@alexwild@mastodon.online avatar alexwild , to random

Spider or puppy? We report, you decide.

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@Heliograph@mastodon.au avatar Heliograph , to random

one for the o_0

"Researchers discovered a web spanning about 1,140 square feet in a narrow passage between Albania and Greece. The web houses around 111,000 spiders, including two species of that had previously been thought to be hostile to each other."

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/1140-square-foot-super-web-reveals-the-surprising-constant-party-life-of-cohabiting-spiders

István Urák photo showing the researchers cutting the dense spider web revealing several layers underneath

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@rspfau@ecoevo.social avatar rspfau , to random

I've been a practicing scientist since 1990, and it never ceases to amaze me just how much time it takes to pull together a journal manuscript. These two figures alone took about 16 hours (it's how I spent this weekend)--and that doesn't count the time spent practicing to get to the point that I could get this quality of images. Whew! Done!

These are the palps and epigyne of wolf spiders, documenting a new species.

Palps (male reproductive structures) of a spider showing three angles. It's a fuzzy bulb containing many complex structures with curves, points, and angles.

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@cybervegan@autistics.life avatar cybervegan , to random

I just pulled a spider out of my ear! I kept feeling like I had water in there - hearing the sort of gurgling sound you get when you've been swimming, and it was beginning to annoy me, so I did what you'd not supposed to do, and probed around in there with something inappropriate. It came this little bundle of "fluff", that turned out to be a small spider! I'm fortunately not scared of spiders, but this has left me quite freaked out to say the least.

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@horrorqueerdo@is.nota.live avatar horrorqueerdo , to random


Hey, everyone on the Fedi!

I'm Eli (pronounced as Ellie).

I'm an from and not new to the Fediverse, but haven't been around recently. I had an account at queer.party and, since that instance is gone now, I'm looking to find new connections, so feel free to follow if we share interests or recommend accounts to follow.

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I usually don't watch shows now, I hate when they get cancelled and the story gets no proper ending, which happens a lot, but you can also find me at Serializd.

My reading list is predominantly (mainly Nordic) but I also like reading horror, , and anything that piques my curiosity.

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@LibrarianRA@worldkey.io avatar LibrarianRA , to random

Poster advertising Alberto Randegger's opera "The Blue Spider", made by Leopoldo Metlicovitz (1868-1944), 1916

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@plazi_species@mastodon.green avatar plazi_species , to random
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@sohkamyung@photog.social avatar sohkamyung , to random

A female and male Ornamental Tree Trunk Spider (Herennia multipuncta) spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore on 22 Nov 2025. They make a lovely couple. 🙂

(The male is the small red spider.)

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/327639088 ].

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18+ @antares@musician.social avatar antares , to random

Please boost to find this creature's name - observed in northern Ibiza, Spain. Just now. Yes these are bed sheets 😅
(Media marked as sensitive for people experiencing arachnophobia ❤️)

A 2cm spider I'd like to identify
A 2cm spider I'd like to identify
A 2cm spider I'd like to identify, a caliper showing their size has been disposed around the animal

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18+ @mdwyer@mastodon.social avatar mdwyer , to random

Spiders are supposed to have eight legs, right?

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@animalculum@scholar.social avatar animalculum , to random

First-ever documented case of a plant mimicking ants to attract pollinators https://phys.org/news/2025-09-documented-case-mimicking-ants-pollinators.html

Olfactory floral of injured ants mediates the attraction of kleptoparasitic fly https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225011261

"Vincetoxicum nakaianum (a species native to described only a year ago) mimics the smell of attacked by . This scent attracts that feed on these injured and pollinate the in the process."

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@SerialWhiner@beige.party avatar SerialWhiner , to random

In general I hate all spiders, especially in the house,but the orb-weavers are welcome in the gardens.
This cross orb-weaver spider isn't as flashy as the yellow orb-weavers I've seen in past years.

@TheWeeOwl Just the one! It won't be much of a tea party. 🕷️☕🫖
(oddly recalled some posts from early in the summer)😁

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@alexwild@mastodon.online avatar alexwild , to random

Our graduate student Steven found this unusual two-eyed spider last night out in hill country. If you spend any time staring at spider faces, you’ll know most have 8 or 6 eyes, or maybe none at all for cave dwellers.

But two? Almost humanoid. Weird.

(Orthonops lapanus)

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18+ @1moremin@mastodon.ie avatar 1moremin , to random

charming movement

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@alexwild@mastodon.online avatar alexwild , to random

2024 was a productive year for bug photography. I haven’t picked my favorites, but this crab spider hiding in goldenrod is a contender.

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@loren@flipping.rocks avatar loren , to random

i've been told my whole life that bugs are weird or scary or gross. i took it to heart, rarely sharing my interest in them. hiding that i find them beautiful and fascinating. but being on here, seeing so many share my excitement has really helped me fully embrace my love for all things creepy and crawly. i love your bug pictures and i love your appreciation for them. thank you for that, even if no one else in your life appreciates bugs, i do.