Xysticus aurax

#spiders #arachnids #arthropods #macrophotography #naturephotography

A poor little stilt bug who's lost one stilt, sitting on a garlic mustard blossom.

#insects #hemiptera #arthropods #photography

Cerambyx scopolii

#insects #coleoptera #macrophotography #arthropods #naturephotography #garden

Synema globosum

#arachnids #spiders #arthropods #macrophotography #naturephotography #garden #bloomscrolling

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

From 2023

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #india just surfaced:

Pleonexes spencebatei

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A73E01-FFEF-FFD4-C8E1-FA96FBE2F969
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.7
#Zootaxa #PleonexesSpencebatei

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #invertebrates #arthropods #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

#NewSpecies!
New cave-dwelling shrimp from #china just swam in:

Caridina zhaoi

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3AAE20AE-FAAC-5183-8C2C-05EDB75AE2E5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.182296
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #CaridinaZhaoi

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #shrimps #caves