#araneoidea

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Hell Creek Floodplain Forest

okay so i was browsing through old files and realised i never posted this cube diorama of a floodplain forest in Hell Creek done for one of #Paleostream's older art challenges in 2022

this is literally 3 years old. i fell off apparently...???

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for a while there was a beautiful pair of Leaf-curling spiders living outside our door. as the name suggests, these spiders use a curled leaf in the centre of their web as a silk-lined retreat from predators. I've read that males and females will share a leaf, but these two were living in separate leaves close by each other.

the photo above is the female, feeding on a small beetle. the male is pictured below, with a much skinnier body plan, and a pair of long, rounded pedipalps.

Leaf-curling Spider, 2 individuals (Phonognatha graeffei), March '24.

[rattyexplores]

Northern Saint Andrew's Cross Spider

A common garden orbweaver.

Argiope aetherea, “Northern Saint Andrew's Cross Spider”

15/06/22

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Four-spotted orb weaver (Araneus quadratus)

Photo by John Hallmén

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This orbweaver didn’t ask for a shower but them’s the breaks.

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A. rotundulus was one of the first posts I ever made on this blog. It feels good to be able to post this species again, this time through a better lens.

Small Round Orbweaver, female (Araneus rotundulus), April '24.

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Saw my first whip spider today, such a long tail! when she was settled, she'd lay flat and look like a floating stick, but I sadly couldn't get a picture of that behaviour. Got some excellent macros of her face though!

Whip spider, female (Ariamnes colubrinus) on Dyschoriste (Dyschoriste depressa).

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Giant Golden Orb from earlier this year. found all along the eastern coast of Aus, and yet I've only seen one once :,) Such incredible colours on the females.

Giant Golden Orb-Weaver, female (Nephila pilipes).