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Went down to the lake and fed midges to the bold jumping spiders living in the railing by the pool. °OO°

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae #Diptera #Chironomidae

Went down to the lake and fed midges to the bold jumping spiders living in the railing by the pool. °OO°

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae #Diptera #Chironomidae

Went down to the lake and fed midges to the bold jumping spiders living in the railing by the pool. °OO°

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae #Diptera #Chironomidae

Went down to the lake and fed midges to the bold jumping spiders living in the railing by the pool. °OO°

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae #Diptera #Chironomidae

went down to lake and saw some good bugs

1. long-jawed orbweaver (_Tetragnatha_)
2. crambid moth (one of the grass-veneer moths, tribe Crambini), so confident in its camouflage as a hollow grass blade I could get quite close
3. also very well camouflaged _Eustala_ orbweaver
4. dolichopodid fly with fly prey?

#ArthroBeauty #bugstodon #DailySpiderPic #spiders #insects #mothstodon #moths #flies #Araneae #Tetragnathidae #Araneidae #Lepidoptera #Crambidae #Diptera #Dolichopodidae

went down to lake and saw some good bugs

1. long-jawed orbweaver (_Tetragnatha_)
2. crambid moth (one of the grass-veneer moths, tribe Crambini), so confident in its camouflage as a hollow grass blade I could get quite close
3. also very well camouflaged _Eustala_ orbweaver
4. dolichopodid fly with fly prey?

#ArthroBeauty #bugstodon #DailySpiderPic #spiders #insects #mothstodon #moths #flies #Araneae #Tetragnathidae #Araneidae #Lepidoptera #Crambidae #Diptera #Dolichopodidae

went down to lake and saw some good bugs

1. long-jawed orbweaver (_Tetragnatha_)
2. crambid moth (one of the grass-veneer moths, tribe Crambini), so confident in its camouflage as a hollow grass blade I could get quite close
3. also very well camouflaged _Eustala_ orbweaver
4. dolichopodid fly with fly prey?

#ArthroBeauty #bugstodon #DailySpiderPic #spiders #insects #mothstodon #moths #flies #Araneae #Tetragnathidae #Araneidae #Lepidoptera #Crambidae #Diptera #Dolichopodidae

went down to lake and saw some good bugs

1. long-jawed orbweaver (_Tetragnatha_)
2. crambid moth (one of the grass-veneer moths, tribe Crambini), so confident in its camouflage as a hollow grass blade I could get quite close
3. also very well camouflaged _Eustala_ orbweaver
4. dolichopodid fly with fly prey?

#ArthroBeauty #bugstodon #DailySpiderPic #spiders #insects #mothstodon #moths #flies #Araneae #Tetragnathidae #Araneidae #Lepidoptera #Crambidae #Diptera #Dolichopodidae

A friend and I had a field day at Glatved Beach looking for spiders. I'll say it again, going hunting with nerdy friends is the best. He really had a knack for spotting the little jumpers. This little beaut is a
Aelurillus v-insignitus
V-Hoppekop
V-Signed Jumping Spider

#Entomology #WildlifePhotography #iNaturalist #Wildlife #Nature #Conservation #ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #Spiders #JumpingSpiders

A friend and I had a field day at Glatved Beach looking for spiders. I'll say it again, going hunting with nerdy friends is the best. He really had a knack for spotting the little jumpers. This little beaut is a
Aelurillus v-insignitus
V-Hoppekop
V-Signed Jumping Spider

#Entomology #WildlifePhotography #iNaturalist #Wildlife #Nature #Conservation #ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #Spiders #JumpingSpiders

#DailySpiderPic: an unexpected find in my bathroom—a spitting spider (_Scytodes thoracica_), only the second or third one I've ever seen! These spiders' large, bulbous heads house special glands that let them spray venom-laced silk onto prey, and they are adept at hunting other spiders as well as insects. In my part of the world they are generally indoor spiders.

I love the intricate patterns on its body. The curlicues on its head remind me of the F-holes in violins.

After this photoshoot I returned it to where I found it.

#ArthroBeauty #spiders #SpittingSpiders #Araneae #Scytodidae

#DailySpiderPic: an unexpected find in my bathroom—a spitting spider (_Scytodes thoracica_), only the second or third one I've ever seen! These spiders' large, bulbous heads house special glands that let them spray venom-laced silk onto prey, and they are adept at hunting other spiders as well as insects. In my part of the world they are generally indoor spiders.

I love the intricate patterns on its body. The curlicues on its head remind me of the F-holes in violins.

After this photoshoot I returned it to where I found it.

#ArthroBeauty #spiders #SpittingSpiders #Araneae #Scytodidae

#DailySpiderPic: an unexpected find in my bathroom—a spitting spider (_Scytodes thoracica_), only the second or third one I've ever seen! These spiders' large, bulbous heads house special glands that let them spray venom-laced silk onto prey, and they are adept at hunting other spiders as well as insects. In my part of the world they are generally indoor spiders.

I love the intricate patterns on its body. The curlicues on its head remind me of the F-holes in violins.

After this photoshoot I returned it to where I found it.

#ArthroBeauty #spiders #SpittingSpiders #Araneae #Scytodidae

#DailySpiderPic: an unexpected find in my bathroom—a spitting spider (_Scytodes thoracica_), only the second or third one I've ever seen! These spiders' large, bulbous heads house special glands that let them spray venom-laced silk onto prey, and they are adept at hunting other spiders as well as insects. In my part of the world they are generally indoor spiders.

I love the intricate patterns on its body. The curlicues on its head remind me of the F-holes in violins.

After this photoshoot I returned it to where I found it.

#ArthroBeauty #spiders #SpittingSpiders #Araneae #Scytodidae

Yesterday I went down to the basement to see if the laundry room really was closed for repairs or if I'd somehow misread the notice. It was closed. However on the stairs down I saw a spiderling, then another spiderling… My first thought was funnel-weavers of some kind, but they looked like wolf spiders. But why would there be a bunch of baby wolf spiders around if there weren't…Ah! Looking around I saw a mother wolf spider huddled against a step. I coaxed her onto my hand and let her out in the garden, and managed to get one of the loose spiderlings as well.

Wolf spiders carry their young on their abdomens for a time after hatching, the only spider family that does so.

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #WolfSpiders #Araneae #Lycosidae

Yesterday I went down to the basement to see if the laundry room really was closed for repairs or if I'd somehow misread the notice. It was closed. However on the stairs down I saw a spiderling, then another spiderling… My first thought was funnel-weavers of some kind, but they looked like wolf spiders. But why would there be a bunch of baby wolf spiders around if there weren't…Ah! Looking around I saw a mother wolf spider huddled against a step. I coaxed her onto my hand and let her out in the garden, and managed to get one of the loose spiderlings as well.

Wolf spiders carry their young on their abdomens for a time after hatching, the only spider family that does so.

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #WolfSpiders #Araneae #Lycosidae

Yesterday I went down to the basement to see if the laundry room really was closed for repairs or if I'd somehow misread the notice. It was closed. However on the stairs down I saw a spiderling, then another spiderling… My first thought was funnel-weavers of some kind, but they looked like wolf spiders. But why would there be a bunch of baby wolf spiders around if there weren't…Ah! Looking around I saw a mother wolf spider huddled against a step. I coaxed her onto my hand and let her out in the garden, and managed to get one of the loose spiderlings as well.

Wolf spiders carry their young on their abdomens for a time after hatching, the only spider family that does so.

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #WolfSpiders #Araneae #Lycosidae

Yesterday I went down to the basement to see if the laundry room really was closed for repairs or if I'd somehow misread the notice. It was closed. However on the stairs down I saw a spiderling, then another spiderling… My first thought was funnel-weavers of some kind, but they looked like wolf spiders. But why would there be a bunch of baby wolf spiders around if there weren't…Ah! Looking around I saw a mother wolf spider huddled against a step. I coaxed her onto my hand and let her out in the garden, and managed to get one of the loose spiderlings as well.

Wolf spiders carry their young on their abdomens for a time after hatching, the only spider family that does so.

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #WolfSpiders #Araneae #Lycosidae

#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

#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

#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

#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

There's a tan jumping spider (_Platycryptus undatus_) that apparently lives on the garden wall. I caught a plant bug for her. She didn't take it out of my fingers but I put it on the edge of a brick. She circled warily until she was behind it, then began tapping her trembling pedipalps in unison (you could practically see the gears turning in her head and equations flying by). Then she leaped on it and dragged it into the shade between two bricks. I hope she survives and sticks around. It is nice having a jumping spider to visit.

(There are plenty of zebra jumpers already, but I can't tell them apart)

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae

There's a tan jumping spider (_Platycryptus undatus_) that apparently lives on the garden wall. I caught a plant bug for her. She didn't take it out of my fingers but I put it on the edge of a brick. She circled warily until she was behind it, then began tapping her trembling pedipalps in unison (you could practically see the gears turning in her head and equations flying by). Then she leaped on it and dragged it into the shade between two bricks. I hope she survives and sticks around. It is nice having a jumping spider to visit.

(There are plenty of zebra jumpers already, but I can't tell them apart)

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae

There's a tan jumping spider (_Platycryptus undatus_) that apparently lives on the garden wall. I caught a plant bug for her. She didn't take it out of my fingers but I put it on the edge of a brick. She circled warily until she was behind it, then began tapping her trembling pedipalps in unison (you could practically see the gears turning in her head and equations flying by). Then she leaped on it and dragged it into the shade between two bricks. I hope she survives and sticks around. It is nice having a jumping spider to visit.

(There are plenty of zebra jumpers already, but I can't tell them apart)

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae

There's a tan jumping spider (_Platycryptus undatus_) that apparently lives on the garden wall. I caught a plant bug for her. She didn't take it out of my fingers but I put it on the edge of a brick. She circled warily until she was behind it, then began tapping her trembling pedipalps in unison (you could practically see the gears turning in her head and equations flying by). Then she leaped on it and dragged it into the shade between two bricks. I hope she survives and sticks around. It is nice having a jumping spider to visit.

(There are plenty of zebra jumpers already, but I can't tell them apart)

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae

#DailySpiderPic: Just the other day I said to @futurebird that I really wanted to find another male _Philodromus marxi_ and today IT HAPPENED. It was ballooning from the arm of a Muskoka chair by the lake, in the same park where I'd found one years ago.

While most running crab spiders here are grey or brown, made to camouflage against tree bark or in the undergrowth, _P. marxi_ males have shiny iridescent abdomens. I think they are stunningly beautiful.

#bugstodon #spiders #RunningCrabSpiders #Araneae #Philodromidae #ArthroBeauty

#DailySpiderPic: Just the other day I said to @futurebird that I really wanted to find another male _Philodromus marxi_ and today IT HAPPENED. It was ballooning from the arm of a Muskoka chair by the lake, in the same park where I'd found one years ago.

While most running crab spiders here are grey or brown, made to camouflage against tree bark or in the undergrowth, _P. marxi_ males have shiny iridescent abdomens. I think they are stunningly beautiful.

#bugstodon #spiders #RunningCrabSpiders #Araneae #Philodromidae #ArthroBeauty

#DailySpiderPic: Just the other day I said to @futurebird that I really wanted to find another male _Philodromus marxi_ and today IT HAPPENED. It was ballooning from the arm of a Muskoka chair by the lake, in the same park where I'd found one years ago.

While most running crab spiders here are grey or brown, made to camouflage against tree bark or in the undergrowth, _P. marxi_ males have shiny iridescent abdomens. I think they are stunningly beautiful.

#bugstodon #spiders #RunningCrabSpiders #Araneae #Philodromidae #ArthroBeauty

#DailySpiderPic: Just the other day I said to @futurebird that I really wanted to find another male _Philodromus marxi_ and today IT HAPPENED. It was ballooning from the arm of a Muskoka chair by the lake, in the same park where I'd found one years ago.

While most running crab spiders here are grey or brown, made to camouflage against tree bark or in the undergrowth, _P. marxi_ males have shiny iridescent abdomens. I think they are stunningly beautiful.

#bugstodon #spiders #RunningCrabSpiders #Araneae #Philodromidae #ArthroBeauty

#DailySpiderPic: I was thrilled to discover that there is a feather-legged or hackled orbweaver (family Uloboridae) in the lavender plant again this year—surely a child of last year's.

These spiders are unusual in a few ways: they have lost their venom entirely, and they make orb webs with cribellate silk that is fuzzy instead of sticky. (There are many spiders that make orb webs, and many that make cribellate silk, but only this family does both.) They are not rare, but I still think they are interesting.

#ArthroBeauty #spiders #Araneae #Uloboridae

#DailySpiderPic: I was thrilled to discover that there is a feather-legged or hackled orbweaver (family Uloboridae) in the lavender plant again this year—surely a child of last year's.

These spiders are unusual in a few ways: they have lost their venom entirely, and they make orb webs with cribellate silk that is fuzzy instead of sticky. (There are many spiders that make orb webs, and many that make cribellate silk, but only this family does both.) They are not rare, but I still think they are interesting.

#ArthroBeauty #spiders #Araneae #Uloboridae

#Arachtober 19: for spooky season, here's a couple of ghost spiders (family Anyphaenidae)! The first is an adult, possibly the mother of the tiny one in the second photo. They resemble sac spiders like _Clubiona_ and _Cheiracanthium_ but with distinct patterns of markings, and as you can see they make similar silk hammock retreats, here under the leaves of a _Silphium_ cup plant.

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #GhostSpider #GhostSpiders #Araneae #Anyphaenidae