Ichor & Chitin

Cellar spider, Leptopholcus podophthalmus, Pholcidae

Female cellar spiders hold their egg sac in their mouth parts until they hatch - in these photos, the spiderlings are in the process of emerging. Also featuring a very tiny parasitoid Scelionine wasp visible in photos 1-4.

Photos by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

Pellucid Hawk Moth aka Coffee Bean Moth (Cephonodes hylas), family Sphingidae, Bhandardara, India

Metallic Spiny Spider (Gasteracantha metallica), female, family Araneidae, Solomon Islands

Marina’s babies are here!!! they must’ve hatched just hours ago

I won’t count them yet since I don’t want to bother the little family, but there’s a lot, with babies hanging onto her back and her belly. so happy for her

Spiny handsome fungus beetle, Cacodaemon sp., Endomychidae

Photographed in Malaysia by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

Euperilampus triangularis, a member of Chalcidoid Wasps

July 4, 2023

Largeclasper cicada, Carineta diardi, Cicadidae

Found in Brazil and Paraguay. Photos 1-7 show normal coloration while 8-10 show coloration immediately after emerging.

Red chalcidid wasp, Conura rufa, Chalcididae

Milky owlfly, Libelloides lacteus, Ascalaphidae, Neuroptera

Photographed in Croatia by Nikola Rahmé // Instagram

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