A Black Corinnomma (Corinnomma severum) spotted at Dairy Farm Nature Park, Singapore on 21 Dec 2024. A member of the Ground and Ant-mimic Sac Spiders, the spider's narrow waist and bulging abdomen make it look like a black ant from far.
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255752282 ].
I mean, sweetheart... It's been just a few days, ok, maybe a few days over a week since this gourd top has been sitting here and waiting for the right idea... and you've already moved in?
*Any gourd fans here?
#NewSpecies!
New jumping spider from #china:
Zabka dianmian
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/380287A8-FF8E-FF84-A5E2-607CFD908691
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5538.3.1
#Zootaxa #ZabkaDianmian
#FAIRdata
#science #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arachnology #arachnids #spider #jumpingspider #jumper
A lovely #spider piece for #SaveASpiderDay … #PleaseNoSquish :
Spindle with foot plate
Russia, 18th c.
Gold, baroque pearl, rose stones, enamel
W 1.6 x L 1.7 cm, 3 g
Hallwylska Museet:
https://samlingar.shm.se/object/DDE8961C-C2E7-4252-89E6-B86C89E70B03
We named the telescope after the iconic huntsman spiders, which are abundant at Siding Spring Observatory, including inside the various telescope buildings. Perhaps the ants took offence that we chose to honour other arthropods and not them.