Long-armed Jumping Spiders In The GenusCopocrossa, Salticidae

Long-armed jumping spiders in the genus Copocrossa, Salticidae

Female is lighter-colored; photo 5 shows female in nest with male beside it. Found in Southeast Asia and Australia.

Photos 1-5 by lawrencehylton, 6-7 by kitlaw, 8-9 by tommyhui, and photo 10 (for scale) by jenny_w

Happy Bandcamp Friday!

Just treated myself to Of Valleys and Mountains, by Pull Down The Sun, and the entire Diplodocus back catalogue.

Of Valleys and Mountains is great slice of Aotearoan metal from way back in 2020, though I only discovered Pull Down the Sun in 2021 and listened to the album in 2022. The band probably sits somewhere in the realms of post-metal, and the album is delightfully heavy, and has a real groove to it. Definitely one of my new favourites :)

Diplodocus, on the other hand, was much more of an impulse buy, in fact I only heard them for the first time yesterday. It's dungeon synth, by way of dinosaurs. So, dino synth. :D

It's heavy synth ambient music with shades of DIY black metal. Feels like this is going to get a lot of rotation when I'm playing prehistoric-themed tabletop games. It's honestly kinda delightful.

Mascot Protects Kid From Foul Ball

some eerie silhouettes of Stella.

(Phrynus longipes)

Tiny Hannibal of Carthage, and his trusty elephant steed ❤️