Mastodawn

Today is day 15 of #30DaysWild and during our #garden #hedgewatch we looked very closely at the herbs and saw this 🙀😻 We think it's an #opiliones #harvestman #Weberknecht. We have read that some can have legs 25 times as long as the body - daddy long legs is one nickname

Willa

May 13

While hiking on the Vortex Trail at Thompson Park, I saw a tree with lovely textured bark and stopped to take some photos of it. As I looked closer, I found this little harvestman (𝘓𝘦𝘪𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘮 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘮) and had to pull out the macro lens to get some glamor shots: 📸

#harvestman #Opiliones #arachnids #arthropods #WildlifeWednesday

Jon Sullivan Feb 27

Check out this outrageous NZ harvestman photographed by Sebastian Doak earlier this month near Charleston on the west coast of the South Island.

It's called Algidia viridata ssp. bicolor (yes, another incredible endemic NZ invertebrate still lacking a catchy common name). I've never seen one, but I want to!

The photos on the observation are CC-BY Sebastian Doak.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/337191626

#entomology #nz #Opiliones #harvestman #green #iNaturalistNZ #iNaturalist

Subspecies Algidia viridata bicolor

Algidia viridata bicolor from Charleston 7892, New Zealand on February 2, 2026 at 10:21 PM by Sebastian Doak

iNaturalist NZ

Kurt Keller Dec 11, 2025

#harvestman: I see you ,,,

Fuzzy_Frontiers Nov 28, 2025

Jammo’s been on an autumn deep-listen: Harvestman’s meditative drift, TVSF’s echoic heartbreak, Llyn y Cwn’s hypnotic dub, MARAUDEUR’s jagged post-punk, and Jon Da Silva’s filthy acid chaos.
#Ambient #Dub #Electronic #Experimental #Harvestman #PostPunk #AcidHouse #Psychedelic #TheVolumeSettingsFolde

https://fuzzyfrontiers.org/music/5-tewns-vol-13/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

5 Tewns Vol.13 - Fuzzy Frontiers

The title track from The Volume Settings Folder’s latest album, 'Corporate Shamanism',

Fuzzy Frontiers

Swede’s Photographs Oct 29, 2025

Good morning. 🕸️🕷️👻

29 October 2025

Suddenly, the light dims—then brightens again. Not a flicker, exactly, more like a slow, deliberate pulse. Something feels off. I get that prickly sensation, like I'm being watched, and the hairs on the back of my neck rise in alarm. I scan the room. Nothing there. Or at least, nothing visible.

Still, the feeling lingers. Then I spot Charlie, curled up in the corner, eyes locked on me, tracking my every move. I exhale. That’s the thing about dogs—they’re always watching, always present. And somehow, that makes it okay.

People say dogs can see things we can’t. Spirits, maybe. I don’t buy into ghosts and the supernatural, but I keep an open mind. Hmm… are ghosts and spirits the same? Or is it like vampires and zombies—both undead, but with different appetites. Vampires suck blood, zombies eat brains. I’m getting off track.

If you’ve got a dog, you’ve probably seen it: you’re sitting at home, and suddenly your dog is staring—ears perked, body alert—at something you can’t see. It sends a shiver up your spine as you ask, “What are you looking at?” And if they growl? Bonus shivers.

Charlie does this all the time. Usually through the kitchen, toward the garage. He hears cars pass the driveway, waiting to see if someone’s arriving. I think. But maybe… it’s something else. 👻

"Many cultures historically associate dogs with spiritual realms, viewing them as protectors or guides for souls.” — BrainWiseMind

“Ghosts aren’t physical phenomena to be picked up by the senses. So some form of non-sensory perception would be needed to perceive a ghost… Dogs and cats—and likely most animals—are psychic, just like humans.” - Loyd Auerbach, parapsychologist

“Maybe, instead of seeing something spooky, they are orienting their heads to smells and sounds to help them perceive these stimuli better." - Ellen Furlong, psychology professor at Transylvania University

#morning #harvestman #dogs #ghosts #daddylonglegs