Another Ant Mimic Jumping Spider and another Asian Weaver Ant which it mimics. This is the female jumping spider. Under normal lighting, their color matches very closely too.
#Ants #Spiders #Insects #Mimicry #Nature #Photography #SriLanka #SalticidSunday #Salticidae #Formicidae
#SpiderSunday: sorry, haven't seen any spiders lately, just ants. Totally normal ants.
#bugstodon #spiders #AntMimic #JumpingSpiders #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #Araneae #Salticidae
#FlyFriday × #DailySpiderPic: a male non-biting midge (family Chironomidae) falls prey to a minuscule juvenile jumping spider. Male midges' plumose (literally, feather-like) antennae are used for sensing females.
#bugstodon #insects #flies #FridayFlyday #FlydayFriday #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae #Diptera #Chironomidae
Found three spiders in a hands-breadth under the lip of a brick wall: a good-sized _Parasteatoda tepidariorum_ house spider; a zebra jumping spider (_Salticus scenicus_); and its prey, a small cobweb spider of some kind such as _Theridion_ based on the markings (see last pic).
#DailySpiderPic #spiders #CobwebSpiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Theridiidae #Salticidae #ArthroBeauty
A pretty meh day but still managed to see several spiders:
- a mesh-web weaver couple
- a crab spider, something in Coriarachnini
- _Attulus fasciger_ with that teeny tiny posterior median eye clearly visible
- a cobweb spider, maybe _Enoplognatha_?
#DailySpiderPic #spiders #JumpingSpiders #CrabSpiders #Araneae #Dictynidae #Thomisidae #Salticidae #Theridiidae
My mum is the best boss ever. "if you want to go on a ramble tomorrow, please do, I'll just sleep in". So I did. The Heath nearby is always a brilliant spot to visit.
Garden arachnids from today:
- _Leucauge venusta_ spiderling has set up near the mosquito bucket
- male _Attulus fasciger_
- couldn't quite ID this smallish, cryptic-patterned jumper, any ideas? (🌎 Toronto, Ontario)
- bonus mite: pollen-eating _Balaustium_ have started to appear!
#SpiderSunday #DailySpiderPic #DailyMitePic #spiders #orbweavers #JumpingSpiders #mites #Araneae #Tetragnathidae #Salticidae #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
Ben S
neville park
Colin Purrington
Natteheks
Anthony David