added live plants to the enclosure and monday comes 3 of the 6 things we ordered and the next 2-3 weeks the stuff from Etsy comes 🤩 to add onto the enclosure
Punk hairstyles and pirouettes: why there's more to spiders than people think
Punk hairstyles and pirouettes: why there’s more to spiders than people think
Hyllus semicupreus jumping spider common human/Shutterstock
Spider scientists are an optimistic crowd. Perhaps it’s just that we see things from a different angle to arachnophobes. If you don’t believe me, look up Theridion grallator. Researchers from my field call this Hawaiian species the happy-face spider because of the smile-like curves on its back.
Spiders have a reputation for inspiring…
@klaviergewinn submitted: have u seen this?? i'm not sure if this is only being shown in germany but it just came up on my youtube feed and it made me scream a little, the very last frame especially because either this is a very large jumping spider or a very small phone
I had not seen it! But it's very cute. Unfortunately the animated spider in the commercial is not true to life :(
The largest jumper species in the world are those in the genus Hyllus, which have a max body length of around an inch, not including the leg span. Here's a Hyllus diardi male:
unnamed hyllus boy is so much more confident now! he used to hide if I so much as looked at him, but I worked with him gently and now he's quite happily jumping around on my hands like this. A good boy (edit: his name is mercury)
Second shot for the #internationaljumpingspiderday. An inquisitive female Hyllus sp. from Malaysian forests! Shot with the amazing @venuslaowa 15mm to give a perspective of the spider in its environment! #predatoridelmicrocosmo #pickoftheday #macrophotography #fang #wideangle #wideanglemacro #spider #salticidae #hyllus #malaysia https://www.instagram.com/p/Bov9v5aitm5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=n85vwwgdaekk