Diaea subdola crab spider from Japan.
I know its cousin Diaea dorsata from Finland; they look much alike. #thomisidae #spidermacro
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Pardosa laevitarsis from Naha, Okinawa, Japan. There were plenty of these guys frolicking in a city park.
In Finland, where I live, we have P. lugubris running around every yard and garden. I guess I found the subtropical equivalent of our beloved “lugu”!
#lycosidae #spidermacro #spidersky
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Cyclosa mulmeinensis, the spider inspired by camels.🐫
No, just kidding! Orb-web weavers existed much before camels. So it must be the camels who borrowed from C. mulmeinensis the cool idea of sporting two humps in the back.
#spidermacro #araneidae #cyclosa
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Quality crab spider from Okinawa, Japan. I found this elegant green eight-legged pickle in a park in Naha. Species is Oxytate hoshizuna. #thomisidae #spidermacro
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This Monday’s arachnid is Piratula hygrophila, a wolf spider that “loves water” by name. Indeed, this species thrives in wet and damp ground level habitats. #lycosidae #spidermacro
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Yellow-legged wolf spider Pardosa fulvipes.
These nimble buggers prefer Eastern Europe: they have never been found west of Germany and Italy. At my summer cottage in Central Finland P. fulvipes are plentiful. #lycosidae #spidermacro
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Bathyphantes nigrinus, tiny spider from leaf litter.
“Bathys” means deep in Greek, and “phantes” refers to appearing. In a bit of a mystical way since both “phantom” and “fantasy” arise from that word.
So Bathyphantes spiders emerge from the deep. #linyphiidae #spidermacro
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Orange-legged spider Gongylidium rufipes is a sheet-web weaver from family Linyphiidae. It lives in bushes and undergrowth. G. rufipes is very common in Finland where I live. #spidermacro #linyphiidae #spidersky
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Meet Lepthyphantes leprosus, a dwarf spider with a rare preference of living indoors. My wife found this 3mm long minibeast from our kitchen wall in Central Helsinki. #linyphiidae #spidermacro #spidersky
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Young male Theridion sp. found next to Acropolis in Athens, Greece. #theridiidae #spidermacro #spidersky
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Pretty little jumper from Athens, Greece. Its home base and hunting ground is National Garden right next to the Syntagma square.
Species: Evarcha jucunda.
#salticidae #spidermacro
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It’s Monday, so it’s spider!
Heliophanus kochii, a stunning jumper I found on a public beach in Piraeus, Greece.
#jumpingspider #salticidae #spidermacro #spidersky
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Still presenting the seemingly endless bounty from my July trip to Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷
Spiny orb-web weaver Gasteracantha cancriformis.
#spidermacro #araneidae #mondayspider #spidersky
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Mondays are for #mondayspider
Mesabolivar sp., a gorgeous Pholcid spider from Rio de Janeiro, 🇧🇷
#spidermacro #pholcidae #arachoctober #spidersky
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Monday Spider time again!
Quality cobweb weaver from Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷: Thwaitesia affinis. There’s amazing biodiversity in the city!
#theridiidae #spidermacro
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Micrathena sp. female spider from Rio de Janeiro. What an amazing thorny shape!
#araneidae #spidermacro #spidersky
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Spiders of family Pholcidae have specific eye arrangement: clusters of three eyes on the sides, and two eyes in the middle.
Many species, including Carapoia lutea shown here, have really long slender legs. This has earned them the nickname “daddy long legs spiders”.
#pholcidae #spidermacro
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Striped female spider (Leucauge volupis) from Rio de Janeiro.
Amazingly, she manages to wear the colors of Brazilian flag 🇧🇷 AND a tin foil sweater.
#spidermacro #tetragnathidae #spider #spidersky
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Spiders have eight legs and two extra limbs called pedipalps, located in front. Usually the pedipalps are short.
Not so with Gelanor zonatus! This Brazilian male sports palps long enough to win a boxing match against any species with a regular reach.
#mimetidae #spidermacro
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📸 Web of Gold
This wasp spider rocking its black-and-yellow stripes like nature’s own hazard sign. Hypnotic and a bit terrifying at the same time.
#SpiderMacro #WaspSpider #NaturePhotography #UKWildlife #MacroShot
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Araneus unanimus from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The form is identical to the garden spider Araneus diadematus that you can find everywhere in Europe. But the color is straight out of the flag of Brazil! 🇧🇷
#spidermacro #araneidae #spidersky
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Metellina merianae spider belongs to the orb-web weaving family #Tetragnathidae. It lives in caves or other kinds of hollow spaces and requires just the right humidity.
#spidermacro
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Salticus cingulatus, a singularly stunning variety of zebra jumping spiders.
The genus name “Salticus“ comes from the Latin verb “saltare”, meaning both jumping and dancing. So we could actually call them dancing spiders! 🕺
#salticidae #spidermacro #SpiderSky
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What a green jewel!
Tetragnatha pinicola, literally the “four-jawed pine-dweller“, weaves an orb web with a hole in the middle. As a further distinction from regular, Araneidae-type orb weavers, T. pinicola builds its web not vertically but at an angle.
#tetragnathidae #spidermacro
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Monday Spider. Buongiorno! Greetings from Bologna, Italy. I am here attending a mathematical workshop. As usual, I sample the local arachnids. This jumper lives in Parco della Montagnola. #salticidae #spidermacro
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Monday Spider. My number one photography goal: dwarf spider males with weirdly shaped heads. Well, here’s one for you. Diplocephalus cristatus from Helsinki, Finland. #linyphiidae #spidermacro #SpiderSky
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