I found this article about counting/photographing spiders and other things that often “disgust” the average person interesting and wanted to share. https://knowablemagazine.org/article/living-world/2023/everyone-should-start-counting-spiders?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

Nice, thanks for sharing. I’ve found a soft spot for spiders myself.

By the way, the project AracnOctubre is still on. ;-)

I’ve always liked spiders, but until recently, I’d get the creepy crawlies if I looked at them for too long (you know, where you get the hallucination that there are critters crawling all over your body). iNat has definitely helped me get over that, since I’m now actively seeking them out! Experts l…

And the article links to this forum topic . :wink:

I love watching spiders, letting them walk on my hands, playing with their silk safety line as they move down using it. So this thread made me wonder about spiders in the Netherlands and in Amsterdam, and how I observed spiders here. Somewhat shockingly, in the last week I found that iNaturalist is…

[image] tisli: So indeed there is a lot to be won by identifying more species. There is. But being told that they can’t be identified wihout microscopy of the male pedipalps is a discouragement; it creates the impression that the effort was wasted.

Yes, and is not necessarily so! I have had many good IDs and I made many half-decent photos with my mediocre smartphone camera. I woke up to 15+ notifications on my spiders from 7 different people. This community is so lovely!

[image] jasonhernandez74: But being told that they can’t be identified wihout microscopy of the male pedipalps is a discouragement; it creates the impression that the effort was wasted. Why? There are many, many taxa that are difficult or impossible to ID to species level from photos. Add to …

Most jumping spiders can be IDed to species (or at least genus) without microscopy. Other spider families are more difficult.

Hello guys, I would definitely love to capture the diverse feelings for spider species who are often perceived dangerous or disgusting. I have created a survey for this purpose here: http://www.wasp-project.net/survey I would appreciate if you could check out the survey, and perhaps rate the speci…

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And the article links to this forum topic.

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