Floofy red-head Grumpilump ❤️
Maybe my favorite color morph for Hamataliwa grisea, which are usually more of a uniform brown-ish grey.
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THE GIANT ENEMY SPIDER
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Why do people always act surprised when you say you have live spiders in your pocket, and they ask if you really have spiders in your pocket, and you tell them you do and you pull out several vials containing live spiders
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Very Normal Ant says hi and why are you looking at me, a Very Normal Ant
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This man is so small he feels individual photons as a gentle rain 🥹
Neonella camillae are barely over 1mm full-grown. It's absurd and I love them so much
I was looking for them in C. Florida where they range, and found two somehow!
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Sarinda hentzi boys have some very, very large teef but they're just sweet derpy lumps and the last thing I'll ever be worried about from them is a bite. This lad was grooming his feets on the tip of my thumbnail 🥹
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When you walk with me, there's a strong chance I introduce you to small creatures. Yesterday I introduced a dear biped friend to one of my dear an't friends, Synemosyna formica, one of the derpiest of god's children. ❤️
Yesterday was good.
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In the middle of the still smoldering pine forest after a burn, I found this gorgeous Phidippus cardinalis lass guarding her clutch of eggs under a small log. People sometimes ask me how invertebrates survive prescribed burns, and, well, this is one way. Respect. ♥️
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Ran into a few teenagers as I was heading back on my hike the other day, and they wanted to see what I was shooting out there, and got to blow their minds that this is a creature which actually exists, here, in Florida, and literally where they were walking.
Ambassador Habronattus Notialis:
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#EmotionalSupportSpood ♥️
(Ms. Hamataliwa helia)
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What if Lycosid, but Salticid 👀
Not sure who this tiny perky wolf boy is, but I love him and his outsized jumping spider-esque eyes and little mushroom head. 🖤
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Tag yourself in these hamataliwa grisea floof lumps:
1. The Grumpilump
2. Kindly Old God
3. Fierce Redhead
4. The Floater
5. Wistful Burial Mound
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This encounter from 2022 is just sweet, and a rare #EmotionalSupportSpood and #BugSex entry (not actually sex, but a snuggly pair). Just a couple of an'ts who found each other and didn't hate it. 🤎
(Synemosyna formica ant mimic jumping spider lad and lass)
Jumping spiders, like the vast majority of arachnids, are not social creatures. Males will sometimes chill with/guard a female though. And Synemosyna formica are a bit more socially tolerant than others? I've found 17 on one small palmetto bush before. I was in heaven
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