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Some arachnids from today:

- young _Mangora_ orbweaver
- _Naphrys pulex_ (I think?), considering some kind of hymenopteran
- and most excitingly, Trombidiidae that aren't _Allothrombium_! I'm not quite sure whether they're both _Trombidium_, the first one is oddly not velvety at all but more rough-textured, and more flat than plump, like Smarididae if it were trombidiid-shaped. I am going to upload the pics to BugGuide to see what the experts say.

#DailySpiderPic #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #spiders #mites #Araneae #Araneidae #Salticidae #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Trombidiidae

Some arachnids from today:

- young _Mangora_ orbweaver
- _Naphrys pulex_ (I think?), considering some kind of hymenopteran
- and most excitingly, Trombidiidae that aren't _Allothrombium_! I'm not quite sure whether they're both _Trombidium_, the first one is oddly not velvety at all but more rough-textured, and more flat than plump, like Smarididae if it were trombidiid-shaped. I am going to upload the pics to BugGuide to see what the experts say.

#DailySpiderPic #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #spiders #mites #Araneae #Araneidae #Salticidae #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Trombidiidae

Some arachnids from today:

- young _Mangora_ orbweaver
- _Naphrys pulex_ (I think?), considering some kind of hymenopteran
- and most excitingly, Trombidiidae that aren't _Allothrombium_! I'm not quite sure whether they're both _Trombidium_, the first one is oddly not velvety at all but more rough-textured, and more flat than plump, like Smarididae if it were trombidiid-shaped. I am going to upload the pics to BugGuide to see what the experts say.

#DailySpiderPic #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #spiders #mites #Araneae #Araneidae #Salticidae #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Trombidiidae

Some arachnids from today:

- young _Mangora_ orbweaver
- _Naphrys pulex_ (I think?), considering some kind of hymenopteran
- and most excitingly, Trombidiidae that aren't _Allothrombium_! I'm not quite sure whether they're both _Trombidium_, the first one is oddly not velvety at all but more rough-textured, and more flat than plump, like Smarididae if it were trombidiid-shaped. I am going to upload the pics to BugGuide to see what the experts say.

#DailySpiderPic #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #spiders #mites #Araneae #Araneidae #Salticidae #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Trombidiidae

Look at this cutie that posed for me once! 🕷️🤎

From 2023

Hello, I am a spider. Will you be my friend?

😀

I photographed this little guy on the weekend in Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ. It's an Australian Bronze Hopper, Helpis minitabunda. Introduced accidentally to NZ, it now occurs throughout the North Island and upper to middle South Island.

This species is unusual amongst spiders in that the male is larger than the female.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/329039712

#JumpingSpider #Salticidae #NZ #entomology #spiders #nature

#Arachtober 31: handsome little ice cream sandwich boi (male _Hentzia palmarum_ jumping spider) spotted back in August.

Damn, posting every day feels like way more work than it should. Anyway back to slightly less frequent arachnid posts tomorrow…

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

It's still #Arachtober 24 somewhere: a tiny, curious zebra jumping spider (_Salticus scenicus_). It even gave me a little head tilt. WARNING: very high levels of cute

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

#Arachtober 17, part 2. It was shy and immediately went back in when I got closer.

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae

#Arachtober 17: find the jumping spider! (Answer in next post.)

#ArthroBeauty #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae

#Arachtober 14: The gaps between the wooden snow fence and the metal posts are ideal homes for jumping spiders and sac spiders! I found several bold jumping spiders (_Phidippus audax_) this way. High Park, Toronto.

#ArthroBeauty #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae

#Arachtober 10: happy #InternationalJumpingSpiderDay! Here is one of my favourite species, the peppered jumper _Pelegrina galathea_, seen recently. I find the females' patterns so mesmerizing. This one is brown but they can also be just black and white.

While I've found them in all manner of places, I've found that tansy flower heads are a good place to look for them. They like to make little silk retreats under the dense canopy of flowers.

#ArthroBeauty #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae

#Arachtober 7: can't go wrong with a classic, the photogenic bold jumping spider (_Phidippus audax_). In my experience they are shy at first, but if you take a little extra time and are patient, they become curious and friendly.

#ArthroBeauty #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae

I haven't been taking my camera out much this year so I don't even have enough spider photos for each day of October from the past year? Crazy. Anyway, have a cute little jumper!

#Arachtober #Salticidae #Pelegrina #Oklahoma #Nature #Photography #Spiders #Invertebrate #NeverHomeAlone

Let's kick off #Arachtober with some fall colours! This beautiful coppery jumping spider—_Eris rufa_, maybe, or _Pelegrina_?—reminded me of autumn leaves. Tried to get an even closer pic of its iridescent scales.

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

An _Attulus fasciger_ jumping spider I met yesterday. I like the green shine of their eyes and their soft-looking palps.

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

Peanut Butter (that's what I've decided to call the _Platycryptus undatus_ who lives down the street) nabbed herself a female ant alate! I also saw more female alates in other spiders' webs, and a few that had gotten into the grocery store somehow.

Northeastern North Americans/ant people in general: anyone know which ants' nuptial flight time it is? Those yellow _Lasius_ maybe? The males (in my window orbweaver's web) seem yellow.

#DailySpiderPic #spiders #JumpingSpiders #ants #Araneae #Salticidae #Hymenoptera #Formicidae

What a beautiful paper :D Hurni-Cranston, T. & Hill, D. E. (2021). Three new jumping spiders of the genus Cosmophasis from Wallacea (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini). Peckhamia 228.1: 1-84. #cosmophasis #salticidae #spiders #biodiversity

Her impeccable lashes

#DailySpiderPic #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae

lots of jumping spiders! Moyobamba, Peru #iNaturalist #salticidae www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Yesterday I went to the big No Frills to get peanut butter as it was on sale, but it was sold out. In the evening I was like, let's try the No Frills near me. As I was passing a concrete pillar just down the street, I saw a surprisingly large jumping spider, the same pale grey as the concrete, cautiously emerging from a crack!

I had found a _Platycryptus undatus_ before, but a male one (they have reddish faces), which I guess must be much smaller. This one was as big as a bold jumper!

A common name is "tan jumping spider", but they are not necessarily tan-coloured, as you can see.

P.S. The other store did have the peanut butter.

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

A Heavy Jumper (Hyllus diardi) spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore on 23 Aug 2025. A curious fellow, it kept turning to face me.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308391104 ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Spiders #Aranae #JumpingSpider #Salticidae

An immature Phidippus jumping spider, Texas. #spider #Photography #salticidae

The mystery eggs have hatched! Look at the little i1 slings. So cute! I wonder which species they are!

#spiders #salticidae #slings #eggsac #entomology #arachnology #jumpingspider #invertebrates #arthropods #arachnid #australia

A very cute jumping spider (not sure of the exact species), they’re very curious creatures! I recorded this with my iPhone and a cheap macro lens on December 2018.

The broad, dense canopies of tansy flowers (_Tanasetum_) are a perfect home for small jumping spiders like this juvenile bold jumper (_Phidippus audax_)!

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

gotta stay on brand

here's a sidewalk mite (_Balaustium_) feeding on some predatory mite, Rhagidiidae or Cunaxidae or thereabouts; and an _Admestina_ jumping spider I found near pine trees in a nearby park. I find such interesting arthropods around pines that I don't see anywhere else.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #DailySpiderPic #arachnids #mites #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae #Araneae #Salticidae

More observations from May:
An Opisthoncus, a Proszynellus, an Arasia mollicoma, and a Plautia.

#salticidae #jumpingspider #spider #arachnid #arachnology #insect #entomology #shieldbug #stinkbug #invertebrates #arthropods #bugs #australia #photography

More observations from May:
An Opisthoncus, a Proszynellus, an Arasia mollicoma, and a Plautia.

#salticidae #jumpingspider #spider #arachnid #arachnology #insect #entomology #shieldbug #stinkbug #invertebrates #arthropods #bugs #australia #photography

More observations from May:
An Opisthoncus, a Proszynellus, an Arasia mollicoma, and a Plautia.

#salticidae #jumpingspider #spider #arachnid #arachnology #insect #entomology #shieldbug #stinkbug #invertebrates #arthropods #bugs #australia #photography

More observations from May:
An Opisthoncus, a Proszynellus, an Arasia mollicoma, and a Plautia.

#salticidae #jumpingspider #spider #arachnid #arachnology #insect #entomology #shieldbug #stinkbug #invertebrates #arthropods #bugs #australia #photography

More observations from May:
An Opisthoncus, a Proszynellus, an Arasia mollicoma, and a Plautia.

#salticidae #jumpingspider #spider #arachnid #arachnology #insect #entomology #shieldbug #stinkbug #invertebrates #arthropods #bugs #australia #photography

🔎 MYSTERY EGGS 🕷️
¿Who’s inside this webbed capsule?

I found this abandoned egg sac, and I’m almost certain it belongs to a Salticid.

But Salticidae is a huge family... so WHO exactly is inside?

My guess, based on the shape, location, and local species, is Astia maculata.

But it could just as easily be Servaea, Clynotis, Apricia… or someone unexpected...

I’m really excited to find out 🐣👀

#salticidae #jumpingspider #spider #eggsac #eggs #entomology #arachnid #arachnology #slings #mystery

I also have some sad news. I had to say goodbye to one of my best friends yesterday. RIP Sówka. She was such a clever girl and she always brightened up my day. I'm heartbroken, I can't believe she's gone. It was very sudden. My little owl.
#portia #portiafimbriata #portiajumpingspider #jumpingspider #salticidae #entomology #pets #spider #arachnid #arachnology #australia

Yesterday I was going up to a park bench to lock my bike to it when I saw the most enormous bold jumping spider (_Phidippus audax_) poking her head out from between two slats. She had a spacious silk retreat with a well-wrapped egg sac. She was shy, but I gradually lured her out by lightly dragging a blade of grass across one opening of the retreat, and she stalked and pounced on it, like a cat.

I find that contrary to their name bold jumpers are very shy at first, but once they've gotten used to you they are unafraid and will climb all over you. Unfortunately I didn't have time to properly make friends with this spider.

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

#SpiderSunday: A male _Habronattus decorus_ on the western shore of Tommy Thompson Park! I have only found these before on the City Hall green roof. The females have camouflaging brown patterns, but the males have a silvery-white cephalothorax and iridescent abdomen that shifts between orange-red and purple-red. And like all jumping spiders, their large front middle eyes give them a cute and charismatic aura.

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

it climbed onto my hand* and enjoyed the view from the top of my finger. then I put it back where I found it and said thank you. (2/2)

* pls ignore the wonky nail, accidentally dropped a rock on it a while back

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

#SpiderSunday: peek

CW: very cute, you've been warned!!

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

anyway i did go for a walk. here's a little jumping spider (_Attulus fasciger_) getting startled by a springtail.

this was near the base of a telephone pole so yes it smelled very much of pee and i had to use tons of hand sanitizer and wipe everything down with rubbing alcohol afterwards. still, delightful

#DailySpiderVid #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae

Dealing with a lot of real-life Stuff but I had a few minutes in the garden yesterday and this little _Synageles_ ant-mimic jumping spider cheered me up.

#DailySpiderVid #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae #mimicry #myrmecomorphy

#DailySpiderPic: "Well, this is awkward…" An ant-mimic jumping spider (_Synageles_) crosses paths with a _Prenolepis imparis_ ant. Its disguise is meant to put off potential predators that won't mess with ants—but the ants themselves rely more on chemical cues and aren't fooled. I saw a couple of _Synageles_ on this planter and they both carefully avoided the ants.

#SpidersOfMastodon #JumpingSpiders #spiders #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #Araneae #Salticidae #ants #Hymenoptera #Formicidae

Okay, The People Demanded It, so I went back to the lake to look for the jumping spider. It either wasn't there or wouldn't come out. However, I did get video of a different bold jumper eating a midge I offered.

CW: live fly getting eaten

#DailySpiderVid #SpidersOfMastodon #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae #JustRenfieldThings

I grabbed a large male midge from a wall nearby—they're still swarming—and slowly waved it in front of the hole. A surprisingly large bold jumping spider (_Phidippus audax_) emerged, seized it from my fingers, and went back in. Then she turned around and sat as before, with her head just out of the hole, eating the midge. (2/2)

#DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae

This cute jumping spider (#Carrhotus xanthogramma) loves warm places. In Germany it is only found in the southern half of the country.

#photography #photo #nature #naturephotography #mft #microfourthirds #darktable #macrophotography #macro #animals #wildlife #arachnida #arachnids #salticidae #spidersunday #spiders #JumpingSpider #springspinne #wipfelspringer

she's back

#SpiderSunday #DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae

#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

#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

#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