A Snake Sculpture
6th-11th Century AD, from U Thong Thailand.
When curiosity overtakes self preservation...if you think it looks good, check it! Glad i did - the first time I've seen Haplodrassus dalmatensis and the first Cornish record in 20+ years. Yet another addition to the ridiculous assemblage on the West Lizard cliffs! @britishspiders.bsky.social
Sardonicus
Tylan Berry
Another London specialty joins the ranks of Philodromus buxi in Oxford - Anyphaena sabina
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First up in a new #EccentricErigoninae series, where some of the weirdest Erigonine headgear is on display - Diplocephalus permixtus, a tiny (and supposedly common) spider I finally found for the first time yesterday.
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An attempt to photograph this Philodromus aureolus mid-moult on the clothes pegs revealed a very impatient male waiting for her to finish! He briefly locked horns with another male while she decided she wanted nothing to do with either of them...
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I nominate @tylanberry.bsky.social @chizz13.bsky.social @chalkspring.bsky.social @graemelyons.bsky.social @thomasbarbin.bsky.social and @forthespiders.bsky.social to give us some more #EccentricErigoninae!
Out today in @royalsocietypublishing.org - we show that crab spiders (the ones you usually see ambushing pollinators on flowers 🕷️🌸) get worse at hunting if their eyes are covered!🫣 Sounds obvious? It's actually quite surprising, here's why... 👀 (1/8)
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