Med-Mastodon

11 posts11 participants2 posts today

sohkamyungA partially hidden Crab Spider (genus Thomisus) caught this Asian Honey Bee (Apis cerana). One of the dangers faced by insects when feeding on flowers. Spotted at Bidadari Park, Singapore on 25 Dec 2024.On iNaturalist [ <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256155556" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256155556</a> ].<a href="https://photog.social/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iNaturalist</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Singapore</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insects</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bees</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hymenoptera</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spiders</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Araneae</a>

ReallyCanadianFly<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ambientnoise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ambientnoise</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/adaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adaptation</a> Spiders are keeping loud noises out by using their webs in strange way | indy100 <a href="https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/spider-soundproof-webs-keep-noise-out-loudest-countries" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/spider-soundproof-webs-keep-noise-out-loudest-countries</a>

❄️𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 🍊Spouse found this spider and floating cobwebs in a bottle of California Pinot Gris. Won’t embarrass the vineyard by showing label but it’s owned by an old large name in the state. 😬 🕷️ And yes, it went back to the distributor. <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wine</a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a>

cohanLast Friday I did a couple of hours of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RockGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RockGarden</a> work- with Pearly for support + lots of little critters seen including maybe a half dozen different kinds of spiders- most didn't sit still for portraits, sadly, but I got a couple! This one was on a bucket lid so I was able to get a few shots as it zipped around; some sort of Stretch Spider, it seems. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/arthropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arthropods</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Arachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arachnids</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#garden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alberta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GetOutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GetOutside</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MacroMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MacroMonday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FotoMontag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FotoMontag</a>

neville parkshe's back<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpiderSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpiderSunday</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DailySpiderPic</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpidersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/JumpingSpiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JumpingSpiders</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Araneae</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Salticidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Salticidae</a>

dandelionEin winziger Jemand schaute uns bei der Reparatur der Gartenbank zu...<a href="https://dresden.network/tags/SpinnenSontag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpinnenSontag</a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/Spinnen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spinnen</a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/Spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spiders</a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/JumpingSpiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JumpingSpiders</a>

The GardenerSpiders have evidently roused from winter slumber - there's immense numbers of silk lines in the grass, all generally parallel with prevailing winds. I assume they're guide lines or test lines of some sort? Any idea which spiders are responsible? Internet searches just bring up pest control options or orb-weaver info, neither of which are what I'm looking for.Maybe <a href="https://flipping.rocks/@nev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@nev</a> knows?<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spider</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/arachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arachnids</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BackyardWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BackyardWildlife</a>

Steven Lawson PhotographyOrb weaver spider in its web. This spider was smaller than my pinkie fingernail. <a href="https://photog.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MacroPhotography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/arachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arachnids</a>

Travis BriggsSpiders generally have an anus from which they excrete uric acid. So basically they pee through their butts.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animals</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a>

michael23-Apr-2025 A new map of arthropod evolution, from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fossils</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/embryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#embryos</a>New study sheds light on how <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crustaceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crustaceans</a>, and other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arthropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arthropods</a> evolved their distinct body structures. By tracing these patterns back to ancient embryonic processes, the research uncovers a deep evolutionary logic behind the segmented <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bodyPlans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bodyPlans</a> that define the world’s most diverse animal group. <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1081385" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1081385</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evolution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#development</a>

neville parkthe nerds are at it againa new species of ghost spider (family Anyphaenidae) from Brazil's Atlantic forest has been named _Eldar galadrielae_ (the Eldar are the Elves in LotR)paper: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-025-01982-4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-025-01982-4</a> :ClosedAccess: // PDF free if you have an account at the World Spider Catalog: <a href="https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/18403" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/18403</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arachnews</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arachnology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpidersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/taxonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxonomy</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/brasil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brasil</a>

The InnkeeperYesterday I was bitten by a spider (and quite a large one seeing the marks) and today I woke up with no superpowers.1/10, wouldn't recommend.<a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gardening</a> <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/Spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spiders</a>

neville parkI almost forgot it was <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MiteMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MiteMonday</a>! Inspired by <a href="https://veganism.social/@zorbama" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@zorbama</a>'s shot of a running crab spider, clover mite, and midge all together (<a href="https://veganism.social/@zorbama/114373000260983349" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://veganism.social/@zorbama/114373000260983349</a>), here's a running crab spider (_Philodromus_) I found feeding on a clover mite (_Bryobia_). I don't actually often find many arthropods feeding on the adults, though I've seen predatory _Anystis_ mites eating the eggs.<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailyMitePic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DailyMitePic</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Mitestodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mitestodon</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/mites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mites</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DailySpiderPic</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpidersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Acari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Acari</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Acariformes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Acariformes</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Tetranychidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tetranychidae</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Bryobiinae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bryobiinae</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Araneae</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Philodromidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philodromidae</a>

AaronPengellyPhotographyRed-Backed Jumping Spider PortraitJumping spiders like this female red-backed jumping spider are my favourite subjects in macro photography. Their inquisitive, friendly nature is always fun to capture. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macro</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macrophotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/portrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#portrait</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vancouverisland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vancouverisland</a>

neville parkBoth my current spiders (cobweb spider and cellar spider) molted this week! OK, so you know how instead of gradually turning rust-red like iron does, copper turns from, well, copper to light blueish-green, and how copper compounds will turn a flame blue-green? Well, arthropod hemolymph (their equivalent of blood) uses copper-containing proteins to transport oxygen, and so spider "blood" is blueish-green—like how our iron-rich blood is red. You usually can't see it, but right after molting this spider is unusually translucent (the exoskeleton is still hardening up) and the legs still have a distinct blue-green hue. Bonus pic: ._.<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DailySpiderPic</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpidersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Araneae</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Pholcidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pholcidae</a>

Le Bottin des Jeux Linux🕹️ Title: Unvanquished 🦊️ What's: A libre team-based FPS/RTS game pitting humans vs aliens 🏡️ <a href="https://www.unvanquished.net" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.unvanquished.net</a> 🐣️ <a href="https://github.com/Unvanquished" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/Unvanquished</a> 🔖 <a href="https://floss.social/tags/LinuxGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxGaming</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/ShareYourGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShareYourGames</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Flagship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flagship</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/RTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RTS</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FPS</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spiders</a> 📦️ <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Libre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libre</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Bin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bin</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Arch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arch</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/RPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RPM</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Deb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deb</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Flatpak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flatpak</a> 📖 Our entry: <a href="https://lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO.html</a>🥁️ Update: 0.55.3 ⚗️ New Mod 🏞️ 📌️ Changes: <a href="https://unvanquished.net/unvanquished-0-55-3-tonemapped-vampires/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://unvanquished.net/unvanquished-0-55-3-tonemapped-vampires/</a> 🦣️ From: <a href="https://idtech.space/objects/6830ff92-23f2-44a8-96b7-ee69b2ca2371" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://idtech.space/objects/6830ff92-23f2-44a8-96b7-ee69b2ca2371</a>🏝️ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GdcWH52z8KM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/embed/GdcWH52z8KM</a> 🦝️ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Zq_kVlqt34" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Zq_kVlqt34</a> 💥️🎲️👥️ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyzYabXS4W4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyzYabXS4W4</a> 🎲️ <a href="https://vdo.unvanquished.greboca.com/videos/embed/ogoFSa6jQYyzM5H1EUtzm4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://vdo.unvanquished.greboca.com/videos/embed/ogoFSa6jQYyzM5H1EUtzm4</a>

DanielTayloranyone know what kind of spider this is? it's leg span is about 5cm across and body is 3cm long. I'm in France.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arachnids</a>

MirandaMicro portrait of a really Itsy bitsy tiny spider in the flowerleaf of a rose in the garden for today's timeline cleanser. Don't be scared 😉 💛<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TimelineCleanser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TimelineCleanser</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macrophotography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/microphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microphotography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/gardenLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardenLife</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/gardenphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardenphotography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a>

Márton SalomváryI love observing small details of wildlife I never noticed before, although it’s happening at my doorstep. Today I watched a tiny (~5mm) jumping spider (not sure the species) holding onto a fly larger than itself for several minutes during its violent death agony.When the fly stopped moving and the spider digesting, another spider appeared wanting to claim a share of the prey. Turns out these spiders can jump while holding onto their lunch:)<a href="https://mastodon.berlin/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.berlin/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a>

Luigi :donor:This reddit comment on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiders</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ants</a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> is quite interesting<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFuckingLit/comments/1jwpxxs/comment/mmm3m7i/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFuckingLit/comments/1jwpxxs/comment/mmm3m7i/</a>Copying it here if you don't want to click, links with reference at the end might be broken.-- /u/lamplorde --So I'm gonna bore people because I'm a bug nerd but:There is a lot more going on in the insect world than we give credit to, because we simply dont have the technology to accurately study them at that size. Its funny to think about when we have microscopes that let us see the fundamental building blocks of the universe, but when it comes to insect physiology and how their brains work we know very little.For instance, studies have lead to the theory that Bees most likely do have emotions. It was a simple study, done using Blue Flowers and the fact that Bees still kept a "heightened state" around the color blue when they started to associate it with food. But it doesnt stop there: there were also studies done on Ant colonies regarding their sleep schedules and we came to find that Carpenter Fire Ant Queens sleep for about the same amount of time as us humans, just in lots of little naps. But the interesting part of that one is not just how much they sleep but how. Scientists observed the Ants antenna twitching very similarly to our eyes during REM sleep, leading to the theory that Ants might dream. One last fun tidbit: Jumping Spiders are opportunistic pack hunters. They spend most of their life solitary, but are known to hunt together in mated pairs, becoming extremely effective together with the smaller Male often distracting the prey while the Female pounces. The odd part comes from the fact that they appear to communicate before hunts via a "language" done through foot stamping to plan. Not only that but Jumping Spiders are one of the few insects that display an understanding of Object Permanence, ranking them at least a little above an infant (not that that is saying much).At the end of the day, we have so much going on below our feet. Entire little lives that we know so little about. Its an interesting and vibrant world.EDIT By popular demand, things I should have included to begin with (the all important sources):Bees and EmotionAnts and Dreaming (My apologies, it was Fire Ants, not CarpentersJumping Spiders and Object PermanenceWhich, when trying to find my old sources funnily enough brought me to a new (to me) study that Jumping Spiders might also dream

Recent searches

Search options

Administered by:

Server stats:

#spiders