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#Arachtober 4: March mating mesostig madness!
These are an ubiquitous sort of soil-dwelling predatory mites, likely in the family Parasitidae (ironically, primarily predators) in the order Mesostigmata in the superorder Parasitiformes. They are only very distantly related to the whirligig mite I posted the other day, which is in superorder Acariformes. While the two superorders are traditionally grouped together under Acari, it is likely they don't share a common ancestor and should be treated separately. So I'm counting them as a different group!
#iNaturalist observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/275521159 :inaturalist:
Some pro-level photos and info about mesostigs: https://www.chaosofdelight.org/all-about-mites-mesostigmata
#ArthroBeauty #arachnids #mites #MiteSex #taxonomy #Acari #Parasitiformes #Mesostigmata #Parasitidae
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#SpiderSunday: several of the spiders I met on that one warm day last week! A running crab spider (_Philodromus_), a bold jumping spider (_Phidippus audax_), some kind of crab spider in tribe Coriarachnini (_Bassaniana_?), and a good old zebra jumping spider (_Salticus scenicus_) with what looks like most of a mesh-web weaver (family Dictynidae).
#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae #Philodromidae #Thomisidae #Dictynidae
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She's expecting!!!
This has legit made my day better
#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #arachnids #spiders #CrabSpiders #Araneae #Thomisidae #macro
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CW: teensy spider, cool fly in a photo collage with flowers
Well I got Friday and Saturday posts on time, but while the #SevenOnSunday collage was ready before work yesterday, posting after work was not happening...lol so here's a mostly #cool #white /lavender palette: may it help any of you dealing with #heatwaves ! #Alberta #ShareYourWeather #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #spider #FlyDay #ArthroBeauty #NativePlants #gardening #NaturalGardening
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A lovely mauve and white crab spider (family Thomisidae) hiding in yarrow (_Achillea millefolium_).
#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #CrabSpiders #Araneae #Thomisidae #florespondence #bloomscrolling
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From my Ontario Place visit a couple weeks ago: a tiny spiderling ballooning from a fence post, on an unseasonably warm afternoon. #Araneidae? #Dictynidae?