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Shreyas Kuchibhotla @snake-spider-et-al.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

A male Cyrtophora cylindroides from Singapore - I was thoroughly confused when I found it in a space web (perhaps I could be excused for fruitlessly scouring Theridiid literature until @kalakemangga.bsky.social corrected me). Quite happy with the shot! @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Evolutionary Systematics @evolsyst.pensoft.net · 27/10/2025

Two new species of cobweb spiders are described from Sumatra, Indonesia. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/evol... #arachnids #biodiversity #taxonomy @kalakemangga.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Nyctimus rendang Dhiya’ulhaq & Benjamin, sp. nov. "The epithet refers to a meat dish associated with the cuisine of the Minangkabau people from West Sumatra. The meat is slow-cooked in a plethora of spices, giving it a dark colouration." another top tier name from @kalakemangga.bsky.social lmao

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Taxonomic notes on the crab-spider genera Nyctimus Thorell, 1877 and Zametopina Simon, 1909 (Araneae, Thomisidae) with descriptions of six new species from Southeast Asia

The crab-spider genera Zametopina Simon, 1909 and Nyctimus Thorell, 1877 remain poorly studied, with significant gaps in their taxonomic understanding. Nyctimus has seen little study since its origina...

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ZooKeys @zookeys.pensoft.net · 30/07/2025

A collection of crab spiders from Indonesia's Jambi Province revealed five new species and one new genus. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook... @uni-goettingen.de @kalakemangga.bsky.social ‪‬ #arachnids #biodiversity #taxonomy

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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/01/2025

Biologists Unveil New Taxonomic System Classifying Species By Hotness theonion.com/biologi...

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Nicky Bay @nickybay.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Has anyone seen and identified these large (~10mm) male araneids before? Longitudinal fovea, shoulder horns and stout tibia II with a distal pair of spines. Not many araneids have large males so that narrows down quite a bit. Specimens found in Singapore.

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Naufal Urfi Dhiya'ulhaq @kalakemangga.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Ending 2024 with hadrotarsines. Cute little fuckers

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Naufal Urfi Dhiya'ulhaq @kalakemangga.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Just identified this observation as Serendib, a rather rare ant-mimicking corinnid spider. This particular one seem to be mimicking D. gigas, but with its abdomen as the head www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Genus Serendib

Serendib from Bahagian Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia on December 15, 2024 at 12:06 PM by Foo Chuan Wei

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Have yourself a merry little Carboniferous. #Art #SciArt #PaleoArt #Inverts

a pine tree with bugs hanging all around it. at the very top is a dragonfly-like meganeura with open wings, circling the base is the giant millipede arthropleura. on the branches sit various insects and circular pine cones.

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Priyantha Wijesinghe @elaphrornis.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Any spider people out there recognize this palp? Theridiid (presumably) from corners of walls etc. Inside houses, Colombo, Sri Lanka. A small sketch in a stack of old drawings, 1980s. Must surely be a well known & widely distributed synanthropic spider. Sorry, no habitus sketch or other info.

Sketch of male pedipalp of an unknown spider (Theridiidae?) from inside houses, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Naufal Urfi Dhiya'ulhaq @kalakemangga.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Absolute unit of a wolf spider. Large lycosids seem to be not as common in Southeast Asia as they are elsewhere. Perhaps in competition with ctenids?

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Naufal Urfi Dhiya'ulhaq @kalakemangga.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Undescribed Katya from Bali. The genus is (so far) endemic to Indonesia, found on the mountains of Java to Lesser Sundas www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Genus Katya

Katya in January 2019 by Tiziano Hurni-Cranston

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Naufal Urfi Dhiya'ulhaq @kalakemangga.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Aint no one gonna tell me Dolomedes will be split from Pisauridae? This is huge

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Naufal Urfi Dhiya'ulhaq @kalakemangga.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

"The genus Titanidiops in South-east Asia" by Schwendinger, Huber & Hongpadharakiree (2024)" The family Idiopidae is now formally recorded in Indonesia with Titanidiops insularis (but might in fact be a separate, cryptic species from the Thai holotype) bioone.org/journals/rev...

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The genus Titanidiops in South-east Asia (Arachnida: Araneae: Idiopidae)

Five Titanidiops species are described: T. birmanicus Schwendinger & Huber, sp. nov. (♂♀) and T. tenuis Schwendinger, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Myanmar, T. sayamensis Schwendinger & Hongpadharakiree, sp. nov...

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Naufal Urfi Dhiya'ulhaq @kalakemangga.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Illustration from Brehms' Tierleben Bd.2 (1911) showcasing some spiders from Java. There are 4 well-known species here: Nephila pilipes, Macracantha arcuata, Platythomisus octomaculatus, and Argiope catenulata (missidentified as Nephila antipodiana)

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Priyantha Wijesinghe @elaphrornis.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I feel I’ve waited all my life for iNaturalist. www.inaturalist.org

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Naufal Urfi Dhiya'ulhaq @kalakemangga.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Some beautiful Torajan Tongkonan from Rantepao, South Sulawesi

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Naufal Urfi Dhiya'ulhaq @kalakemangga.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Interlocking chelicerae of a mating Tetragnatha hasselti pair

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Jillian 정화 @bugsorbust.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

My first time being part of a published article! Everything about Dolomedes in one place. I wrote the section on parental care. 🕷️ I am very grateful to all of the collaborators on this paper especially Dr. Chrissie Painting and my advisor Eileen. www.frontiersin.org/journals/ara...

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Frontiers | Dolomedes fishing spider biology: gaps and opportunities for future research

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Тэ дрэвэт утвикλэрэн @teadrivendev.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

iNat spider identifier rite of passage (that I've just declared): Went through all of the observations currently saying "Arachnida" to see if I can contribute anything - and could a number of times. Identified an observation as a short-tailed whipscorpion yesterday that no one had made sense of yet.

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Naufal Urfi Dhiya'ulhaq @kalakemangga.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Indosmodicinus bengalensis from Jambi, Sumatera. Crazy looking carapace

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