Out of North Africa: Evolution and biogeography of Afro-Arabian dwarf tarantulas (Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae)
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Out of North Africa: Evolution and biogeography of Afro-Arabian dwarf tarantulas (Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae)
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A taxonomic revision of the spider genus Chrysso and its relatives based on specimens discovered in China: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#biodiversity #newspecies #taxonomy
Picture with a large orange and black wasp at the top and a larger pale brown spider at the bottom. The wasp is standing over the spider
Came across this Orange Spider Wasp (Heterodontonyx bicolor) just as she was paralysing this unfortunate Huntsman spider, who she’ll now seal into a nest along with an egg that she lays.
Nature can seem brutal at times!
#ausinverts #wildoz #spider #arachnid #wasp #Hymenoptera #nature #inaturalist
Phenasurya daeng, a new genus and species of plexippine jumping spider (Salticidae, Plexippini, Plexippina) from Thailand
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Alopecosa barbipes male
Alopecosa barbipes female
Species of interest. Alopecosa barbipes is a strikingly-marked wolf spider, widespread in the UK - srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p.... Adults can be seen throughout the year, mostly on heathland or rough grassland. On sandy soils they can be abundant, and they can bury themselves in the sand.
Well this was neat.
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black | Live Science share.google/IcsbD2Lb3zhT...
A New Species of Wishbone Spider Genus Damarchus from Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand
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The Salticidae of South Africa
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New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part XII
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Hidden in the plains: Two new extra-andean species of Euathlus (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from Argentina with comments on their sexual behaviour
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Portrait shot of Dicranopalpus ramosus harvestman resting on a plant stem.
A pair of mating harvestmen on a moss covered tree stump. Found at night in woodland.
Some of my favourite #harvestman #opiliones shots from last year. Getting a good shot is tricky without a stray leg getting in the way😅.
They're #arachnids but don't spin silk or have venom. They can't re-grow legs like spiders either and I often find them with several missing.
#macrophotography
Ghost Spider (Anyphaena sp.) and the Small-headed Fly (Acrocera sp.) that emerged from it.
In the second photo you can see it beginning to split open the spider’s abdomen.
#spider #diptera #parasitoid #macrophotography
Publishing this week – Richard Lewington's brilliant new guide to British spiders. Pocket-sized, field-friendly and packing a powerful arachnid punch. Perfect for all lovers of Britain's wildlife. Order a copy here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pocket-gu...
A new species of tarantula of the genus Euathlus (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Chile: distribution and possible threats to its conservation
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Four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae)
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#NewSpecies!
New trapdoor spider from #china just trapped us:
Latouchia yaoi
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/51128E69-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#BioDataJournal #LatouchiaYaoi
#FAIRdata
#biology #nature #biodiversity #conservation #wildlife #arachnology #arachnids #spiders
Description of a new genus and two new species of Ornithoctoninae from Southeast Asia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)
doi.org/10.18476/202...
Survey of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from some Oriental Regions of China
mapress.com/mt/article/v...
The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus)
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Gondwanan relic or recent arrival? The biogeographic origins and systematics of Australian tarantulas
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Lean black mygalomorph spider lad with giant chelicerae, and that iconic deep purple-ish blue abdomen
Closer shot of his blie booty. One of a kind ass. America's ass, even
Day 30 of my 2024 favorites: BLUE
I'd been aware of Sphodros abboti (one of our local mygalomorph species) for a few years, and that the males looked like this, but seeing one for myself was a bucket list event. This boy absolutely did not disappoint 💙
#InverteFest #AmericasAss
Alopecosa barbipes, new site locally for me and amber listed species. This one from Rhoose area (1), my previous (2) from Cosmeston country park @britishspiders.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk
A new species in the genus Tityus from Colombia is also South America's first venom spraying scorpion
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It took me way too long to do this one, but it's finally finished. If you're the kind of person who wants to watch a 40-minute video about Argiope aurantia, then I got you.
youtu.be/RJBIcgYZMdM
Description of a new species of Chaco Tullgren, 1905 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Pycnothelidae) from Argentina and the southernmost record of the genus bioone.org/journals/rev...
Large dark reddish brown mygalomorph spider, at the entrance to her burrow, trying to close the silk lid (my knife blade is holding it open, briefly)
The lass as a child, in a small burrow, peering out before she closes it
Day 9 of my 2024 favorites: Watching a trapdoor spider grow up!
Early March I happened to notice a small inhabited trapdoor burrow in a recently burned forest, and stopped by many times over the year to bring her snacks. She's very large now 🥹
(2nd shot is the 1st sighting, 1st shot is from today)
Four new species of the genus Trilacuna Tong & Li, 2007 (Araneae, Oonopidae) from China
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