Oh, you're tired after taking care of your one kid for the entire day?
I finally got to observe these tiny theridiosomatids that live at the edge of streams, thanks to Yuya Suzuki.
Then my 9-year-old showed me her comic book detailing Wendilgarda's hunting strategies to tell me what a noob I am. 😱😱😱
Please take some time to look through some of the discoveries photographed in 2025. It should interest some invertebrate enthusiasts. yes? yes?
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Here you go! I bought the entire series (over 20 books) for about $50, so less than $2 per comic. Getting just one book will be much more expensive.
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Described the gist of what I did in this post. Haven't gotten down to writing a full post about it yet.
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Blind cave spiders~
This occurs due to the process of regressive evolution. In an environment without light, vision provides no advantage in finding prey or avoiding predators. The loss of their eyes means that energy and resources once used for eyes are instead allocated to other traits.
