three Australian Golden Orb females, pictured here from youngest (top) to oldest (bottom), offering a nice look at the change in colours and patterning over their 1 year lifespan. hopefully some males will appear in the web of the oldest female soon. interestingly, the second and third spiders are both missing the same right leg.

Australian Golden Orbweaver, 3 female individuals (Trichnephila edulis).

I TAKE IT BACK HE'S JUST LIKE ME AGAIN

Also: Trichonephila clavata and unidentifiable salticidae

Golden silk orb-weaver (Trichonephila clavipes)

Culeenup Island Species List - Spiders

2023 - June 9th to 11th

12C-18.5C, 2.4mm-12.5mm rain, strong wind on Sunday

(33+ spp.)

SPIDERS - Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)

Spikey Peacock Spider Maratus spicatus, ♂️ and ♀️ Jotus sp. Threatening Jumping Spider Helpis minitabunda Other unidentified Salticidae 2 spp.

SPIDERS - Orbweaver Families

Australasian Garden Orb-Weavers Hortophora sp. (Araneidae) Socca sp. (Araneidae) Australian Golden Orbweaver Trichonephila edulis (Nephilidae) Longjawed Orbweavers Tetragnatha 2 spp. (Tetragnathidae) Other unidentified Orbweavers, 2 spp.

SPIDERS - Prowling Families

Leichhardteus sp. (Corinnidae) White-tailed Spider Lampona sp. (Lamponidae) Small Striped Wolf Artoria sp. (Lycosidae) Dingosa sp. (Lycosidae) Tasmanicosa sp. (Lycosidae) Venator immansuetus (Lycosidae) Prowling Spider Argoctenus sp. (Miturgidae) Other unidentified Miturgid 1 sp. Lynx Spider Oxyopes sp. (Oxyopidae)

SPIDERS - Other Families

Undescribed Cyclocrassus sp. (Cycloctenidae) Two-tailed Spider Tamopsis sp. (Hersiliidae) Natal Daddy Longlegs Spider Smeringopus natalensis (Pholcidae) Delena lapidicola (Sparassidae) Leishmann's Huntsman Isopeda leishmanni (Sparassidae) Diamond Combfoot Cryptachaea veruculata (Theridiidae) Unidentified Red-and-Black Combfoot (Theridiidae) Cymbacha ocellata (Thomisidae) Isala sp. (Thomisidae) Hemicloea sp. Flat Spider (Trochanteriidae)

3+ other unidentified spider spp., various families

Fwd: Postdoc: Serbia.SexualSelection

Begin forwarded message: > From: [email protected] > Subject: Postdoc: Serbia.SexualSelection > Date: 26 April 2023 at 05:17:32 BST > To: [email protected] > > > > Dear fellow researchers! > > Where will your career take you after your doctorate? What will you delve > into? Are you interested in sexual selection? How can the sexes differ > so much in looks and behaviour even though they share most of their > genome? We plan to investigate the molecular and developmental basis of > extreme sexual size dimorphism in a spider species where females are on > average 75 times heavier than males!  NOTE This species has a peculiar > mating behaviour in which the males break their reproductive organs into > the females' copulatory openings thereby plugging them. And females often > cannibalize them during copulation!  Still reading?  Please get in touch > (email: [email protected]) if you want to apply for a Marie > Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships with me: > > https://ift.tt/uN28VCa > Deadline for submitting proposals: 13.9.2023 > > Sincerely, > Simona Kralj-Fišer, PhD., Senior Research Associate > Institute of Biology, Research Station Barje > ZRC SAZU, Zagorica 20, SI-1292 Ig, P +386 1 4706 333, www.zrc-sazu.si/en > https://ift.tt/KQCwDhi > > Sample literature > Kralj-Fišer, S., Kuntner, M., & Debes, P. V. (2022). Sexual conflict > mitigation via sex-specific trait architecture.bioRxiv, 2022-11. > > Šet, J., Turk, E., Golobinek, R., Lokovšek, T., Gregorič, M., Lebrón, > S. G. Q., ... & Kralj-Fišer, S. (2021). Sex-specific developmental > trajectories in an extremely sexually size dimorphic spider.The Science > of Nature,108, 1-12. > > Lissowsky, N., Kralj-Fišer, S., & Schneider, J. M. (2021). Giant and > dwarf females: how to explain the fourfold variation in body size and > fecundity in Trichonephila senegalensis (Aranea: Nephilidae).Biological > Journal of the Linnean Society,133(4), 1016-1030. > > Kralj‐Fišer, S., Schneider, J. M., Kuntner, M., Laskowski, K., & > Garcia‐Gonzalez, F. (2021). The genetic architecture of behavioral > traits in a spider.Ecology and evolution,11(10), 5381-5392. > > Quiñones-Lebrón, S. G., Kuntner, M., & Kralj-Fišer, S. (2021). The > effect of genetics, diet, and social environment on adult male size in > a sexually dimorphic spider.Evolutionary Ecology,35(2), 217-234. > > Nik Lupše

Is It True That Banana Spiders Can Bite? Exploring the Facts

The banana spider, also known by its scientific name Nephila clavipes, is a species of spider that belongs to the family Nephilidae. It’s found throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, including the Americas and the Caribbean. These spiders are known for their large size and their unique yellow-and-black coloring, which gives them their common name.

Banana spiders are arachnids, meaning they have eight legs and two main body segments. They spin large, complex webs that are made of silk and used to catch their prey. These webs are often found near rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water.

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nephilidae

  weird day

holy shit, congratulations!! on the first one, at least

thank! I’ll be teaching a session on app-based documentation methodologies :D I’m super excited

I'm also a huge fan of your work! Thanks for making awesome art:)

thanks so much for saying so! demonica kisses for you

Golden Silk Orbweaver, Nephila sp., Nephilidae by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: from Ecuador: www.flickr.com/andreaskay/albums

tagged by @nephilidae​

1. why did you choose your url? - Ravel Puzzlewell is a character from Planescape Torment, she’s an icon and an inspiration, what can I say. 

2. any side blogs? - I laugh at people who try to keep up a “brand” on this webbed site. We spam whatever we want on main or perish

3. how long have you been on tumblr? - way too long. i’m bad with linear time, but I was there for the tail-end of superwholock, but already after mishapocalypse 

4. do you have a queue tag? - i had queue tag, but bc i login from different laptops and PCs at different times, tumblr kept freaking out and resetting it, so i gave up. basically all my reblogged posts are queue

5. why did you start your blog in the first place? - to argue about video games, bc forums were too homophobic and livejournal too fic-oriented

6. why did you choose your icon or pfp? 

this tag actually prompted me to change my icon, bc i put previous picrew one as a placeholder before i find art nouveau one that i liked, but i was too lazy to search. since my original posts here are media rants, this one is very on point on how i look when i info-dump on friends irl. except switch becherovka for wine or beer

7. why did you choose your header? - it’s from promo material of pillars of eternity, i put it on when i was still excited for the game and bc it looks pretty. it’s my fav colors.

8. what is your post with the most popular notes? - one of the mass effect shitposts i think. probably asari- Cthulhu one.

9. how many mutuals do you have? - who the fuck keeps count

10. how many followers do you have? - 1158

11. how many people do you follow? - 208

12. have you ever made a shit post? - asdfghjk i love that this is question for a tag game on this fucking site. this is shitpost dot com, hello? what are you doing there otherwise

13. how often do you use tumblr? - i scroll on mobile from boredom pretty often, esp to procrastinate work, but actually post or pay attention to asks\ notes like once a week, when i get there to set up a queue

14. have you ever had a fight with another blog? - yes, i posts opinions here

15. how do you feel about "you need to reblog" posts? - i don’t feel anything? if i agree with the message i reblog. esp bc “you need to reblog!!” is usually not in the original post, but in one of the added reblogs, and why would i blame this obnoxiousness on op

16. do you like tag games? - i forget to do them most the time, but i do like them

17. do you like ask games? - i love receiving ask messages, thinking up answers and then never getting to actually typing them out 

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous? - the ones with most anon hate

19. do you have a crush on a Tumblr mutual? - no, i’m not in school 

i don’t tag anyone, bc its stressful, but if you wish, do it and say i tagged you, i will back you up in a cringe courtroom 

Giant Golden Orb from earlier this year. found all along the eastern coast of Aus, and yet I've only seen one once :,) Such incredible colours on the females.

Giant Golden Orb-Weaver, female (Nephila pilipes).

ashley graham spider

Trichonephila clavipes of the family Nephilidae! She spins beautiful golden silk. Her orange opisthosoma reminds me of Ashley’s style, plus she has little leg warmers just like a Y2K girlie!

tagged by @nephilidae

1. why did you choose your url? all my usernames are usually some form of goddessbastet or divinegoddessbastet or whatever. cuz my names bast

2. any side blogs? most people who follow this blog probably know i have an rp sideblog lol

3. how long have you been on tumblr? 10 years..since 2011 or so

4. do you have a queue tag? nah

5. why did you start your blog in the first place? i think it was for rping. i might have had a blog before then but i don’t remember

6. why did you choose your icon or pfp? it was something cute i had on hand and i love my boy arjen

7. why did you choose your header? i realized i didn’t have one and i took a nice picture of some cherry blossoms

8. what is your post with the most popular notes? fuck if i know dude. tumblr mobile says its the dr phil micolash post which has 30 whole notes

9. how many mutuals do you have? probably not a lot

10. how many followers do you have? 129, granted i’ve remade my blog a few times over the years

11. how many people do you follow? 85

12. have you ever made a shit post? this probably counts. i’m just talking dude

13. how often do you use tumblr? too often

14. have you ever had a fight with another blog? when i was like. 14

15. how do you feel about “you need to reblog” posts? i don’t really care tbh. if its particularly annoying but i want to rb the post i might find a clean reblog

16. do you like tag games? theyre fun but i forget to do them half the time

17. do you like ask games? i don’t know abt any ask games except for rp blogs

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous? [points at the person who tagged me] :0

19. do you have a crush on a Tumblr mutual? nah

I tag: any of my friends who wanna do this?

ARAÑA DE SEDA DORADA.

Central American Golden Orb-Web Spider

(Trichonephila clavipes).

Araña De la familia Nephilidae .

Jabillo, Buenos Aires.

18 de Agosto 2021.

Hoy logré ubicar al menos 40 arañas de seda que encontré por sorpresa. En Compañía de mi Amigo Armando Muñoz .

@therealhieronymous tagged me so here is my face before I had to go into work on my birthday. Don't let the smile fool you, I was not pleased. Since I only have one other Tumblr freind you better believe I wanna see your face too @nephilidae

So, I have never shared the thoughts and sources? Must be my 2018 self a reason for this :thinking:

Daohugou bed: environment at dusk. This picture was made for the contest. The basic idea behind the vertical shape, which I kept for the final entry, was having 2, maybe 3, scenes within one big picture, and which would be uncovered by scrolling. The scenes could also work as cutouts or separate paintings. Originally it would be about almost in-air accident between Volaticotherium and Jeholopterus, viewed from the salamander Chunerpeton perspective. But it turned out to be too difficult to portray, considering the time limit. Hence, the water surface got replaced by the forest ground, and Pangerpeton took over the Chunerpeton's place. Volaticotherium got almost scrapped, but it actually made it to the picture. Even if there are no animals are crashing mid-air on the picture (:B), I think it the illustration ended up not that bad.

Sources:

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