War is terrible for people, and terrible for the environment 🌍, which is, in turn, also terrible for people.
(Not that the rich and powerful give a rip.)
See also: www.forbes.com/sites/nilsro...
I was wondering the same (about it beeing too large to balloon). I've never before seen a wolf spider do this.
What I witnessed here, I think, was an attempt of a Lycosidae (most likely Pardosa sp.) to balloon? Anyone willing to confirm?
*Ballooning refers to a type of locomotion where a spider takes flight.
#SpiderSky #inverts #spiders
#WolfSpiders
A spider butt.
A spider face.
Hobbies of Nuctenea umbratica also include cave diving.
All jokes aside, here, have a spider (cave diving stance included).
#SpiderSky #inverts
Frontal view of a black and white striped jumping spider. Big primary eyes beautifully visible. It has made itself comfortable on a large rock.
A lateral view of the same spider. A light brown pattern visible an the abdomen between the white stripes and a black backdrop.
Dorsal view of same spider. Brown pattern between white stripes visible (abdomen).
Taking walks in nature is a blessing in it itself. But noticing my eight-legged friends emerging really brightens my day.
Here, a zebra jumping spider (likely Salticus scenicus, judging by size, time, pattern and environment encountered).
#SpiderSky #inverts #JumpingSpiders
I hope you caught some sleep despite of those nightmares.
I understand. I also feel way more at home, here, on BlueSky. It truly feels more like 'social' media compared to other places 😅
That folklore is super interesting.
And your experience with spider surely helped you appreciate them from a young age. What a blessing 🤗
Thanks for the advice, will be further trying to make him more comfortable with the idea 😂
Funny that you mention that! I used to be scared of them. But I feel like my fear was learnt more than inherented. My mother used to freak out whenever she saw a house spider and just straight up killed them.
I never had the 'guts' to do that and had learnt to hurl them outside with a glass 😅
Thank you! It's honestly just a plce for me to share the little joys of nature (no matter if in- or outdoors). I also grew up with cats. Still got one too.
I love the idea of having a tarantula. My husband, not so much 😂
But he keeps 'our' house spiders out of harms way and that's a win for me.
This is really something that actually baffles me. We are all part of an ecosystem. As we harm this system, we harm ourselves...
I'm so sorry to hear that. I can understand what an insane loss that must've been. Especially because you shared a huge amount of time together...
I've seen people keeping new world species as pets. I'm slowly trying to get my partner to get used to the idea of a potential eight-legged tenant 👀
Yes, I understand. The tiny AND fast attributes make them extremely difficult to capture on camera. (Trust me, I know 😭)
Also: Amazing collection of books!
Absolutely! The biggest jumper we get in Switzerland is about 1.2cm in length. But the ones I encounter most often just measure a few mm's. Fascinating little creatures 😄
-20°C is real though, I could never! Amazing how well they cope with such weather. I do worry about the climate and changes in extreme weather events...
Yes, we share some interests. I'm not that deep into tech though (compared to friends/partner). Fascinated by certain aspects for sure!
Oh my! What a beauty!
I know, right? I love to sit by my window and observe them whenever they come by 👀
There are bigger and deadlier creatures out there 🫣
Very nice! 😍
Eurasian blue tit sitting on a clay tray filled with food for wild birds (at least, it was advertised to me that way).
Same blue tit, head turned towards its observer (me).
#BirdsSeenIn2026
A visitor to my not-so-fancy bird feeder (it's just a clay pot tray with some bird food in it).
I believe they enjoy the additional food source.
She's flowering!
Usually, I cut the inflorescence since resources are spent developing flowers instead of upkeeping the leaves.
However, I'm really curious to see how it turns out 👀
#houseplant #alocasia
She's so photogenic! 😍
Still one of my favourite pictures of an orb-weaver (Larinioides sp.) that just wanted to stay in our apartment to keep warm.
#inverts #SpiderSky #orbweaver
Three-in-one pictures of Larinioides sclopetarius, an orb-weaving spider. Each picture shows a slightly different angle of the animal.
Look who I found crawling about:
Larinioides sclopetarius. A truly wonderful orb-weaving spider.
📍 Switzerland (03.01.2026)
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#spider #SpiderSky #arachnids #inverts #orbweaver 🕷️🌿
reading about organisms that aren’t your specialty is like
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
spiders are incapable of wrongdoing
A large drone fly (most likely Eristalis sp.) looking over the inflorescense of a Melilotus albus. A small 'hi.' written in white font next to its head.
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What a cool find!
Can't believe I have to say this but climate change is responsible for extreme cold snaps.
What a dreadfully genius skeet.
