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Eastern black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis, Ixodidae
Commonly known as the deer tick, this species is a vector for several diseases, most notably Lyme disease. In most cases, the tick must be attached for at least 36 hours to transmit the disease.
Photos 1-3 by allysonv, 4 (for scale) by adeans, 5 (engorged) by duncan10, and 6 (male - all others are female) by sambiology
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#animals#bugs#arachnids#tick#black legged tick#eastern black legged tick#deer tick#Ixodes#Ixodidae#parasite#one nice bug#lyme disease
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I just realized I never posted photos of this really pretty harvestman i came across a while back. Note the green pedipalps and the dark and light spots on its back.
#opiliones#arachnids#chelicerata#bugs#harvestman#bugblr#the light spots were a very light green iirc (it's been a while) but they just look white here#there's a photoset of a really cool harvestman going around and it reminded me of this one and i realized i never posted these pics#spider#(ik they arent spiders but i'm tagging it as that for blacklist purposes#bc i imagine that someone who's really scared of spiders probably doesnt care that actually opiliones are not spiders just close relatives)#i think its so cool how i didnt even know opiliones were a thing until a couple of years ago and now i see them all the time#turns out they're pretty common around here#(not that i never saw them before i mustve just assumed they were spiders)#theyre usually not as pretty as this one though#most of the ones i see are just black or dark brown#also i have a massive backlog of pictures ive never posted of bugs and other nature stuff#my stuff#my posts#outside tag#nature
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Taxonomy Tournament: Arthropods
Araneae. This order is made up of spiders, eight-limbed arthropods with fangs generally able to inject venom and spinnerets that extrude silk.
Xiphosura. This order is made up of horseshoe crabs, marine arthropods whose bodies are covered by a hard carapace. They mainly feed on worms and molluscs on the ocean floor. The blood of some species is harvested for LAL, which is used to detect and quantify bacterial toxins
#animals#biology#polls#poll tournament#zoology#spiders#arthropods#arachnids#ecdytes#horseshoe crabs#Araneae#Xiphosura#0x11v0x2e
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Love love love jumping spiders and their cute little faces
(Source: Rainbow Mealworms)
#Phidippus regius#regal jumping spider#jumping spider#spider#spiders#tw spiders#bugs#insects#animals#arachnids
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She has finalized her decision and chosen the mailbox with her name on it to start making her hammock!
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if tarantulas are so dangerous then how come
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#i've been OBSESSED with tarantulas lately they're so cute...#bugs#arachnids#tarantula#tarantulas#theraphosidae#bugblr
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orb weavers' sexual dimorphism is hilarious to me like.
me and my big beautiful wife
#northern golden orb weaver#spiders#arachnids#ecology#bugblr#Nephila pilipes#arachnology#zoology#nature#australia
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#environment#animals#snakes#frogs#newts#amphibians#endangered#love#extinct#conservation#nature#stolen#true#reptiles#spiders#arachnids
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I think one of my favourite jumping spiders is Opisthoncus necator just because its common name is just “The Murderer” for some reason, so if I ever go to look at it on iNat, I am greeted with this very accusatory title and what is essentially its mug shot
#like.. who did she murder???#it makes me think of that American tv show host lady who’s always like ‘THE KILLER!’#gardeneticisms#creature photography#not mine#arachnids#spiders#jumping spiders#Opisthoncus necator
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Random fact: Although jumping spiders can't move their eyes, they can move their retinas to change their field of view. It's as if they're looking through a window.
If the spider is clear enough, you can even see the retinas moving through the cephalothorax:
Image sources: Melvyn Yeo, M.F. Land, and wmaddisn
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Listed some new bumper stickers in my shop 🐌
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Orion (p***************[email protected]) submitted: HI!! i saw this spider and have no idea what it is, this was in rio (southeastern brazil), it is relatively close to sea level and around 5 centimeters??? sorry but i couldn’t really get a picture of it from the top and thank you
A beautiful woman! She’s an African hermit spider. Obviously non-native, but still lovely. There’s some color and pattern variation between individuals but here’s an example of the other side:
Photo by paulomaioli
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the fiercest hunter…
(juvenile Acanthophrynus coronatus)
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#inaturalist#naturalist#nature#ecology#zoology#biology#bug#bugblr#entomology#bugs#arachnid#arachnids#spider#spiders#hawk tourism
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today i had a discussion with someone on the things we call scorpions that are not scorpions . because entomologists love to call things by names they are not actually.
ended up with this little . presentation. guide. thing. there are probably many, many more, but this is what we came up with on the Spot
#could've added that scorpionflies are not even true flies since they're not in Diptera#but if we want to start listing things we call flies that are not flies then we would need a whole separate massive list#clamtalk#ok i'm done talkign for today sorry. Very talkative. Much to say#bugs#bug tw#arachnids#arachnophobia#entomology#scorpions#ask to tag#bugposting
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Are you afraid of spiders?
Please note: I’m not asking if you LIKE spiders, I’m asking if you’re AFRAID of them.
For bonus points, tag your answer and which continent you live on!
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