#TGIF is so well expressed by Kengo. Flowers, too, help us relax. Invasive honeysuckles can be beautiful and fragrant, and a tiny visitor is also enjoying a rose. Have a restful evening, everyone.

Double void staring at me

#caturday
#CatsOfMastodon
#spider

Book Review: Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
#ReaderCommunity #ReadingCommunity #BookCommunity #Reading #Books #BookReview #Review #CharlottesWeb #Animals #Classics #pig #spider #AnimalStories

http://georgelthomas.com/2025/05/02/book-review-charlottes-web-by-e-b-white/

#NewSpecies!
New spider from #china just caught us:

Aculithus ruijin

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D31361FB-56B3-51B4-8576-ADD395F61D18
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e153747
#BiodiversityDataJournal #AculithusRuijin

#FAIRdata
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#cybersecurity #hacking #spider How secure to you feel? #VPN
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/01/how-native-english-scattered-spider-group-linked-to-ms-attack-operate?CMP=share_btn_url

“Spidey is a perfect moral exemplar because he is relatable. He is one of us. He has limitations but invites us to work beyond them.”

How Spider-Man is an excellent moral role model, according to an ethicist: #spider-man #spiderman https://buff.ly/v8TNnxU

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Get this little friend out of the bathroom today....

Cursing my camera's autofocus for almost but not quite capturing this amazing shot. The bee flew away, I'm assuming unharmed. I didn't even notice the spider until I got to a computer. The perils of blind photography

This was the most extraordinary thing from today. It is a crab spider (Tibellus oblongus).

It is almost impossible to see, even when you know it is there.

Spiders 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 @nev knows?