Frank Ashwood<p>We've all been there: You've been hunting a moth all morning, and when you finally land the killing blow, you overcompensate and savage it so violently, you get its wing scales all up in your eyes. </p><p>Then a human comes along with a camera to immortalise your embarrassment. Typical!</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Invertebrate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invertebrate</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arachnology</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Aranea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aranea</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spider</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SoilBiodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoilBiodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entomology</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a></p>
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neville park<p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arachnews</span></a>: Ximena Nelson, a specialist in spider behaviour (particularly jumping spiders), has a book out! _The Lives of Spiders: A Natural History of the World's Spiders_, from Princeton University Press: <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691255026/the-lives-of-spiders" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">press.princeton.edu/books/hard</span><span class="invisible">cover/9780691255026/the-lives-of-spiders</span></a> </p><p>Review in the New Yorker, if you can stand the overwhelmingly self-indulgent "oooh spiders are so icky and scary" tone: <a href="https://archive.ph/XqdhD" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/XqdhD</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnology</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/NaturalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalHistory</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a></p>
neville park<p>> As of 2025, there are over 52,000 species of spider known in our plane of existence (World Spider Catalog, 2025), with many more awaiting discovery. This does not take into account spiders that may exist in other planes of existence, which, until now, have never been studied.</p><p>It's a bit early but this is quite possibly the best arachnid paper I've read, and will read, all year: Marc Milne & Shahan Derkarabetian construct a phylogenetic tree of arachnids in Magic: The Gathering.</p><p>If you don't know much about MtG, arachnids, or how biologists classify species, you'll definitely learn something from this paper!</p><p><a href="https://virginianaturalhistorysociety.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2025/01/Banisteria_59_02_Milne__Derkarabetian_arachnids_Magic_The_Gathering.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">virginianaturalhistorysociety.</span><span class="invisible">com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2025/01/Banisteria_59_02_Milne__Derkarabetian_arachnids_Magic_The_Gathering.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnews</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnology</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/mtg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mtg</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MagicTheGathering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicTheGathering</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnids</span></a></p>
Plazi Species<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a><br>New tarantula from <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brazil</span></a> just crept in:</p><p>Hapalopus guidonae</p><p>Treatment: <a href="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/8727A003-C54F-46C0-9A10-74C2EF371E43" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">treatment.plazi.org/id/8727A00</span><span class="invisible">3-C54F-46C0-9A10-74C2EF371E43</span></a><br>Publication: <a href="http://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.947.2611" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.947.2</span><span class="invisible">611</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ejtaxonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ejtaxonomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/HapalopusGuidonae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HapalopusGuidonae</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/FAIRdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAIRdata</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/taxonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxonomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spider</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/amazingarachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazingarachnids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/arachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/tarantula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarantula</span></a></p>
Dgar<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ieji.de/@BlippyTheWonderSlug" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BlippyTheWonderSlug</span></a></span> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnology</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/arachnologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnologists</span></a></p>
Plazi Species<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a><br>New scorpion from <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/colombia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colombia</span></a> just stung us:</p><p>Troglotayosicus akaido</p><p>Treatment: <a href="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D966232C-003D-FF98-A6F7-7758FE6EFA61" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">treatment.plazi.org/id/D966232</span><span class="invisible">C-003D-FF98-A6F7-7758FE6EFA61</span></a><br>Publication: <a href="http://doi.org/10.1206/4011.1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1206/4011.1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/AmericanMuseumNovitates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanMuseumNovitates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/TroglotayosicusAkaido" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TroglotayosicusAkaido</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/FAIRdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAIRdata</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/taxonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxonomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/arachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/scorpion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scorpion</span></a></p>
Plazi Species<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a>!<br>New huntsman spider from <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> just snuck in:</p><p>Thelcticopis chongzu</p><p>Treatment: <a href="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/81114138-FFBC-FFD9-7D9F-FA26C099FD41" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">treatment.plazi.org/id/8111413</span><span class="invisible">8-FFBC-FFD9-7D9F-FA26C099FD41</span></a><br>Publication: <a href="http://doi.org/10.11865/zs.2024101" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.11865/zs.2024101</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ZoologicalSystematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZoologicalSystematics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ThelcticopisChongzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThelcticopisChongzu</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/FAIRdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAIRdata</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/taxonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxonomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spider</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/amazingarachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazingarachnids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/arachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/huntsmanspider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>huntsmanspider</span></a></p>
Frank Ashwood<p>My favourite personal observation so far in the <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/CityNatureChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CityNatureChallenge</span></a> is this White Banded House Jumper (Maratus griseus) from University of Canterbury campus yesterday.</p><p>I didn't know that New Zealand has an introduced species of Peacock spider! Gorgeous wee thing!🕷️</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arachnology</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spider</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Macrophotoraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macrophotoraphy</span></a></p>
Akshay<p>So here I am, walking in a tropical forest in Tamil Nadu, and Baron Samedi in spider form descends upon me! </p><p>IANA arachnologist, but it looks like a Nephila Pilipes, a giant golden orb weaver.</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arachnology</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spiders</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Bugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bugs</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animals</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a></p>
Frank Ashwood<p>When it comes to predatory invertebrates, Australia really doesn't mess around. Here's a few of my favourites shots from my recent trip round 'Straya.</p><p>We have, in order, a praying mantis, a Victoria funnel-web spider, a blue garden flatworm, and a little scorpion who posed very patiently for me!</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entomology</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arachnology</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spider</span></a></p>
Frank Ashwood<p>I've recently been on a macrophotography trip around Australia, so it would be remiss of me not to post a shot of a redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti)!</p><p>This is just one of the 34 described species of 'true widow' spiders globally, a genus which includes black widows in the US, and the Katipō spider in New Zealand.</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachnid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arachnid</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spider</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Widow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Widow</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arachnology</span></a></p>
neville park<p>The spiders can be easily lured out with the vibrations of a sonic toothbrush. I have one with a feather glued to the end of it instead of a brush head. The hacklemesh weavers will eagerly bite on to it and try to drag it back into their retreats if I don't take it away fast enough.</p><p>Some arachnologists, like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@ibycter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ibycter</span></a></span>, go with zip ties on their toothbrushes instead. Others have even used vibrators. In Australia, some large ground-dwelling spiders can be attracted by idling diesel 4-wheel-drive cars.</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySpiderPic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Amaurobiidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amaurobiidae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macro</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnology</span></a></p>
neville park<p>Anyone got institutional access to the new Sharma paper? 🥺 <a href="https://academic.oup.com/icb/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/icb/icad050/7188295" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/icb/advance-a</span><span class="invisible">rticle-abstract/doi/10.1093/icb/icad050/7188295</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/ICanHazPDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICanHazPDF</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnology</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/genomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genomics</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/phylogeny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phylogeny</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/systematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systematics</span></a></p>
Bath Nature<p>A Spitting Spider (Scytodes thoracica) in my hallway last week. This one gets its name from squirting a sticky gum at its prey. Apparently the most recorded habitat of this species is in the homes of arachnologists. It must have heard that I recently finally got around to sending off my spider records! In <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bath</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Somerset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Somerset</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>. <br><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/WildlifePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/NatureCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spiders</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spider</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arachnology</span></a></p>
thirdsilence nature<p>Coppery Sun Jumping Spider</p><p>Schönbuch, BaWü, DE, 2022</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/natur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>natur</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/naturephotograpy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturephotograpy</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wildlifephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlifephotography</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/naturfotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturfotografie</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature_photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature_photography</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/naturelovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturelovers</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/gdtfoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gdtfoto</span></a><br><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macro</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/macronature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macronature</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/makrofotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>makrofotografie</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cygnustechdiffuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cygnustechdiffuser</span></a><br><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bugs</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/invertmacro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertmacro</span></a><br><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spider</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnids</span></a><br><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/salticidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>salticidae</span></a><br><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/salticidsunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>salticidsunday</span></a> <br><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/jumpingspider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jumpingspider</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/springspinne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>springspinne</span></a><br><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnology</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spinnen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spinnen</span></a><br><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/dailyspiderpic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dailyspiderpic</span></a></p>
thirdsilence nature<p>Unidentified Salticid, Sydney, 2021.</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/natur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>natur</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/naturephotograpy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturephotograpy</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wildlifephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlifephotography</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/naturfotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturfotografie</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/naturelovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturelovers</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/gdtfoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gdtfoto</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macro</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/macronature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macronature</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/makrofotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>makrofotografie</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bugs</span></a><br><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/invertmacro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertmacro</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spider</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spidersofinstagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spidersofinstagram</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnids</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a><br><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnidsofinstagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnidsofinstagram</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spidersoftheworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spidersoftheworld</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/salticidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>salticidae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/salticidsunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>salticidsunday</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/jumpingspider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jumpingspider</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/springspinne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>springspinne</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnology</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spinnen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spinnen</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/macrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macrodon</span></a></p>
Angela Chuang<p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a><br>Hey all, I'm an <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/biologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biologist</span></a> with a background in <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnology</span></a> and spider behaviors. Expect lots of spider re-toots!</p><p>I am a <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/postdoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postdoc</span></a> at the Univ. of Florida in the Citrus Research and Education Center, where my work evaluates non-insecticidal ways of managing <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/citrus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citrus</span></a> pests. AE at Biological Invasions. Outgoing chair of the Invasion Ecology section of ESA. </p><p>I'm also an avid <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/boardgamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boardgamer</span></a> and love to see how biology/science is depicted in games.</p>
Perry Beasley-Hall 🦗🧬🏳️🌈<p>Has anyone come across Steven Gill's <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iNaturalist</span></a> account yet? It's brilliant. Almost all of their images are <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lego</span></a> people staged alongside humongous inverts! <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnology</span></a> </p><p>📸: steven_gill (CC BY-NC)</p>
Antnommer :verified:<p>Mastodon needs more spiders. This is a female in the genus Eresus, known as the velvet spiders (Eresidae). Males are smaller and much more vibrantly colored. Some species are pseudo-eusocial, cooperating in brood rearing. Mothers liquefy their own organs and regurgitate it for their young to feed on. (📷 Nikola Rahmé) <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/eurythyrea/15115352077" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/eurythyrea/1</span><span class="invisible">5115352077</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spider</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/Eresus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eresus</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/velvetspider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>velvetspider</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnology</span></a></p>
Dr. Sebastian A Echeverri, PhD<p>Hi, friendly neighborhood spider scientist & science communicator here with an <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>! My research is on vision and communication; I've worked w/ jumping spiders and now tarantulas! I'm also a wildlife photographer!</p><p>You catch me as a guest on podcasts like Ologies, hosting live spider shows, and now as the co-host of the new BBC Earth Podcast! All that and more on my website: <a href="https://www.spiderdaynightlive.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">spiderdaynightlive.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnids</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnology</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wildlifephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlifephotography</span></a></p>
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