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

#MiteMonday: it's that time of year again! A sheet-web weaver's web in a willow tree crevice is carpeted with tiny _Bryobia_ clover mites.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

A #CrabSpider has been relocated from inside of the house to woodpile beside backyard gardens.

#spiders #arachnids #Saanich #YYJ #NativeSpiders #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #VictoriaBC #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Cascadia #BCspiders #nature

The #animals that give each other gifts https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241223-christmas-animals-that-give-gifts

"Nuptial gift giving – when the male presents the female with a nutritious morsel during courtship and mating – has been noted in species as diverse as #snails, #earthworms & #squid. #Birds have been known to enjoy gift giving too, with male great grey #shrikes impaling small creatures on thorns and twigs to impress mates, before offering them as presents during courtship. However, it is most common amongst #insects & #arachnids."

#MiteMonday × #LichenSubscribe: we got some flurries today, but at a few degrees above zero the clover mites (_Bryobia_) are still out and about. Here's one climbing over a tiny crumb of lichen.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #CloverMites • #Acari #Acariformes #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

#Arachtober 26: the cool weather is back and so the clover mites (_Bryobia_) are out! The tiny juvenile spiders plentiful now seemed unbothered by the crowds of mites scrambling around them.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #CloverMites #DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #spiders • #Acari #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae #Araneae #Tetragnathidae

#DailyMitePic × #LichenSubscribe: went out for a walk today but it was colder and rainier than I expected and I had to go home. But I did get this shot of clover mites and their eggs nestled into the folds of lichen on a spruce tree.

#Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #CloverMites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

The Garden of the Greek Gods (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_of_the_Greek_Gods) 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

#MiteMonday × #LichenSubscribe: on a warm (~5°C+) winter day, tiny clover mites (_Bryobia_) stream up and down a lichen-covered tree trunk.

#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #CloverMites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

#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

#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

Eine Webspinne im Altweibersommer ❤️ Altweibersommer nennt man die warmen Spätsommertage, an denen man die Fäden der Webspinnen besonders oft und gut sehen kann.

#DietmarSchneider #Fotogalerie #Foto #Photography #Fotografie #Photo #Animals #Spinnentiere #Arachnids #Gliederfüßer #Arthropod #WebSpinne #WebSpider #Spider #Wildlife #Berlin #Schlossparkgezwitscher #Naturephotography #Naturfotografie #Digitour

#MiteMonday: clearing out old photos from my phone—this is from April, can't remember if I've posted it here. Behind a spiderweb covered with young clover mites (_Bryobia_), a red velvet mite (_Allothrombium_) ponderously makes its way up a tree.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae #Trombidiidae

For this #MiteMonday: while watching the vast clover mite rookeries, I saw tiny juvenile whirligig mites racing around, feeding on the eggs right under the clover mites' noses!

#MiteBehaviour, especially between different taxa, is endlessly fascinating to me (as you may have guessed.)

https://youtu.be/AOWPA-WkONg

#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Anystidae #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae #macro

went out for a walk even though it was cold and at the last tree just before i was about to go home i think i sAW ANYSTIDS EATING CLOVER MITE EGGS??!? will upload video but in meanwhile here's a picture

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Anystidae #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

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.

https://youtu.be/Bfcvh-IgDu8

#DailySpiderVid #arachnids #spiders #Philodromidae #macro