@colinpurrington@flipping.rocksWow. There's a Mediterranean flatmesh weaver (Oecobiidae) that constructs a tent-like retreat decorated with plant parts and dead insects. Five-spotted star-web spider. #spiders #inaturalist #oecobiidae https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90301338
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocksThe super common but super beautiful orchard orbweaver (Leucauge venusta). The genus name, courtesy Charles Darwin, means "with a bright gleam." The species epithet means "beautiful." Swarthmore, PA, USA. #spider #spiders #orbweaver #nature #silk #web #tetragnathidae
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocksSpider web with dried slug mucus. I wonder how the spider feels about this. 🌿 #slugs #spiders #iridescence #nature #gastropod
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocksOne of my favorite mosquito facts is that there's a spider in Africa, the vampire jumping spider (Evarcha culicivora), that specializes on mosquitoes plump from a recent blood meal. It was described in 2003. #inaturalist #mosquitoes #spiders #blood #salticidae #insects #africa https://youtu.be/dA6sCQlHPEs?t=78
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocksAnd then there's Paracyrba wanlessi, the jumping spider that pulls mosquito larvae out of water-filled internodes of decaying bamboo. Found in Malaysia and described in 1996. #spiders #salticidae #bamboo #malaysia https://salticidae.pl/diagnost/paracyrb/wanlessi.htm