Native Podocarp-broadleaved bush, on wall of a culvert at night.
Observed with Andy Xiong
Must've had trouble molting - a lot of his legs had oddly bent areas.
Found in a cave. Lacks eyes and pigmentation.
Posted with permission from owner.
12-15 mm. Palp photographed on living specimen. From leaf litter on heathland.
Found on ane external house wall at night. Body length aprrox. 10 mm
Thank you to Caitlin Henderson (Noted arachnologist) for the identification.
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One of an unknown number of meshweavers in an American Sycamore tree (216687313).
One (216687315) was much larger than the others; about 3-4mm long. It was also more brown and its patterning more diffuse.
The others were about 1-2mm long. Most of these were blue-black & white with striking patterning that is very intricate in very close views. (See 216687318, 216687319, 216687323, 216687326.)
One of the tiny ones (here), a male, was solid dark brown except for the legs.
Two of the tiny ones (here and 216687326) - the male and a female - were engaged in battle.
I wanted to see how it came out, but it just went on & on. The male would drive the female from the web, but then she would try again. They fought at very close quarters at times.
Idk if I triggered this; one of the females got sick of my intrusion and vanished. Did she go try to take over someone else's web?
One of an unknown number of meshweavers in an American Sycamore tree (216687313).
One (216687315) was much larger than the others; about 3-4mm long. It was also more brown and its patterning more diffuse.
The others were about 1-2mm long. Most of these were blue-black & white with striking patterning that is very intricate in very close views. (This observation, also: 216687318, 216687319, 216687323.)
One of the tiny ones (216687330), a male, was solid dark brown except for the legs.
Two of the tiny ones (216687330 and here) - the male and a female - were engaged in battle.
I wanted to see how it came out, but it just went on & on. The male would drive the female from the web, but then she would try again. They fought at very close quarters at times.
Idk if I triggered this; one of the females got sick of my intrusion and vanished. Did she go try to take over someone else's web?
One of an unknown number of meshweavers in an American Sycamore tree (216687313).
One (216687315) was much larger than the others; about 3-4mm long. It was also more brown and its patterning more diffuse.
The others were about 1-2mm long. Most of these were blue-black & white with striking patterning that is very intricate in very close views. (This observation, also: 216687318, 216687319, 216687326.)
One of the tiny ones (216687330), a male, was solid dark brown except for the legs.
One of an unknown number of meshweavers in an American Sycamore tree (216687313).
One (216687315) was much larger than the others; about 3-4mm long. It was also more brown and its patterning more diffuse.
The others were about 1-2mm long. Most of these were blue-black & white with striking patterning that is very intricate in very close views. (This observation, also: 216687318, 216687323, 216687326.)
One of the tiny ones (216687330), a male, was solid dark brown except for the legs.
Zwergsechsaugenspinnen oder nur Zwergsechsaugen (Oonopidae)
Female trying to balloon.
Male; confirmed by dissection.
See the palp here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1826191
rien de décrit j'imagine?
Provincia de Almería
parte de un estudio en curso - especímenes aún no examinados
Provincia de Almería
parte de un estudio en curso - especímenes aún no examinados
Provincia de Almería
parte de un estudio en curso - especímenes aún no examinados
Provincia de Almería
parte de un estudio en curso - especímenes aún no examinados
Provincia de Almería
parte de un estudio en curso - especímenes aún no examinados
Provincia de Almería
parte de un estudio en curso - especímenes aún no examinados
Found under a rock, protecting its egg sac
Here's some behavior I've been hoping to capture for a while! These Callobius pictus males had a quick dispute on one of the sheds in my yard. The shed is home to many C. pictus and C. severus spiders, especially the former right now.
The larger spider (left in the pictures) was crawling up along one of the corners while the smaller one was milling around higher up. The males seemed to notice one another from a distance of about 10 cm and they began moving in rather abrupt, jerky motions towards one another. When they were close enough, they stretched out their front legs out to the sides and made contact with the other spider's similarly extended legs. Then they came together and tussled for a bit, also grappling with their second pair of legs. The actual physical contact lasted only about 10 seconds. The smaller spider (right in the pictures) retreated and neither seemed any worse for wear.
The images of the dispute are in REVERSE chronological order. The individual close-ups are of the smaller spider on the right following the encounter.
I've seen similar behaviour in C. severus before, although the severus duel I photographed was lengthier with multiple scuffles: