Side view of a brown weevil with a long snout. At the back, you can see a tiny Pseudoscorpion hanging into the weevil’s leg
Here’s the Cycad Weevil (Tranes vigorsii) that the Pseudoscorpion hitched a lift with… you can just see it hanging onto the weevil’s back left leg.
The weevil seemed pretty unconcerned by his passenger.
#ausinverts #wildoz #weevils #arachnids #inaturalist
Top view of a tiny invert with 8 legs and pincer-like pedipalps that resemble those of scorpions
Side view of a tiny invert with 8 legs and pincer-like pedipalps that resemble those of scorpions
Unexpected visitor at our moth light in the Perth Hills last night… a Pseudoscorpion (possibly Chernetini sp.)
This guy was small, only ~4mm long, and was hitching a lift on the back leg of a Cycad Weevil, a behaviour known as phoresis
#inverts #ausinverts #wildoz #arachnids #inaturalist #bugsky
Harpocera thoracica male
Harpocera thoracica male
A wet day is rescued by the Harpactea hombergi in the bath.
#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55
A few spiders found during my stay at Portland Bird Observatory Dorset.
These were all found in the Observatory garden. #Arachnids #Portland
really badass video of a cellar spider capturing a jumping spider. the jumping spider was saved before being eaten and is ok!! it just goes to show the absolute hunting prowess of cellar spiders. (video by u/bloodcountess- on reddit)
#spiders #arachnids #arachnology #macrophotography
A largish brown spider with darker brown markings and long, thin legs; the hind legs have long, almost perpendicular spines. She's momentarily paused on a sun-bleached piece of driftwood.
Wolf spider, Pardosa sp., on beach driftwood. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/04/yay-... #VancouverIsland #Spiders #Arachnids #Invertebrates #NaturePhotography
Just the 3rd Brighton record:
Trachyzelotes pedestris
#wildlife #Britishspiders #NaturePhotography #nature #naturephotographer #brighton #arachnids #spider #spiders #invertefest #ukwildlife #bugsky #sussex #naturalscience #wildlifephotography #arachnid
Red-edged green and white jagged spikes on this thistle about to bloom, with a hidden little crab spider waiting in ambush for any eager, right-sized bug.
Crab spider on Bristle Thistle
(Cirsium horridulum)
Crew flint pen strand trails 🌧️
Bonita Springs, Florida 4-7-26
When it rains, I’m the only one who disturbs the snakes.
#ColorADay #RedWed #red #webWednesday #bugSky #eck #macro #photography #macroPhotography #arachnids #wildflowers #nature #art
my pink toe tarantula molted the other day and I got a close up look of the exoskeleton! I love their little beans 🐾
#aviculariaavicularia #avicularia #pinktoe #tarantula #spiders #arachnids #tarantulas #pinktoetarantula
What I believe to be Synageles venator, which was a nice surprise on the inside of the front door this afternoon. A convincing ant mimic, in appearance and movement. S Hants. #Spiders #Arachnids
Guatemala long-jawed spider (Tetragnatha guatemalensis)
Isaac Carstensen uploaded 1 photo of Guatemala long-jawed spider 3/27/2026.
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A male spider sits on a geranium leaf. Six eyes are visible in the photo as he looks out for lady spiders. Light brown hairs cover the body with a very distinct yellow stripe down the prosoma (cephalothorax).
Hello Ladies! I think that this is the male Nursery Web #Spider (Pisaura mirabilis). They are sitting on top or the hardy Geranium leaves in the sunshine.
Large pedipalps ready.
Canon 90D Laowa 100mm macro Godox V350C
#arachnids
#GardenWildlife
#UKSpiders
#macrophotography
Philodromus poecilus. Subadult female.
My first documentation of Philodromus poecilus (NT in Finland) this year. This seemingly fairly rare species has become one of my favourites.
Much more (in Swedish) here:
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/04/bada...
#Invertebrate 🐙 #Spider 🕷️ #Spiders #Arachnids #Philodromidae #Biodiversity
I typically hit you with a monochrome Mule Deer, but I wanted to try out 'Esmerelda' in black and white this week, so that's her, my crab spider hunting in profile from the wife's Cleveland Sage. Yes, the name is my idea.
Normal is an illusion.
What is normal
for the spider
is chaos for the fly.
~Charles Addams
🌿 Trying out a little #BWMacro... 🕷️ #ImageAndVerse!
🤘😶🌫️
#MacroMonday
#MondayVibes
#Monochrome
#Classicmono
#Photography
#Arachnids
#BugSky
#Inverts
#Eck
Large huntsman spider chewing on a cockroach (barely visible)
This is Barry.
He's about the size of your hand and his job here is controlling the cockroaches in the garden.
Good work, Baz.
#spiders
#arachnids
About ten yellow jagged petals around a red and brown center, with the profile of a small spider (4mm) scanning its horizon from one petal.
Peppered jumping #spider
(Pelegrina galathea)
on Florida tickseed
(Coreopsis floridana)
Crew flint pen strand trails
Bonita Springs, #Florida 4-1-26
Dewy morning, out early. Xo
#macroMonday #eck #macro #photography #macroPhotography #arachnids #jumpers #jumpingSpiders #wildflowers #nature #art
A large black tarantula with orange banding on her legs rests on my hand. Her legspan is slightly larger than my palm.
Time to walk the tarantula. Female Mexican red-knee tarantula (Brachypelma smithi). #spiders #tarantulas #arachnids #bugsky
A light-brown medium-sized scorpion poses in a threat display with the stinger held high above the body. The substrate is fine pale sand.
A true Saharan scorpion: Androctonus amoureuxi, a species that occurs across North Africa. Adult male in captivity. #scorpions #arachnids #bugsky
A yellow-brown little scorpion perches on my fingers
Female Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus), the only scorp species in the US with venom potent enough to be considered medically significant. I've been stung twice and it wasn't that bad. #scorpions #arachnids #bugsky
I think today's spider is a Woodlouse spider (Dysdera crocata). According to my guide book, D. crocata has 1-3 dorsal spines & 1 ventral spine, which I think I can see in my enlarged image. Please do correct me if I've got this wrong @britishspiders.bsky.social. #arachnids #spiders
A black scorpion with a thick metasoma ("tail") rests on my thumb. The long, curved stinger is clearly visible.
My Egyptian black fat-tail scorpion (Androctonus bicolor). Scorpion species of this genus are medically dangerous and have killed people, but he's my buddy. #scorpions #arachnids #bugsky
I'm supposed to be out here surveying native plants today, but the #arthropod world has been throwing a lot of dramatic scenes my way. youtube.com/shorts/HyFde... #spiders #insects #flies #arachnids #bugs #nature #Oregon 🌿
A female brown bark scorpion (Centruroides gracilis) is perched on my fingers in a hotel room
The species is Centruroides gracilis, shown here in another female specimen. #scorpions #arachnids #bugsky
A dark-colored scorpion is feeding on a tiny tree frog amid tropical leaf litter
Since the world has been turned upside down, here's an invertebrate eating a vertebrate: female brown bark scorpion feeding on a tiny tree frog in Grand Cayman (West Indies). Let's take this thing up a notch. #firstpost #arachnids #bugsky
Small but feisty! This Zebra spider (Salticus scenicus) was getting annoyed at me trying to get a macro photo & jumped at me a couple of times, but always attached to a piece of silk so when I pulled back, it dangled a while before climbing back up to its perch. #arachnids #spiders
featherlegged orbweaver (Uloborus glomosus)
Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of featherlegged orbweaver 9/22/2024.
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#Nature #Minnesota #Arachnids #FeatherleggedOrbweaver #MinnesotaSeasons
featherlegged orbweaver (Uloborus glomosus)
Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of featherlegged orbweaver 12/13/2022.
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#Nature #Minnesota #Arachnids #FeatherleggedOrbweaver #MinnesotaSeasons
#wildlife #biodiversityawareness
Illustration by Alan Lee (b. 1947) for J. R. R. Tolkien, *The Hobbit*, Ch. 8 “Flies and Spiders”. Drawing. 1997.
#spiders #arachnids #entomology #biodiversity #Illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee
#wildlife #biodiversityawareness
Carl Wilhelm Hahn, *Monographia Aranearum* = *Monographie der Spinnen* (Nurnberg, Lechner [1820]) VIII A
#spiders #arachnids #entomology #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration
Love Those Legs! My latest essay: #centipedes #arachnids #millipedes #arthropods #inverts #nature #invertebrates #bugs #pets #oxytocin #dopamine #writingcommunity #science 🌎🧪🌍🌏🇨🇦📖
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