#arachnids — Public Fediverse posts
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CW: Spider close-up
I was working in the garden yesterday when I met this wee guy, a Zebra Jumping Spider, less than 1cm in length. Check out the eight eyes - the front two provide sharp vision while the ‘side eyes’ detect light and movement. He jumped on my OM System TG-7 while I was photographing him!
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#MiteMonday: I chased this sidewalk mite around a bocce ball court in a park for ages because I thought it was one of the iridescent blue-green ones, only to find out it just had some green stuff on it. 😐
It looks kind of like lichen but I have no idea how lichen would even grow on a mite. It's probably some random paint or powder or algae-filled water that dried on it.
#Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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Australia's huntsman fastest spider on record, new study suggests
By Jacinta BowlerA species of huntsman spider found in Queensland is the fastest mover out of more than 250 spider species analysed in a new study.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-07-10/huntsman-speed-study-science-fastest/106900894
#Arachnids #ScienceandTechnology #AnimalBehaviour #Zoology #Animals #JacintaBowler
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Australia's huntsman fastest spider on record, new study suggests
By Jacinta BowlerA species of huntsman spider found in Queensland is the fastest mover out of more than 250 spider species analysed in a new study.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-07-10/huntsman-speed-study-science-fastest/106900894
#Arachnids #ScienceandTechnology #AnimalBehaviour #Zoology #Animals #JacintaBowler
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.
Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-guyana
#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video
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CW: Tiny spider. Just chilling like they do. Bruh would only harm the tiniest of flies.
Met a smol fren out on my walk yesterday. Little chum was probably 3mm long, a very dangerous predator.
There's room enough for all the little monsters out there, not just us.
#spiders #nature #berries #awalkaday #arachnids #spiderwebs #gardenspider
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CW: Tiny spider. Just chilling like they do. Bruh would only harm the tiniest of flies.
Met a smol fren out on my walk yesterday. Little chum was probably 3mm long, a very dangerous predator.
There's room enough for all the little monsters out there, not just us.
#spiders #nature #berries #awalkaday #arachnids #spiderwebs #gardenspider
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CW: Tiny spider. Just chilling like they do. Bruh would only harm the tiniest of flies.
Met a smol fren out on my walk yesterday. Little chum was probably 3mm long, a very dangerous predator.
There's room enough for all the little monsters out there, not just us.
#spiders #nature #berries #awalkaday #arachnids #spiderwebs #gardenspider
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CW: Tiny spider. Just chilling like they do. Bruh would only harm the tiniest of flies.
Met a smol fren out on my walk yesterday. Little chum was probably 3mm long, a very dangerous predator.
There's room enough for all the little monsters out there, not just us.
#spiders #nature #berries #awalkaday #arachnids #spiderwebs #gardenspider
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CW: Tiny spider. Just chilling like they do. Bruh would only harm the tiniest of flies.
Met a smol fren out on my walk yesterday. Little chum was probably 3mm long, a very dangerous predator.
There's room enough for all the little monsters out there, not just us.
#spiders #nature #berries #awalkaday #arachnids #spiderwebs #gardenspider
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CW: Spiders, lots of them
No-one asked to see, but…
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CW: Spider
RE: https://techhub.social/@jerzone/116866777954429628
Quote-tooting this to add a CW.
Aren’t spiders cool?
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CW: Spider question and photo / Also, I'm afraid of spiders
Hello. I have a spider question. I'm also afraid of spiders, so please don't post pics of them in the replies. 😭
Can anyone indentify this spider, spotted in a garden in Dublin (Ireland)? It has a white or cream abdomen, with a wavy red stripe along either side of it. Quite a small spider in size - abdomen maybe 6mm wide?
Anyway, thanks for any help anyone can give.
Yours sincerely,
Creeped out but curious in Dublin
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#DailyMitePic × #DailySpiderPic: I was taking a photo of a whirligig mite (family Anystidae) eating a tiny midge when I saw a zebra jumping spider (_Salticus scenicus_) sneakily approaching. It pounced and seized the midge for itself! (1/2)
#Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #spiders #Acari #Acariformes #Anystidae #Araneae #Salticidae
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While we're at it, finally got back into my #photography yesterday:
Image 1: https://mike-smale.pixels.com/featured/woven-garden-mike-smale.html
Image 2: https://mike-smale.pixels.com/featured/greeting-the-artist-mike-smale.html
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1-Jul-2026
UROKODIA! 518-million-year-old #fossil shows beginning of #spider’s bite
Scientists at University of Leicester and Yunnan University identified an ancient member of the #Chelicerate family -
“ #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 ) -
💁🏻♀️ 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.
👉 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532086-the-worlds-fastest-spider-tops-3-5-metres-per-second/
#biomechanics #arachnids #animals #science #biology #evolution #australia #wildlife #invertebrates #nature
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#DailyMitePic: These aphids on a dill plant are being parasitized by larval parasitengone mites *and* also being hunted by an adult _Allothrombium_ sumo mite, elegantly illustrating the typical Parasitengona lifestyle.
It's possible the little ones are larval _Allothrombium_. I may collect some and see if I can rear them to adulthood so they can be identified.
#bugstodon #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Trombidiidae #insects #aphids #Hemiptera #Aphididae #parasites #parasitism #ArthroBeauty
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Yesterday I found a pseudoscorpion under a wood chip in the garden! It's been ages since I spotted one.
I pointed out its little scorpion claws to the building manager who said "Yes, I see," even though, judging by the text size she has set on the office computer, she probably could not, in fact, see. I strongly doubt she is interested at all. Good. That'll teach her to try making small talk with me.
#bugstodon #arachnids #pseudoscorpions #Pseudoscorpiones #Chthoniidae #ArthroBeauty
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Today's whirligig mite (family Anystidae) menu:
- a plant bug nymph (family Miridae)
- another whirligig mite, or an old exoskeleton maybe?
- a thrips
-a small midge-like fly of some sortOut of sheer curiosity I captured about half a dozen decently sized whirligig mites and put them on the brown-eyed Susan (_Rudbeckia triloba_) plants which are currently covered in large black aphids. (They do not seem to appreciably harm the plants, which will only mature and bloom much later in the year.) I am not sure if they'll even stay on the plant given how erratically they run around, nor if they'll go for the aphids.
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #bugstodon #mites #arachnids #insects #thrips #flies #Acari #Acariformes #Anystidae #Hemiptera #Heteroptera #Miridae #Thysanoptera #Diptera
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Took some pics yesterday of a particularly beautiful dark magenta rudbeckia. When I went inside to edit I realized I had a lurker that I hadn't noticed so I went back out to catch some better closeups.
#flowers #arachnids #spiders #MacroPhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #photography #AltText
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#DailySpiderPic: found a couple of _Myrmarachne_ ant-mimic jumping spiders on the garden wall today! With their shape and coloration combined with fast staccato motion, if you're not looking closely it's easy to confuse them with their model, _Camponotus_ carpenter ants (pictured: a worker feeding on a bit of apple I gave them, also today).
#bugstodon #antstodon #arachnids #spiders #JumpingSpiders #insects #ants #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #Araneae #Salticidae #Hymenoptera #Formicidae #ArthroBeauty
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Has Science Gone Too Far????
Slightly inspired by @thebiologistisn's blue bean project, I experimented with adding food colouring to the little eyedropper bottle of water I carry around during Peak Anystid. (Putting down a drop of water can make them stop to drink, an easy way to get these hyperactive mites to hold still for photos.) It was fun seeing the mites turn slightly blue, but I changed it back to plain water because I didn't want to leave unsightly dried-up blue spots all over the plants and street furniture and whatnot.
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Anystidae
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On the menu today for the whirligig mites:
- aphid?
- big plant bug
- little plant bug
- sidewalk mite#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #bugstodon #arachnids #mites #insects #Acari #Acariformes #Anystidae #Erythraeidae #Hemiptera #Miridae #Aphididae
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Today's whirligig mites are eating:
- small fly (midge?)
- plant bug nymphs
- another whirligig mite#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #bugstodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Anystidae
