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Feline Jumping Spiders (Genus Aelurillus)Observer
vasilis_stergiosDescription
What appears to be a female, has just caught an ant and is enjoying her meal. Right then, a male appears and starts a courtship display. Unfortunately she was too focused in her meal to entertain his advances and quickly exited the scene. Credit to @benjamin_fabian for clearing that out.
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Comb-footed Spiders (Family Theridiidae)Observer
prasannaparabPlace
Sammilan Shetty's Butterfly Park, Santhadi house NH-169 Butterfly Park Road Mangalore, Beluvai, Karnataka 574213, India (Google, OSM)Description
Size is about 1mm, Theridiidae (?)
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Spiny-legged Sac Spiders (Family Liocranidae)Observer
prasannaparabPlace
Mala village, 300m from Sri Kalakama Parashurama Temple, Tq, Karkala, Karnataka 574122, India (Google, OSM)Description
Web retreat has 2 openings, image is added.
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Harvestmen (Order Opiliones)Observer
goudagururajDescription
Harvestmen with a spider kill
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Spider-hunting Orb-web Spiders (Genus Chorizopes)Observer
ninoxeduDescription
This Spider looked very different from the ones I have seen already.
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Running Crab Spiders (Family Philodromidae)Observer
pavan_tavrekerePlace
Ittamadu, Banashankari 3rd Stage, Banashankari, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560085, India (Google, OSM)
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Marengo zebraObserver
pavan_tavrekereDescription
Found beside a tiny stream, was less than a centimetre in length
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Flower Crab Spiders (Genus Thomisus)Observer
vipinbaligaDescription
This is the largest Thomisus Crab Spider I have ever seen. I thought it was an accidental giant but I was wrong. We found more than half a dozen of them occupying Ipomea flowers and all of them were humongous in size!
After I found the female I chanced upon a male just a few inches away from her and I decided to make a picture to show the size difference between them. So I carefully placed the male near the female and got a shot of them.
Looked like both of them were flummoxed by this strange turn of events :-D
The female is on the right and male on the left.
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Genus PasilobusObserver
vasanthiDescription
Saw this on a plant in coconutfarm with egg sac
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Neogea nocticolorObserver
abhiapcDescription
Neogea nocticolor
Surprise find in our farm,in the beginning of month.
Last year i found this species with eggsac, which was spotted by Sri Shivaprakash sir at malleshwara hillock .
There are few sighting of this species from sagara, kodagu, beeruru etc.
I assumed this species is found in western ghat or border of Ghats .But today i saw Neogea juvenile in front of my home !
will post adult picture from malleshwara hillock in my next post .
sep1, 2022.
Indraprastha,
mysuru.
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Synema decoratumObserver
prasannaparabDescription
Male, was observed in its retreat between two leaves stuck together
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Epocilla calcarataObserver
shashidharswamyhiremathDescription
Epocilla calcarata Jumping Spider
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Beige Beetle Jumper (Rhene flavigera)Observer
abhiapcDescription
Have you seen Rhene breeding..
Its breeding in our banana leaf .
August 2022
Indraprastha,
Mysuru.
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Bird Dropping Crab Spiders (Genus Phrynarachne)Observer
shashidharswamyhiremathDescription
Bird Dropping Crab Spiders (Phrynarachne Sp) Preying Common Fruit Fly
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Banded Phintella (Phintella vittata)Observer
harshithjvDescription
Observed munching on empty egg of Tailed Palmfly butterfly (Elymnias caudata). Last image shows probable original tenent of the egg.
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Genus GnathopalystesObserver
abhiapcDescription
8-3 = 5
Three roosting flies are missing !
They are cleverly caught by Gnathopalystes species ( Huntsman spider) .I was really surprised to see , How this Huntsman spider caught Three of them. Slightest movement will make these flies allert.Still This spider has managed to catch three of them . We can also see a dragline in between neem leaves. This spider came back to neem leaf, where flies are roosting & again caught the roosting flies !
June 2022
Indraprastha ,
Mysuru .
radiantdiffuser #olympus
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Genus AfraflacillaObserver
vishwanathgowdaDescription
Found this running around in my house compound. It was on ground.
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Asian Spinybacked Orbweaver (Thelacantha brevispina)Observer
naturalist43365Description
With eggs of a parasitoid wasp
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Harmochirus zabkaiObserver
vipinbaligaDescription
Harmochirus sp - nest and egg sac
These tiny jumping spiders are usually found on the ground amongst leaf litter.
As expected I found this mother Harmochirus jumping spider and her egg sac/nest on the ground amongst the grass. The egg sac was inside a curled dry Lantana leaf.
She was kind of anxious. Walking all over the egg sac and occasionally going inside the opening of the nest as well. Perhaps the egg sac is inside the nest here.
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Carrhotus viduusObserver
vipinbaligaDescription
Here is a set of pictures showing the typical moves the male makes in the process of mating.
- The male approaches the female from the front
- The male persuades the female to turn around
- The female turns around
- The male positions himself to lift the female's abdomen up
- The male lifts the female's abdomen using his right leg 1. (notice the supporting limbs)
- The male lifts the abdomen higher and quickly inserts a pedipalp
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Genus AlcimochthesObserver
vishwanathgowdaDescription
Found this on tree bark near bisle ghat view point
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Indian Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridana)Observer
hayath_mohammedDescription
The Coreid kill had attracted a few jackal flies
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Genus MarengoObserver
hayath_mohammedPlace
Adarsh Opus Campbell Road, next to Lifestyle, HSR Layout, KG Halli, D' Souza Layout, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001, India (Google, OSM)
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Genus OviaObserver
jitheshPlace
Bengaluru, Sahyadri Layout, Panduranga Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560076, India (Google, OSM)
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Genus HamadruasObserver
abhiapcDescription
Smartness of Hamadruas ?
Yesterday I was on my regular walk with my camera. I saw something unusual.
Hamadruas sp, spider was guarding its eggsac, which was over hibiscus leaf !
Seeing Hamadruas with eggsac on leaf is not unusual.
its typical of this genus where spider suspends leaf with eggsac through its silk.
What was unusual here is, Instead of the spider using its own silk to Hang the leaf, Hamadruas had just dropped the leaf over the CYCLOSA web !
poor cyclosa had moved to one corner with its damaged web !
Hamadruas has now got primary support for its eggsac, & its definitely easy to give strength for hanging leaf though its silk.
Though I usually see Hamadruas over leaf hanging, I never saw its process !
This could be one of the processes, how Hamadruas protects its eggsac !
Nov 2021
Indraprastha,
Mysuru .
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