Hachyderm @hachyderm

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**neville park** @nev@flipping.rocks · 18h

During this recent spate of warmish weather I've been checking my go-to sumo mite (_Allothrombium_) trees. It's still too early for a dense population, but there are definitely a few out and about!

Here's an earlier video I took of sumo mites wrestling: https://youtu.be/qZ0Ml6VXujg

A large, fuzzy oblong red mite on the rough and flaky roots of a birch tree.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids

**Willem Van Zyl** @wvzphotos@pixelfed.social · 2d

Willem Van Zyl @wvzphotos@pixelfed.social

Spider Macro.

#arachnids #spiders #macrophotography

#macrophotography

**Willem Van Zyl** @wvzphotos@pixelfed.social · 2d

Willem Van Zyl @wvzphotos@pixelfed.social

Spider Macro.

#arachnids #spiders #macrophotography

#macrophotography

**neville park** @nev@flipping.rocks · Mar 11 *

Mar 11 *

neville park @nev@flipping.rocks

Flipped over a piece of log on a big dead stump and there were tons of those little iridescent blue-purple springtails, but also several mesostigs. I was watching them hoping one would catch a springtail, and one seemed to be questing about for something. Then it chased after one of the other mites, flung itself on its back, and after some tumbling around ended up clinging to its underside. Then, this. I'm not even sure what's happening, I don't even know what appendages these mites use for sperm transfer.

edit: oh yeah I forgot to add they're totally having sex

#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #arachnids

**Dan** @d3d@pixelfed.social · Mar 11

Mar 11

Dan @d3d@pixelfed.social

Ant mimic jumping spider (Genus Myrmarachne)

Olympus OM-1

Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro

Edited with #darktable

No generative AI

#spider #spidermacro #arachnids #antmimic #pixelfed #macrophotography #fediverse #photography #omsystem #olympus #macro #photo #macroverse #art

#art

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Mar 11

Mar 11

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

The joy of photography is having infinite subjects. The tragedy of photography is not having enough time to photograph them all. This is from two yrs ago. Definitely need make some time to look for more jumping spider's in my garden this year.

Extreme closeup photograph of a small jumping spider clinging to the side of a green stem covered in fine white hairs with out of focus green foliage in the background. The spider in on the right side of the stem and is facing upward. This species has eight brown and amber segmented legs, a dark body with white striping and a white spot covered in fine hairs, four dark front-facing eyes, four eyes on the top of the head, and two brown to amber pedipalps.

#PhotoHour #MacroHour #spiders

**neville park** @nev@flipping.rocks · Mar 10

Mar 10

neville park @nev@flipping.rocks

The first #MiteMonday in a while! The wet dead leaves are a bountiful source of predatory mesostigmatid mites.

A teardrop-shaped reddish-brown mite on a golden-brown leaf. Its long thin front legs are reaching out in front of it.

A blurry photo of a different mite, this one with a gap between the red-brown plates covering the top and bottom of its body, leaving a crescent of white cuticle visible. It's booking it across the surface of a dead log.

Yet another mesostig at the edge of a dead leaf.

#Mitestodon #arachnids #mites

**▲MANGOR▲** @mangor.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Mar 10

Mar 10

▲MANGOR▲ @mangor.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

... spider kittah ... #spider #spiderkitty #kitty #cats #pets #arachnids #arachnidsofinstagram #creature #horror #cute

**J. Steven York RESISTS** @jstevenyork@mastodon.social · Mar 3

Mar 3

J. Steven York RESISTS @jstevenyork@mastodon.social

I discovered last night that my new(ish) phone takes pretty good closeup shots. Caught this spider setting up shop under an outside light on my shop. Don't know the species.
#spiders #arachnids #bugs #naturephotography #closeup #oregon #oregoncoast

A spider in tones of brown sits inverted supported by almost invisible strands of silk.

**Wanderin' Weeta** @WWeeta@flipping.rocks · Mar 1

Mar 1

Wanderin' Weeta @WWeeta@flipping.rocks

Tiny spider with dotted-line legs. Possibly Ethobuella tuonops. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2025/03/along-for-ride.html #VancouverIsland #Spiders #Arachnids #Invertebrates

A small black and brown spider. The cephalothorax is mostly black; the abdomen is black with a triangular tree-ish brown pattern. The legs are dotted lines; black and pale brown. It seems to be a male: the pedipalps are bulky. On a mottled grey background, the hood of a car.

**Susannah** @SusannahWW@octodon.social · Mar 1

Mar 1

Susannah @SusannahWW@octodon.social

Tiny spider with dotted-line legs. Unidentified. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2025/03/along-for-ride.html #VancouverIsland #Spiders #Arachnids #Invertebrates

**Takako** @otterX@mindly.social · Feb 28

Feb 28

Takako @otterX@mindly.social

Hi Juno! Lovely to see you!

The jumping spider on the rim of the lemonTree pot, looking at me with cute black eyes. I see the green pedipalps. He’s quite a fluff tubby.

#jumpingSpider #arachnids #spiderJuno

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**Wulfy** @n_dimension@infosec.exchange · Feb 24

Feb 24

Wulfy @n_dimension@infosec.exchange

@Jonathan13

Spider Bros are cool.
They eat all the creepy crawlies that freak you out.
So you don't have to spray yourself with toxic chemicals.

If you really don't want to share your house with a spider, capture them in a plastic container and evict them outside. They will become the outer perimeter.

#spiderbros #spiders #arachnids