Arachnid 🕷

Dorsal view by the same photographer:

And from the side:

Butterfly of the day Trogonoptera brookiana ssp. albescens

Feel free to use it! 🌈🌈🌈🌈

🏵️ Ceramic hummingbird hawk-moth sculpture 🏵️

Jumping Spider (Cytaea dispalans), male, family Salticidae, Bandung, Indonesia

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FOR MONTHS I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING COMMENTS ABOUT HOW BUTTERFLIES ARE NOT MOTHS AND VICE-VERSA. well guess WHAT THIS THING'S NAME? ''COMMON BUTTERFLY MOTH''. THAT'S RIGHT

GO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF. THIS IS A VICTORY FOR ME AND ME ONLY

On a new genus and species of karst-dwelling freshwater crab (Crustacea, Brachyura, Potamidae) from Peninsular Malaysia

Zhi Wan Tan, Qie Ooi, Peter K. L. Ng

ABSTRACT

Recent explorations of caves in Pahang, central Peninsular Malaysia yielded specimens of an unusual long-legged terrestrial, cave-dwelling crab. Morphological examinations of the specimens collected, in comparison with known species from the region suggests that they belong to a new genus and species, which are described herein.  Merapohra karsticola gen. nov. et sp. nov., is differentiated from other potamids by characters of the carapace epigastric and postorbital cristae, ambulatory legs, male thoracic sternum, male pleon, and diagnostic structure of the male first gonopod. The discovery of this new genus and species of cave-dwelling crab highlights the importance and high diversity of karst systems in Peninsular Malaysia, which are imperilled in light of ongoing quarrying and mining activities.

Read the paper here:

Here's a fella I had to relocate out of work. There was another fella earlier (just "floating" in air) but that guy didnt give me any trouble so he was out the door before I could get a photo.

Ooo I bet they felt so safe in that paper towel enclosure during transport

[PHOTOS TAKEN: APRIL 3RD, 2026 | Image IDs: Four photos of a large brown and beige american nursery web spider resting on a similarly colored piece of cardboard. In the second to last image, a grey weevil can be seen in the background, while in the following image, the same weevil can be seen touching one of the spider's back legs /End IDs.]

She’s taken over my laundry basket for when I’m not holding her, but she also very much enjoys sitting in my hair for whatever reason