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#arachnids — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #arachnids, aggregated by home.social.

  1. The #animals that give each other gifts bbc.com/future/article/2024122

    "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."

  2. For #Arachtober - this stunning 'ground' sac #spider (cf. Gnaphosidae Genus indet sp. indet) found on the trunk of a toddy palm, at #powai, #mumbai (13th. AUG 2023 17:21 hrs.)

    The Mumbai region is home to several #species many of which still remain undiscovered, and are likely new to #science.

    #arachnids #arachtober2023 #arachnodon #arachnidsofmastodon #arachnology

  3. bugs of Scarborough Civic Centre!!

    1. tiny fierce crab spider in aster
    2. worst bumblebee pic
    3. the sedums were full of whirligig mites
    4. aphids on those tall plants that look kind of like dandelions but, unlike dandelions, are always covered in aphids

    #ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #DailyMitePic #bugstodon #arachnids #spiders #mites #insects #bees #aphids #Araneae #Thomisidae #Acari #Anystidae #Hymenoptera #Apidae #Hemiptera #Aphididae #macro

  4. This a crab spider (family Thomisidae) of some sort. My experience with this is the members of this family hang out near flowers and nab pollinators when they land.

    #crabspiders #Thomisidae #arachnids #spiders #macro #ultramacro #nature #wildlife #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo