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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I'm still alive! Got a lot going on offline, but I won't forget to touch grass and chase spiders along the way! Here, a missing sector spider (Zygiella x-notata). The additional image shows the web and pretty much explains how the spider got its common name. #SpiderSky #inverts #spiders 🌿🕷️

Dorsal view of Zygiella x-notata (missing sector spider).

Web of said spider (including the missing sector).

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Here follows our recording of the #SolarEclipse2026 🌞🌚 By the end, the sun disappears behind a mountain. However, I think the effect is still quite neat! @mtrl-scientist.bsky.social ❤️

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Of course we went to see the eclipse as well. What an event! I am so glad I got to witness it with my favourite human ❤️ @mtrl-scientist.bsky.social

A pug standing next to her water bottle and the two bikes of the owners. The ground is rather dry due to the fithth heatwave hitting Europe.

Image shows sunset and seestar telescope.

A watchful pug (Alice) is observing her owner tinkering with the telescope.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Just look how polite this little creature sits 😭💕

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Tegwyn @arachnoteg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Anyphaena numida one of the not so common buzzing spiders. It's juv. but feeling confident! I first recorded (2) in Aug 2022 Penarth, think the first Welsh record. This one yesterday was from a few miles away in Cogan and only the 2nd time I have seen it. @britishspiders.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

One of my favorite finds last week in Nebraska was this Bassaniana sp. crab spider. It was maybe 1/3 inch, and extremely well camouflaged on a tree. It's a new-to-me genus. I love finding cryptic creatures; it always feels like solving a puzzle to spot one of nature's "where's-Waldos." 🐙🌿 #BugSky

A macro photo vertical orientation, of a crab spider facing head-down on lichen-covered tree bark. The spider is dark brown and is well camouflaged as a bit of bark even though the lichens are mostly different shades of green.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

A male Marpissa muscosa was exploring our kitchen today. Naturally, I had to take a picture. #SpiderSky #inverts #JumpingSpider #spiders 🕷️🖤

A jumping spider looking straight into the camera. Its whole body slightly tilted to one side.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A recent encounter I forgot to post! What I assume to be 'Agelena labyrinthica' with breakfast. She presented herself quite nicely on top of her webbing (possibly enjoying the sunshine). #SpiderSky #Spiders #Nature #inverts 🪲🌿

Image shows the frontal/dorsal view of a spider that is commonly refered to as 'labyrinth spider'.

Same spider. This time a more lateral view. One can notice a tiny insect - possibly a fly - that the spider seems to be holding with its fangs.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I've been busy with some offline stuff. I hope you are all okay despite this insane heatwave... Today, to my surprise, a new encounter! A heliophanus sp. maybe? #JumpingSpider #SpiderSky #inverts 🌿🪲

A dark jumping spider with yellowish pedipalps looking curiously towards the camera. The big eyes clearly visible. It sits on the leaf of a ligustrum vulgare.

A dorsal view of the same spider. Although its overall coloration is rather dark, the top of its abdomen appears in a shimmering green.

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PZ Spiders @pzmyers.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Little. Yellow. Lovely. freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...

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Tegwyn @arachnoteg.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Visit to a garden centre I haven't looked around in before produced two Marpissa muscosa and a Holocnemus pluchei. I know not many records in my VC41 for either. Went to check but the BAS ATLAS has an 'elasticsearch' error. @britishspiders.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Galaxy Spood 🌌 Hard to resist shooting these tiny gorgeous Micaria ground spiders, who often appear when I'm looking for other tiny creatures in the sands.

Tiny leggy ant-like spider, shiny purple, with markings like stars in the night. She's poking through the burned detritus of Florida savannah

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Debbie Rigden @debrig63.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

On our macro photography hunt, I found this, what i believe is a little Brigittea latens spider, around 2.5-3mm 🕷 #arachnid #spider #invertebrates #Entomology #macrophotography @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Husband came up to me and told me (proudly) that he had relocated a jumping spider that was crawling up his arm onto one of my houseplants (Rhaphidophora tetrasperma). I love this man with all my heart 🥹❤️ The spider appears to be a male marpissa muscosa. #SpiderSky #Spiders #Inverts 🪴🕷️🪲

A male jumping spider (likely marpissa muscosa) seemingly inspecting the leaf of Rhaphidophora tetrasperma whilst sitting on a support stick for sad plant (possibly trying to tell me that my poor houseplant could use some dusting...)

Same spider sitting near a node of the plant.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Preping for exams and working on other things. However, here are some neat creatures I encountered! #BugSky #Inverts #Bugs #TouchingGrass

A moth mimicking a hornet (Sesia apiformis) sitting on a wall.

A house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata)! It has been YEARS since I had encountered the last one!

What appears to be a lynx spider species sitting on green vegetation.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This reminds me of the saying: "I ha di zum frässe gärn!" (swiss) Which roughly translates to: "I love you so much that I could eat you!" and is often used to express profound love. On second thought, it is indeed a very odd thing to say...

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Alocasia maharani 'Albo' has blessed me with a new leaf (with not so much "Albo"). Nontheless, I absolutely love this plant. First corm harvested 💚 #Alocasia #Houseplants #plants #AlocasiaMaharani #VariegatedAlocasia

Image shows the newest leaf of Alocasia maharani 'Albo' (an ornamental houseplant) on a white background. Some older leaves are visible too.

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Andrew Douglas @andydouglas1967.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Such charming little things. Hypositticus pubescens. Trying to complete cutting and re-stacking the wood stack before the sceptic tank thing happens. Hard hot work - lots of long breaks including to photograph spiders.

A brown and white jumping spider photographed from the top.

Coaxing the jumping spider from the tube, it sat on top of it, so you can see the big front-middle eyes.

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Andrew Douglas @andydouglas1967.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Last nights Ero aphana found crawling up the wall. See a lot of these. Long long palps.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Those red pedipalps are insanely fabulous!

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I know that jumping spiders are more popular amongst the public. But there is just something about wolf spider faces that make them so precious!

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Andrew Douglas @andydouglas1967.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

From the garden - Trachyzelotes pedestris, on the wall of the house. Tried an epigyne shot through the glass tube as she was quite still - I think you can make out the V shape but got too close with the camera.

Blurry but you can see the V-shaped epigyne of Trachyzelotes pedestris.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

When I tell you, this gentleman didn't want his picture taken! A male crab spider "Misumena vatia" trying to hide in (what I assume to be) Medicago sativa. #SpiderSky #Inverts #CrabSpider #spiders #CreepyCrawlies 🌿🕷️

Another frontal view to capture his tiny eyes staring into your soul.

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Marshal Hedin @mhedin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Male Callobius spider with first leg vibrational courtship on a female Callobius web

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Two specialist ant hunting spiders Anagena phalerata and the rare Moon Spider Callilepis nocturna around Prawle, Devon this week

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

A few days ago I was waiting by the door for the husband to come up the stairs. Whilst leaning with my head agsinst the door, something tickled my ear... Assumed Cheiracanthium sp. (possibly C. mildei), now safely removed from the door. #SpiderSky #Spiders #TickleMonster #inverts 🌿🪲🖤

As we both got startled the spider hid behind the door seal strip. Only four of its eight legs visible.

A frontal view of the spider. Captured with the classical paper and glas method after luring it carefully out from behind the door seal strip. A yellow spider (relatively big for Swiss standards) with darker couloured 'paws' and chelicerae.

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Arable Emily @arableplants.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Eeek, spiders 7 and 8 (having too much fun looking for them to post daily clearly). Uloborus plumipes a 'garden centre' spider import and the ever formidable looking Dolomedes frimbriatus- raft spider. Both in Norfolk. #SpiderADayForMay

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I just have to share this picture of a glorious crane fly that I came across the other day. I mean, I know they get big. But this one was massive! #BugSky #CraneFly #Flies #Bugs #Inverts #LookAtThisCoolBugIFound

Dorsal view of the big crane fly. Orange brown base colour with greenish eyes.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

If I am not mistaken: A Melolontha melolontha (common cockchafer) taking a nap on a ligustrum branch. #inverts #bugs #maybug #cockchafer 🌿🪲

Lateral view of the big bug holding on to the branch.

Dorsal view of same bug. This one has a nice redish colouration.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

If I am not mistaken: A Melolontha melolontha (common cockchafer) taking a nap on a ligustrum branch. #inverts #bugs #maybug #cockchafer 🌿🪲

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Tegwyn @arachnoteg.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Spotted this adult female Ero aphana in Barry. A nationally scarce spider and appears to be the third record for VC41 Glamorgan. The other two I have managed to find were in Penarth. @britishspiders.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @cofnod.org.uk @tylanberry.bsky.social

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

My husband, entering the apartment after taking Alice for a walk: "One of your spider friends sits on the wall next to our door if you want to say hi." #SpiderSky #Spiders #Inverts Here, the spider friend in question (my guess - Zoropsis spinimana, subadult):

Frontal view of friend (assumed subadult spider Zoropsis spinimana). Possibly in the process of cleaning its pedipalps.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Clear your mind for moment and understand this. We are altering the very #climate of the planet in a way that's dangerous for our own survival and the stability of our ecosystems. With only a few exceptions, our politicians are not only looking the other way but actively making the problem worse.

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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Our car-dependent status quo is the result of political choices that have steered decades of financial-, spatial- and design decisions. It is time to repoliticize these decisions and reshape our public spaces.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

My Brassia orchid (hybrid) has blessed me by opening her first flower 😭❤️ #houseplants #bloomscrolling #flower #orchid #brassia

Large Brassia orchid on a white table in a high stone pot. A few flower stems are visible. All but one flower are unopened.

A closer view of the opened flower. The petals and sepals are yellow-green in colouration with dark purple spots. The lip is white with purple-redish spots.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The prettiest little flower bud you're going to see today. Agalenatea redii, marvelously camouflaged on top of a (dry) plant. #SpiderSky #inverts #spiders #nature 🕷️🌿

Frotal view. A tiny hairy spider, looking towards its web.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

A (what I assume to be juvenile) Larinioides sp. resting on a wall. This spider is likely looking for a place to build its magnificent orb web. Usually found near windows around my area. #SpiderSky #inverts #spiders #orbweaver 🕷️🌿

Dorsal view of spider. Base colour a light brown.

Frontal view of spider. Eyes nicely visible (and absolutely adorable, in my humble opinion).

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Today, I present to you a Larinioides sp. (breakfast included). #SpiderSky #inverts #Spiders 🌿🕷️

View of spider's opisthosoma (abdomen). Brownish-red in colouration.

Same spider with a sligthly more awkward angle. Little face with some of the eyes visible. Chelicerae holding wrapped prey tight.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Current events also make me want to bury myself neck deep in a flower. I think this is a Tropinota hirta (correct me if I'm wrong) that I got to see today. #Beetle #Flower #Inverts #Bugs

A hairy beetle burrying itself into the flower of a dandelion.

Same hairy beetle but slightly before the act of aggressive burrowing.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A grey heron that my husband and I saw today. Never have I/we gotten this close to one of them without it taking flight. Mind you, I am standing on a small road (not trying to invade its personal space). Getting this video is sort of a 'happy accident'. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Birds #Nature #GreyHeron

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Visited the spot again today. I wanted to get a better look at the assumed mate. Now I can confirm: It is a male of the species (Agalenatea redii). He sits in the same spot, while she has moved to a different branch on the same plant. #SpiderSky #inverts #orbweaver #spiders 🌿🕷️

A fuzzy male orb weaver (Agalenatea redii). Sitting on a dead branch of what could be a verbascum species (mullein or figwort / german: "Königskerze").

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Because of climate change caused by burning shittons of fossil fuels.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Speaking of Agalenatea redii: I just encountered one today (and what looks like a potential mate right above?) This has to be one of my favourite orb weavers too! #spiders #SpiderSky #inverts

Orb weaving spider Agalenatea redii. Dorsal view on dead branch of a shrub. Right above another spider, angled away. Possibly a mate.

A closer look at the other spider. Potentially a male of the species.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Encountered a Pardosa wagleri today with a dark spot on its abdomen. It appears that the hair is missing there... #SpiderSky #Spiders #WolfSpiders #inverts

Wolf spider (Pardose wagleri) dorsal view. The spot on its abdomen appears dark grey to black compared to the otherwise lighter base colour of the spider.

Frontal/dorsal view. Spot still visible.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This goes to show that plants adapt to their environment. Here, Philodendron atabapoense. The plant on the right is 𝙖 𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 of the left one. Why is the left one so tiny? Because I forgot of its existence 😅 Provided some (emotional) support sticks. Updates will follow. #houseplants #plants

The picture shows two houseplants. Both are the same species (Philodendron atabapoense). Yet, one plant is significantly smaller than the other: The leaves are smaller, have a brighter green and the overall height is smaller, while the other plant (which is a cutting from the prior mentioned one) is taller, has significantly larger and darker leaves and a firm build. The main difference in care: The cutting got (a) regular watering, (b) a support stick and (c) a place on a shelf with a grow light.

The image shows the smaller plant. Now, with its own (emotional) support sticks.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The world is a lot right now. But, to my delight, I managed to encounter someone new the other day! Excuse the low quality, the spider was very tiny and wouldn't hold still. The pictures are zoomed in too. It appeared to be an ant mimicking spider (but unsure). #SpiderSky #inverts #spiders 🌿🪲🕷️

A tiny black spider which legs have a soft orange hue. Its whole body shimmers as it reflects the sunlight.

Same spider. Dorsal view (like previous image).

The original picture. Shows spider in 'distance'.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I present to you: The second leaf of my Alocasia reginae 'Elaine' has emerged ✨ This got to be one of the more difficult Alocasia species I spend my days with. Very exited to see her grow. #Alocasia #AlocasiaReginae #houseplant #CormGrown

An image of a single leaf on a juvenile houseplant (Alocasia reginae 'Elaine'). The leaf has a soft green colouration.

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Nothing to see here, just a little guy coming through. #bugs #inverts #beetle 🪲✨

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Nina @ninasch.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Very proud to announce that the corms my Alocasia azlanii has produced are healthy and growing! Here is the mother plant next to a 'baby' (including the absolutely stunning purple colour of the mother plant 😍) #Alocasia #AlocasiaCorm #Houseplants #AlocasiaAzlanii

The image shows Alocasia azlanii. First leaf of corm harvested from mother plant on the right.

This image shows the purple coloured leaves when the light hits it at a specific angle.

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