One of my favourite things about being Australian on the internet is coming across comment threads on spider-related videos full of Aussies discussing their household huntsman spiders, and front-path orb weavers etc., their names, life stories, RIP messages telling of their sad demises when encountering visiting tourists or tradies

Did you forget too?
It's #SpiderSunday

My friend Dol, (Ms. Dolomedes Tenebrosus, if you're nasty).

She eats things I don't like. Flies.

During copulation, females of the species practice sexual cannibalism on their male counterparts WHAT, WAIT..

Cucumber spider #spiders #bugs #nature #naturephotography #perthshire #Scotland

Anepsion roeweri

Observed on 2024-04-02

By: slunky

Location: Sun Moon Lake, Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan 555

iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239127606

Photo credits: (c) Slunky, some rights reserved (CC BY)

The bold jumper loves the bees.

Diese kleine Kürbisspinne (Araniella sp.) muss noch ein wenig wachsen, bis sie erwachsen ist. Der Netzbau funktioniert aber schon wie bei den Größen.

Netz einer Trichterspinne mit Tautropfen // Web of a funnel-web spider with dewdrops

SCHÖNES GEGEN DOOFES!

The tension in this horror movie is unbearable

c: @simonscatofficial on IG

The tension in this horror movie is unbearable

c: @simonscatofficial on IG

A transfer of life.

Two Gray Wall Jumping Spiders (Menemerus bivittatus), female and male, spotted at Springleaf Park Connector, Singapore on 14 Dec 2024. A common spider, found in both urban areas and parks.

On iNaturalist:
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255061504
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255061505

The other day when I finally got around to cleaning the computer out, and literally the cobwebs, I wondered to myself wtf spider is the one that always makes webs inside the case and is never seen. I think I might have found the subject. I just saw it crawling along but after taking the photos I noticed there was a random array of the fine webs on another loop of cable above this that look like what was inside.

A Thin-legged Wolf Spider (genus Pardosa) spotted at Ulu Sembawang Park Connector, Singapore on 24 Nov 2024. A common spider, here seen carrying an egg pouch on the abodomen.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/254289654 ].

Eight eyes, zero patience for your nonsense: Jumping spider demonstrating the art of the mesmerizing stare. Photo: Husini Bakar. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Spiders #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Little-humped spiders have reached Oxford! #iNaturalist user flamingtofunz posted a photo yesterday.

This Australian spider was found in NZ in 2016 in #Christchurch and has spread southeast (Little River by 2022), south (Leeston by 2024), north (Pegasus by 2024), and now northwest to Oxford.

It's a small, distinctive social spider. A few 100 spiders work together to build large messy webs that catch a lot of insects.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/265494676

A look at how iNat enables this kind of global detective work.

"Determined to uncover the identity of the mystery spider, [Nicky Bay] uploaded his photographs of the sac to flora and fauna database iNaturalist
[...]
It took the internet just three days to crack the case."

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/how-a-mystery-spiders-candyfloss-like-egg-sac-in-singapore-spun-a-worldwide-web-of-connections

Happy belated Save A Spider Day Did you know spiders are pollinators on top of pest control? That's why they have so many legs

https://nationaltoday.com/save-a-spider-day/