can i just say as someone who followed bc i love birds / moths / most things that fly but also someone who has an irrational fear of spiders, i rly rly appreciate seeing spiders on here treated w the same enthusiasm & excitement. it's doing a lot to desensitise me to them & making my instincts change from "oh god a spider" to "i wonder what species that spider is". curiosity is like smth i function on very well so being to change my approach to spiders into one of curiosity is rly helping... i also appreciate this blog in general but like specifically the spiders thank you for that :))
Thank you for that so much for saying so boo-boo. That really is a big reason why I do this.
Here is a little cutie just for you…

Peacock Jumping Spider (Maratus gemmifer), male displaying to a nearby female, family Salticidae, Perth, Western Australia
Photograph by Jamie Hall definitive imaging
