Young male Theridion sp. found next to Acropolis in Athens, Greece. #theridiidae #spidermacro #spidersky
Monday Spider time again!
Quality cobweb weaver from Rio de Janeiro ๐ง๐ท: Thwaitesia affinis. Thereโs amazing biodiversity in the city!
#theridiidae #spidermacro
#Theridiidae #Araneae #spider #Steatoda #HouseSpider #TriangulateBudSpider #SteatodaTriangulosa #TriangulateCobwebSpider #spiders #arachnid #arachnids #arachnidae
#spider
#ParasteatodaTepidariorum #HouseSpider
#AmericanHouseSpider #Theridiidae
#CobwebSpider #CommonHouseSpider #arachnid #cosmopolitanSpider #Araneida #arachnids
#Theridiidae #Araneae #spider #Steatoda #HouseSpider #TriangulateBudSpider #SteatodaTriangulosa #TriangulateCobwebSpider #spiders #arachnid #arachnids #arachnidae
#Theridiidae #Araneae #spider #Steatoda #HouseSpider #TriangulateBudSpider #SteatodaTriangulosa #TriangulateCobwebSpider #spiders #arachnid #arachnids #arachnidae
#ParasteatodaTepidariorum #HouseSpider
#AmericanHouseSpider #Theridiidae
#CobwebSpider #CommonHouseSpider #arachnid #cosmopolitanSpider #Araneida #arachnids
Two spiders of different species and Families, in a risky position for each of the two, given that the spiders can prey on each other. One, sticking out from a hole at the base of a recess in the wall, is an Agelenidae; the other one, on the wall above the other, is a Steatoda grossa, Theridiidae.
In my basement, a little drama unfolded: #Agelenidae vs #Theridiidae! Steatoda grossa (Theridiidae, on the wall) ran very quickly too close to the Agelenidae (on the ground), which didn't like the invasion and took off running after it.
#Spiders #Nature #Arachnida #Invertebrates #SpidersOfBluesky
Se trata de la รบnica especie del Gรฉnero Argyrodes que tenemos en la Penรญnsula Ibรฉrica, y no puede ser mรกs cuqui ๐
(Pero me costรณ un montรณn sacarles fotos, son diminutas)
#argyrodesargyrodes #argyrodes #araรฑagotaderocio #macrophotography #naturephotography #araรฑa #Theridiidae
En este macho son muy evidentes los bulbos copuladores en los extremos de los pedipalpos, que permiten diferenciar fรกcilmente los machos de las araรฑas en todas las especies (que yo sepa)
#argyrodesargyrodes #argyrodes #araรฑagotaderocio #macrophotography #naturephotography #araรฑa #Theridiidae
Este tipo de parasitismo que se aprovecha de las presas del otro se llama cleptoparasitismo.
#argyrodesargyrodes #argyrodes #araรฑagotaderocio #macrophotography #naturephotography #araรฑa #Theridiidae
Estรก ahรญ porque parasita las telas de araรฑas mรกs grandes, alimentรกndose de las presas que cazan, y a veces incluso de sus crรญas.
#argyrodesargyrodes #argyrodes #araรฑagotaderocio #macrophotography #naturephotography #araรฑa #Theridiidae
Se trata de una araรฑa diminuta, si no la buscas expresamente lo mรกs probable es que no te fijes en ella. Su nombre cientรญfico es Argyrodes argyrodes, y el comรบn, araรฑa gota de rocรญo.
#argyrodesargyrodes #argyrodes #araรฑagotaderocio #macrophotography #naturephotography #araรฑa #Theridiidae
En las telas de las Argiopes y otras especies, como Nuctenea umbrรกtica o Cyrtophora citricola (es donde las he visto yo), si ponรฉis atenciรณn podrรฉis encontrar una araรฑa diminuta plateada.
#argyrodesargyrodes #argyrodes #araรฑagotaderocio #macrophotography #naturephotography #araรฑa #Theridiidae
New publication: Copulation interruption decreases female reproductive success in a false widow spider, by @jeffharvey.bsky.social @melissahrowe.bsky.social
#reproduction #copulationduration #eggsac #offspring #steatodagrossa #theridiidae
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
Imaging Argyrodines for the first paper from our Indian Ocean Islands biogeography project.
What incredible spiders!
๐ฒ๐ฌโค๏ธ๐ฎ๐ธ
#Argyrodes #Theridiidae #Madagascar #SpeciesDiscovery #NewSpecies #Arachnology
Enoplognatha ovata
It's November 1st and I'm slowly going through the summer documentations.
Here's an Enoplognatha ovata with hatchlings photographed August 26th.
Common species around here.
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2023/11/trad...
#Spiders #Theridiidae #Araneae
New NIOO publication: The role of male body #size in mating success and maleโmale competition in a false widow #spider, by @Jeffrey75327765 and others. #copulationduration #reproduction #theridiidae #steatodagrossa #sexualselection
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.09.011