Arachnid Discussion Topic!

[ra_teo]

Looks like a male to me

With that more colourful abdomen.

[ra_teo]

Jeff will do :)

Meet Jeff the Sun Spider!

[austin_ajit]

He looks adorable!

[broacher]

Here’s an arachnid subtopic suggestion to match the Easter weekend: eggs! Show us some of your nifty egg-related finds.

Case(s) in point?

Eastern Ray Spider egg case (more Of a Christmas than Easter vibe though, right?)

How about a visit from the Easter Cellar Spider then?

[Thunderhead]

Dimorphic Jumping Spider…outside and inside of the webbing

[ra_teo]

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/271158209

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/271157943

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/271157815

Three jumping spider species in one day! That’s a new best!

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/271157903

As a bonus, this is my new spider species on my life list I found yesterday (among others) and I really like.

[ra_teo]

Just a bonus question: what’s your favorite arachnid picture?

[erin-816]

@Ajott

It’s a girly.. maybe Edda

(@Ajott answered this above)

[erin-816]

re:

@broacher

nifty egg-related finds

this colorful egg sac…Phrurotimpus

which is similar to some easter eggs we made in the past…

[sebastiandoak]

Maybe a few days late, but a couple of my fave eggsacs.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180830883

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256483356

[broacher]

@austin_ajit

only roaches can survive being beheaded

Well, I don’t wanna brag, but…

[austin_ajit]

Why are all the replies to this topic marked as ‘solution’ like in a question topic?

[oksanaetal]

I doubt that the site can discriminate between question and discussion.

[jasonhernandez74]

@austin_ajit

Why are all the replies to this topic marked as ‘solution’

To add to @oksanaetal 's explanation, as you are the originator of the thread, you have the option of marking any given reply as ‘solution’ by clicking on the icon. The rest of us do not see that icon, but if you do pick one, we will see a green version of it on the one you picked.

[austin_ajit]

Thanks @oksanaetal and @jasonhernandez74 ! I thought I must have accidentally tagged this topic as a question or something.

[erin-816]

I thought the same when I saw that on something I posted. Thanks for asking, it’s good to know it wasn’t something we each did wrong.

[whaichi]

Orienticius vulpes (여우깡충거미 in Korean) is my second most-observed species on iNaturalist (80 observations) but this past weekend was the first time I’ve seen two of them ‘fighting’ before. From what I can tell, this was a territorial dispute over control of the fence post:

https://youtube.com/shorts/gBoG2IN8Yk4?feature=share

[Ajott]

Amazing observation!

[austin_ajit]

Adorable little fellas! It looks kinda like they are aggressively hugging though lol.

[dendroleon]

i thought i’d caught a couple jumping spiders mating, but upon a closer look that was not the case. it was just a male being eaten by another jumper. whoops.