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  1. #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

  2. #Arachtober 11: in the same plant where I found a bunch of young _Mangora_, I also found this pirate spider (family Mimetidae)! Note the distinctive row of forward-pointing spines on its front legs, which you won't see with similar spiders like _Platnickina_ (family Theridiidae). These are spider-eating spiders who lure their targets out by, as the family name suggests, mimicking prey. More about them: <spiderbytes.org/2015/10/26/pir>

    I suspect at least a few of the _Mangora_ will fall prey to this specialized hunter.

    #ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #spiders #SpiderBehaviour #mimicry#Araneae #Mimetidae