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SPIDER
IN BATHROOM
AH
S P I D E R
TRYNA KILL ME AND EAT ME AND TURN NE INTO SPIDER PRISONER
STRANDED
WITH SPIDER
IN BATHROOM
WITH NO HELP
SOS
CODE SPIDER
PRAYING ON MY DOWNFALL IN LIFE
SPOOKY
SCARY
S P O O K Y
ngl i would let a jumping spider live in my room under the contract that it has to pay rent (1 cent monthly) and cannot lay eggs and also i will provide it with flies ♡
Finished, this appeared more happy in my head, I'm happy with the results though!
Jumping spider, Phiale guttata, Salticidae
Found from Mexico down through Brazil
Photos 1-2 by jorgearrestre4, 3-5 by benoit_segerer, 6-7 by mason_s, 8 by b_louboutin, and 9-10 (for scale) by isaof
This spider has better eyelashes than me
Jumping spider, Thyene inflata, Salticidae
Found in Sub-Saharan Africa
Photos 1-5 by wynand_uys, 6 by linkie, and 7 by christopher1201
Vida's Sheep Jumping Spider: researchers believe that these tiny spiders developed their "woolly" appearance as a way to mimic lacewing larvae or scale insects
The scientific name for this species is Oviballus vidae, but it has also been referred to as the "sheepy jumping spider" or "Vida's jumping spider." It was discovered in 2015, and first described (in a formal context) back in 2020.
As this article (PDF) describes:
Recently, two new salticids, R. legitima and Oviballus vidae were described from South Africa, and suggested to be mimics of either scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) or lacewing larvae (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), due to their white colouration and the presence of peculiar tufts of white setae on the body.
The possibility of [scale insects] being the model is supported by Oviballus vidae being regularly collected from plants with woolly scales, although the movements of O. vidae quite closely resemble those of chrysopid larvae.
In fact, a fourth species of possible scale mimic, a new Rhene species, was recently discovered in a collection of salticids from southern Mozambique, indicating that this phenomenon may be more widespread than has previously been known or even suspected.
O. vidae was named after Vida van der Walt, the photographer who captured some of the first images of these spiders back in 2015, just after the species was discovered by Dr. Galina Azarkina. Vida van der Walt also took the photographs that appear in this post.
Sources & More Info:
Arthropoda Selecta (scientific journal): Rediscovery and Redescription of Rhene cooperi, another possible mimic of scale insects (PDF)
Spider Club of South Africa: Two New Species Named After SA Photographer (PDF, with the relevant info on page 5)
Field Guide to the Spiders of South Africa: Section on Vida's Sheep Jumping Spider
when spiders put their little pedipalps together
additional pic of the little frien:
Sorry but this is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen
“They will Kill You” lmao
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Peek WITHIN the petals of your rosebushes and you TOO may find a friend and lad
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OMG I found jumping spider in my room!
It's so smol! I think it's zebra spider (Salticus scenicus), but I may be wrong. Just look at this blorbo!
Jumping spider id pls. Location: continental slovenia (central europe).
Paradise jumping spider (male and female), Habronattus mustaciatus (part of complex H. americanus), Salticidae
Found in California
Photos by mhedin
Some posters I made for my brothers game.
Hibiscus the red eyed tree frog
Benny the jumping spider
