#amazingarachnid

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A few more views of the incredibly flat #Holoplatys #jumpingSpider! This body shape let's them hide and live under tiny gaps, such as those on bark. --- #AmazingArachnid #amazingArachnids #Arachtober #spidersOfInstagram #spidersoftheworld #arachnidsofig #arachnidsofinstagram #macro_photography #macro #macrophotography #invert_macro (at Riccarton House & Bush) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3MojJ8HosE/?igshid=m2p3te47yqny

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For the first day of #Arachtober, let's meet an #AmazingArachnid! This is a Flatlander--er, I mean a Flattened #JumpingSpider (#Holoplatys sp.) from New Zealand! --- I know it's a day late; Insta posts tend to be behind my Twitter (@spiderdaynight). -- #exploreTinyWorlds #sciComm #bugwatching #arthropod  #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #amazingArachnids #loveAllSpiders #everySpiderMatters #TurnFearToFascination #arachnidsOfIG #spidersOfIG #spidersOfInstagram #invert_macro #macro #macro_photography #arthropodMacro #naturePhotography #spiderPhotography (at Riccarton House & Bush) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3HjVQAHoag/?igshid=1r1smqef3hwwu

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Today is the 1st #spiderSunday! Arachnologists across the world are sharing #amazingArachnid photos and facts. For my part, here is a close-up of a #tarantula's eyes. See how tiny they are? #Tarantulas don't hunt by sight; instead they feel the "footsteps" of nearby prey! --- And a bit zoomed out, to give you a sense of scale. This is Isabel the Chilean rose-hair once again. She is a very good model, especially when she's eating. --- #exploreTinyWorlds #sciComm #bugwatching #arthropod  #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #loveAllSpiders #everySpiderMatters #TurnFearToFascination #arachnidsOfIG #spidersOfIG #spidersOfInstagram #invert_macro #macro #macro_photography #arthropodMacro #naturePhotography #spiderPhotography https://www.instagram.com/p/B0LppXeHXGI/?igshid=rqn7r2yydzp4

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Another view of the same #Phidippus audax from yesterday. You can really appreciate their glittering green fangs from this angle! --- #exploreTinyWorlds #amazingArachnid #AmazingArachnids #JumpingSpiders #jumpingspider #arachnology #salticidae #spidersOfInstagram #spiderverse #spidersofig#arachnidsofig #arachnidsofinstagram #wildlifephotography #animalphotography #macro #macrophotography #InvertOfTheWeek #invert_macro #petSpider https://www.instagram.com/p/B-w84vXhWOE/?igshid=kmjrfwyg41ul

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This is your regular reminder that Liphistiid #trapdoor spiders are wonderful and ancient! All other spiders are more closely related to each other than they are to Liphistiid spiders. This lets us know that these spiders are the closest living example of what the very first spiders were like! One notable trait is a segmented abdomen (swipe to see it); no other group of spiders have this trait, but very old fossilized spiders do! -- #amazingArachnid #exploreTinyWorlds #spiderverse #spidersOfInstagram #SpiderInstagram #InvertOfTheWeek #invert_macro #macrophotography #macro_photography #arachnidsofig #arachnidsofinstagram #arachnology #spidersoftheworld #Liphistius #trapdoorSpider https://www.instagram.com/p/B8teTBNh1I9/?igshid=25lp5gsxd8i0

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Who is this shiny spider I met in a New Zealand glowworm forest? I think it's a type of hackledmesh weaver (Amaurobioid), but I'm not sure of the genus/species. A #SpiderSunday mystery. --- #exploreTinyWorlds #AmazingArachnid #amazingArachnids #spiderverse #spidersOfInstagram #spidersoftheworld #spidersofig #arachnology #arachnidsofig #arachnidsofinstagram #arachnids #arachno19 #wildlifephotography #naturePhotography #macrophotography #InvertOfTheWeek #invert_macro #NewZealand https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Wi1SIBV57/?igshid=1re4dkc2379ct

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This is your regular reminder that #Platycryptus undatus males are quite glamorous! --- #AmazingArachnid #exploreTinyWorlds #arachnology #arachnidsofig #arachnidsofinstagram #spiderverse #spidersOfInstagram #spidersoftheworld #spidersofig #JumpingSpiders #salticidae #invert_macro #im_spiderweek #macro #macrophotography #macro_photography #wildlifephotography #naturePhotography https://www.instagram.com/p/B6LhB7rnM7z/?igshid=1h31ig7limxtg

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Your dog is more closely related to birds (last common ancestor ~ 300 million years ago) than spiders are to insects (last common ancestor 500+ million years ago)! In this #fossil amber (~30 million years old), you can see a wasp (an insect) and a #jumpingSpider. While they both have exoskeletons and segmented bodies, many things about their shape and physiology are very different! --- #amazingArachnid #amazingArachnids #exploreTinyWorlds #Arachtober #arachnology #arachnidsofig #spidersOfInstagram #spiderverse #spidersoftheworld #arachnidsofinstagram #macrophotography #macro https://www.instagram.com/p/B4QOmaWHuut/?igshid=bi661lv0ubqf