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amypteride.bsky.social
What time is it? It’s #Cheliceratime & #Arachtober !
And here are the drawings of the first week of #Spideroctober, with a quick sheet for each species after the main page!

Next update for the drawing challenge next sunday!

#spider #sciart
October 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM
amypteride.bsky.social
And I'll be joining the #Spideroctober challenge of Julien Nowak (instagram) so each Sunday (& Saturday for the 31/10), you'll have drawing only posts of the spiders drawn during the week✏️

Happy Arachtober to all of you, hope you'll like what I have in store for this month and let's have fun! :D✨️
1.Argiope bruennichi 2.Misumena vatia 3.Salticus scenicus 4.Dolomedes fimbriatus 5.Dysdera crocata 6.Araneus marmoreus 7.Segestria florentina 8.Pisaura mirabilis 9.Synema globosum 10.Tegenaria domestica 11.Araniella cucurbitina 12.Pardosa lugubris 13.Mangora acalypha 14.Pholcus phalangioides 15.Zoropsis spinimana 16.Scytodes thoracica 17.Nuctenea umbratica 18.Tetragnatha extensa 19.Xysticus cristatus 20.Evarcha arcuata 21.Larinioides cornutus 22.Steatoda nobilis 23.Meta menardi 24.Amaurobius fenestralis 25.Ctenizia sauvagesi 26.Latrodectus mactans (or L. tredecimguttatus) 27.Argyroneta aquatica 28.Harpactea hombergi 29.Alopecosa pulverulenta 30.Leptorchestes berolinensis 31.Micrommata virescens
October 1, 2026 at 1:32 PM
andydouglas1967.bsky.social
A friendly Salticus on my garden chair. Jumped when I got the tube out but somehow got back up and was happy to jump on my hand. Wonder if it’ll come back for a third go?
September 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
chalkspring.bsky.social
I often find Salticus cingulatus alongside Marpissa muscosa. Try staring at sunlit Scots Pine trunks
September 21, 2026 at 4:31 PM
vannabartlett.bsky.social
A couple of nice Jumping Spiders from West Norfolk - Salticus cingulatus and Marpissa muscosa. Found with @jeremybartlett.bsky.social
#arachnids #spiders
A white spider with black markings head down on a grey wooden fence. Below the spider and slightly left is the shiny head of a nail hammered deep into the wood with a horizontal split spreading either side of it. A brown and white flecked spider on a brown wooden fence post. It's head is rather squarish and the body is a long oval. The legs are relatively short. The spider's front two eyes are very large and round.
September 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM
jsfeehan.bsky.social
A common species in #Scotland, but this is the first time I've had the pleasure of finding Salticus scenicus in my back garden. This inquisitive one was hunting on a plant pot, and the contrasting glaze made for a nice #portrait!

#Salticidae #Inverts #WildlifePhotography #macrophotography #spiders
A black and white Salticus scenicus jumping spider with bronze highlights hunts on a blue-glazed plant pot.
September 21, 2026 at 12:41 PM
sconzani.bsky.social
The Zebra Spider (Salticus scenicus) may look cute but it's an effective predator, and even smaller spiders make for a tasty lunch. #arachnid @britishspiders.bsky.social
September 20, 2026 at 1:31 PM
nimblenewt.bsky.social
Look at those eyelashes! 🩶🤍🩶And that intent gaze, staring up into the fronds of my big Shefflera tree, where they subsequently leapt. Such a wee smidgeon, I hope I don’t accidentally vacuum her up one day (they seem like an Evelyn?); I hope they stay my roommate for the next 20 years! #JumpingSpider
A teeny Salticus scenicus came to visit me, also known as Zebra jumping spider. They are on a grey sheet, and they have big black eyes with long eyelashes; their body is grey with dark stripey markings on their abdomen and a pretty grey circle with black center behind their eyes (hard to see in this photo but visible in the photo above). Their legs are translucent light grey with black stripes. They are the most common urban jumping spider here on Southern Vancouver Island, I see them all over at work inside and outside the greenhouses, on my car, in my house. We have another frequently encountered jumping spider of great character with a red abdomen, Phiddipus borealis, but they are inhabitants of mossy rocky bluffs, less likely to be seen in human made spots.
September 12, 2026 at 11:46 PM
nimblenewt.bsky.social
The teeniest tiniest Zebra jumping spider came to investigate when I lay down to nap! Look at the translucent legs, so hairy🩶 (This isn’t a crocheted blanket, it’s a close-woven bedsheet.) I’m delighted my camera could even focus on her as she ping-ponged around! #spider #EmotionalSupportSpood
A teeny Salticus scenicus came to visit me, also known as Zebra jumping spider. They are on a grey sheet, and their body is grey with dark stripey markings on their abdomen and a pretty grey circle with black center behind their eyes. Their legs are translucent light grey with black stripes. They are the most common urban jumping spider here on Southern Vancouver Island, I see them all over at work inside and outside the greenhouses, on my car, in my house. We have another frequently encountered jumping spider of great character with a red abdomen, Phiddipus borealis, but they are inhabitants of mossy rocky bluffs, less likely to be seen in human made spots.
September 12, 2026 at 11:46 PM
anzac69.bsky.social
#Invertebrate

More from my magnificent wildlife garden!

I've well over 150 species of invertebrates so far recorded from in my wildlife garden; I'm so very lucky...
September 10, 2026 at 11:37 AM
johnboorman.bsky.social
Garden wildlife. Firstly, I disturbed a nice Woodlouse Spider (Dysdera sp.) when I moved a bin, then I saw two Zebra Spiders (Salticus scenicus) on a bin - I thought it would be interesting to see what happened when they met, but the one on the lid panicked and ran away! @britishspiders.bsky.social
A spider with a red carapace and paler legs, and a much paler abdomen. It's on a concrete path by a low brick wall, and there is also a feather in this image. A spider with a red carapace and paler legs, and a much paler abdomen. It's on a concrete path by a low brick wall, and is about to find somewhere to hide. Two black and white Zebra Spiders (jumping spiders) on a bin. One is on the lower green bit, and is approaching the other one which is on the brown lid to the left. Two black and white Zebra Spiders (jumping spiders) on a bin. One is on the lower green bit, and is approaching the other one which is on the brown lid to the left.
September 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
robyaxley.bsky.social
Some things on church walls over the last couple of days - spiders Attulus pubescens and Salticus scenicus, and Common Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus. Loads of Bristly Millipedes out and about too.
August 31, 2026 at 6:52 PM
samulisiltanen.bsky.social
Salticus cingulatus jumping spider.

Actually, the Latin verb “saltare” means both “to jump” and “to dance”. So is this a dancing spider, after all? 💃

#salticidae #spidersky
August 24, 2026 at 5:30 AM
sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social
one of my favorite jumping spiders (Salticus palpalis)

#invertebrates 📷
Photo of a jumping spider with a greenish-blue head with white border, and an orange and white striped butt. It is sitting on a wooden fencepost.
August 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
urara.pl
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Salticus peckhamae
Salticus peckhamae is a species of spider from a Salticidae family. (Source: Wikipedia, '', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salticus_peckhamae, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) gwentomologist, some rights reser...
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August 15, 2026 at 6:41 AM
urara.pl
Another cutie patootie?!

Salticus peckhamae, very stylish jumping spider!
August 15, 2026 at 6:41 AM
norwichbirder.bsky.social
For some reason this week has been a good one for jumping spiders (Salticidae) indoors. My first Downy Jumping Spider (Attulus pubsescens) was in the bathroom, Pseudeuophrys lanigera was in the porch and a Zebra Spider (Salticus scenicus) was climbing the net curtains.
A side on view of a dark brown jumpin spider A head-on view of a dark brown jumping spider with banded legs A top down view of a small jumping spider with a part pale, part dark brown abdomen. A blackish jumping spider with white markings, climbing up a net curtain.
August 14, 2026 at 9:39 PM
drhoz.bsky.social
Variously known as Salticus minax, Plexippus minax, Trite minax and Ocrisiona leucocomis, but it got its current name 1899 when it was redescribed by French arachnologist Eugène Simon.
August 13, 2026 at 9:44 AM
drhoz.bsky.social
First described as Salticus appresus in 1873, by Dr Llewellyn Powell (1843–1879 - way too young), a Welsh-born eye surgeon, and Christchurch’s first Medical Officer of Health and who taught the first university-level biology and chemistry courses at Canterbury College.
August 8, 2026 at 6:08 AM
drhoz.bsky.social
drhoz.tumblr.com/post/8241310... #3881 - Holoplatys apressus

“entirely flat and pressed down”

Enjoying a Chironomid snack.
#3881 - Holoplatys apressus
"entirely flat and pressed down" Enjoying a Chironomid snack. First described as Salticus appresus in 1873, by Dr Llewellyn Powell ((1843–1879 - way too young), a Welsh-born eye surgeon, and...
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August 8, 2026 at 6:06 AM
drhoz.bsky.social
Salticus scenicus, then. Scottish, and black and white
August 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM
arachnoteg.bsky.social
The grass/stone bank line produced lots of spider igloos under the stones near areas with ant activity Zodarion fuscum. Most igloos had egg sacks, some were being used by imm. salticus. Recorded here previously, the third different location I have come across it locally. @britishspiders.bsky.social
July 31, 2026 at 9:07 PM
johnboorman.bsky.social
Local wildlife. I was watching a Wasp feeding on some prey remains dropped by the resident Peregrines, when I noticed a Zebra Spider (Salticus scenicus) approaching. It didn't approach the wasp but was interested in a Common Green Bottlefly which was nearby, but the fly flew off!
A wasp feeding on some prey remains (dropped by the resident Peregrine falcons). A Wasp feeding on some prey remains (dropped by the resident Peregrine falcons). There is now a Zebra Spider at the top of the photo. A Zebra Spider to the left of the photo is approaching a Common Green Bottlefly. A Zebra Spider to the top left of the photo is approaching a Common Green Bottlefly.
July 18, 2026 at 5:26 PM
sigillae.bsky.social
Heyo, I know this is ages later, but I'd like to clarify that this is NOT a twin-flagged jumper. It is a zebra jumper, genus Salticus, probably S. scenicus if this is in North America. If you used an AI based identifier, unfortunately, they're very bad at spiders.
July 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
wickedwworm.bsky.social
HEY JOE! WHAT YA DOIN?
#jumpingspider #spider #photography #video #Canon #Rs100 #EOS #nature #indoor #fly #Predator #kill #hunt #hunter #fast #lightning #speed #zebraspider #zebra #SalticusScenicus #Salticus #scenicus #Dutch #naturedocumentary #Joe #netherlands #toofast #fasterthanyou #dontblink
July 13, 2026 at 3:52 AM