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For #macromonday here is a crab spider hiding on the underside of a Queen Anne’s lace flower. Taken 8/15/21. #nature #wildlife #macro #spider #crabspider #predator #camouflage #canon #canon5dmarkiv #invertebrate #arachnid #nys #upstateny #newyork #nywildlife #wildlifephotography
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i realise this a long shot but i was wondering if you might be able to ID this little fella? Apologies about the photo quality but they’re so small it was really hard to get decent shots. They’re not in such hot shape due to being terrorised by my cat, they’re about 5-8mm big and was found in Melbourne, Australia. Also, when I first spotted them, the abdomen was a lot darker, like the head.
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It looks like a jumping spider (Salticidae) to me based on the eye arrangement, but I’m from North America and not very familiar with spiders from your corner of the world.
Just from some brief googling my best guess would be Hypoblemum griseum/Hypoblemum villosum(this was the picture with the best visual match), but, again, please don’t take that an authoritative ID because this is very far outside my area of familiarity.
Anybody else able to help?
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One thing I miss from living in Florida… All the cool spiders !
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Chinese Insects and Spiders
IMAGES (top to bottom), linked to their respective Flickr page:
Nolid Moth (Chloephorinae, Nolidae)
Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana), dry season form
Geometrid Moth Caterpillar (Tanaorhinus viridiluteatus, Ennominae, Geometridae)
Tussock Moth Caterpillar
Mass moth caterpillar hatching
See my other posts in the Colours in Nature Series HERE.
See more Chinese insects and spiders on my Flickr site HERE……
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New creatures from the “Solifugid Serengeti”@simonamroy and I are designing! Feast your eyes upon the arthropodial equivalents of a beaver, hippopotamus (equipped with snorkel breathing spiracles), and highly specialized anteater!
#creaturesdesign #scifiillustration #speculativeevolution #solifugid #arthropod #arachnid #animalart #aliencreature
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It’s creature time! Recently @simonamroy and I have been brainstorming the possibilities of a world inhabited by megafauna descended from terrestrial arthropods (mainly solifugids and other arachnids) . Here are some rough explorations I’ve made showing highly specialized arthropods occupying the ecological niches of (from left to right) moose, yak, gazelle, and giraffes/sauropods. More of these creatures will be forthcoming from Simon and I, so keep an eye out!
#creaturedesign #conceptart #arthropod #drawing #solifugid #arachnid #speculativeevolution #scifiart #fantasyart #graphite
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Bug of the Day - Arachtober!
Found this fairly creepy-looking wolf spider on the wall next to my porch light. Thx to Aaron McKee for identifying this as Allocosa funerea.
Bug of the Day - Arachtober!
I thought for sure that an id was out of the question on this cobweb spider, because I only caught a shot of the underside, but it turns out that the shape of the epigyne (external genital structure on females, which is what you probably guessed it was from the name ;-)) is an id character for this species, which Aaron McKee helpfully pointed out is Steatoda borealis.
Bug of the Day - Arachtober!
Gotta admire the gumption of this tiny running crab spider (Philodromus sp.), taking down a midge with a body more than twice the length of it!
(Thx to Aaron McKee for identifying this as a running crab spider)
Bug of the Day - Arachtober!
This nursery web spider (Pisaurina mira) has captured a most delicious meal!
Bug of the Day - Arachtober!
Are you enjoying Arachtober so far? This fancy dimorphic jumping spider (Maevia inclemens) sure is! Thx to Aaron McKee for the id.
Bug of the Day - Arachtober!
Check out the coloring on this metallic crab spider (Philodromus marxi)! It looks like an Xmas ornament!
Bug of the Day - Arachtober!
This cute and super fast spider was identified over at iNat as a Two-banded Ant-mimic Sac Spider, Castianeira cingulata. It’s got something delicious it is clinging to but its prey was too small for me to id.
Bug of the Day - Arachtober!
This cobweb spider (I think) was quite intent on sucking the life out of the leafhopper it snagged. From the side of my house near a light, last July :-).
Bug of the Day - Arachtober!
This jumping spider (tan jumping spider, Platycryptus undatus) was nomming on something delicious it grabbed off the moth sheet last July.
Bug of the Day - Arachtober!
Happy Arachtober 1st! For those of you not familiar with Arachtober, it’s all arachnids, all month! Mainly spiders for me. Enjoy!
This appears to be a Theridid spider, possibly the adorably-named common candy-striped spider, Enoplognatha ovata.
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