#spiderscience

Welcome to the best time of the year, #Arachtober! It's a month long celebration of my favorite unbelievably weird and wonderful animals. (....well, it's almost halfway through, but I've been remiss on reposting my photos on here from Twitter, so...) Join us in posting any and all sorts of art & science about arachnids! #ExploreTinyWorlds --- For #Arachtober 1st, meet a paradise spider (genus Habronattus)! --- Enjoying my photography? I'm available for: ➡️Macro photos (both in-studio & out in nature) for your projects! ➡️Pet (arthropod, reptile, etc) portraits ➡️Photography workshops Check my portfolio & get in touch via my website: spiderdaynightlive.com/photos/ --- #Arachnology #arachnidsofig #arachnidsofinstagram #spidersunday #spidersOfInstagram #spidersofig #SpiderScience #wildlife_perfection #wildlife_macro #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #macro_brilliance #macro_perfection #macro_highlight #macrophotography #macrophotos #invertsofinstagram #InvertOfTheWeek #invert_macro #natgeoyourshot #natgeowild #nature #naturephotography #wildanimals #jumpingspider #habronattus https://www.instagram.com/p/CjvJ2ElO4OW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“There’s a lot of engineering and physics involved. And kinesthetics! I’ve done a lot of research just to know how things work, so go ahead and ask whatever you’d like!”

real Lampona hours, who up --- After the sun goes down, Whitetail spiders (Lampona sp.) wake up and go for a wander, hoping to bump into another spider or an insect to eat. In New Zealand, these spiders have a really nasty reputation, but my understanding is that their venom is painful but not actually dangerous. Yellow sac spiders (Cheiracanthium so) over here have a similar rep; I wonder if it's a "night-wandering-spider" thing, since they've got a greater chance of accidentally getting rolled on by a sleeping person and biting in defense. --- #Arachnology #arachnidsofig #arachnidsofinstagram #spidersunday #spidersOfInstagram #spidersofig #SpiderScience #wildlife_perfection #wildlife_macro #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #macro_brilliance #macro_perfection #macro_highlight #macrophotography #macrophotos #invertsofinstagram #InvertOfTheWeek #invert_macro #natgeoyourshot #natgeowild #nature #naturephotography #wildanimals https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc2ddzKOf7d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Get up and close with a tarantula and you see how fuzzy they are! For yesterday, #Arachtober 6th, this is a portrait of my #Aphonopelma seemanni. I *love* the blue undertones in their legs! --- In the wild, this species lives in Costa Rica. If you find an adult for sale in most pet stores, know that they are almost guaranteed to be taken from the wild and imported. Wild-caught spiders don't make for great pets. Thankfully they are pretty common as captive bred spiderlings, which is how I got mine. --- This is a focus-stack of 5 shots, so I was able to get lot of the spider in good detail. I've been wanting to learn how to focus stack for a while, so I'm really happy with how this photo turned out! --- #spiderverse #spidersoftheworld #SpiderScience #spidersOfInstagram #spidersofig #petSpiders #arachnology #arachnidsofig #arachnidsofinstagram #petphotography #petportrait #macro_brilliance #macro_perfection #macro_highlight #macrophotography #macro #invertsofinstagram #invertmacro #aphonopelmaseemanni #tarantulasoftheworld #tarantulalove #tarantula #tarantulasofig #tarantulasofinstagram #tarantulakeeper #tarantulaworld https://www.instagram.com/p/CGC7R4QMo2u/?igshid=12i2up2w3yd1c

Ever wondered what a tiny spider sees when it looks at you? Check out the latest Every Little Thing (@eltshow)? A listener spots a jumping spider in their car* and wonders what it sees when looking back up at them! I had a lot of fun talking spider vision on the show. --- *not a rare place to find them, tbh (📷 by @thomas_shahan) --- tiny correction: in the episode, the host mentions the variation in color vision in jumping spiders. They say that only some jumpers can see UV light, but actually all species can see UV. Only some species can see reds. --- #sciComm #SpiderScience #animaleyes #podcast #arachnology #spidersOfInstagram #spidersofig #arachnidsofig #arachnidsofinstagram #jumpingspiders #jumpingspider #salticidae #salticid https://www.instagram.com/p/CE6yzzuMxBo/?igshid=4gpy5oeja28

A spider's life is rarely easy! This cobweb spider has permanently lost two of her legs--you can see the scarred-over stumps. As an adult, she won't molt anymore, and can't regrow them. But, under her diligent watch, her 2 egg cases will hatch soon! #exploreTinyWorlds #AmazingArachnids --- #spiderverse #SpiderScience #spidersOfInstagram #spiderStory #SpiderSunday #spiderstory #spidersofig #arachnology #arachnidsofig #arachnidsofinstagram #spiders #spider #macro #macro_brilliance #macroperfection #macrophoto #macrophotography #macro_photography #wildlife_macro #wildlifephotography #naturePhotography #nature #animalmoms #InvertOfTheWeek #invert_macro #im_spiderweek https://www.instagram.com/p/CEjvGqfssMa/?igshid=s62nhzhx054b

#SpiderRoom / office looking fresh! A few tarantulas got house upgrades, added a Madagascar hissing roach colony, rearranged a few things on the shelf, & @lancerrpg added to the book stack. --- #spiderverse #spiderman #SpiderScience #arachnology #homeOffice #realLifeScientist #spidersOfInstagram #spidersofig #arachnidsofig #arachnidsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUiPI3s5ht/?igshid=v4q8s71gzml0

WHOMST is this *absolute unit* of an Agelenopsis?? --- This #SpiderID mystery really threw me for a loop. I've seen typical Agelenopsis (grass spiders) with their sheet + funnel webs on hedges and bushes.. but this large lad is bigger than any I've encountered before. There is a whole neighborhood of these spiders along an easily accessed trail in a local park. I really thought this was some other strange genus in the Agelenid family, but after talking to other spider scientists, it seems that these are REALLY BIG individuals. Good on ya, big spiders. #AmazingArachnids #exploreTinyWorlds --- #SpiderScience #arachnology #arachnidsofig #arachnidsofinstagram #spiderverse #spidersOfInstagram #spidersOfIG #spiderphotography #macro #macro_brilliance #macroperfection #macrophoto #macro_photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife_macro #wildlife_perfection #Invertefest #InvertOfTheWeek #invert_macro #bugwatching #Agelenopsis #grassspider #web https://www.instagram.com/p/CECFMsdstNQ/?igshid=18wekv2zu2jdy