<![CDATA[A couple more spiders today, albeit neither new species for 2026.]]>A couple more spiders today, albeit neither new species for 2026.

This tiny juvenile Nosferatu spider (Zoropsis spinimana) has been sitting on the wall of my office all afternoon, supervising me.

Hence my taking its picture & making it almost famous 📸

If it manages to catch enough insects in here, it will get a lot bigger ... 🙂

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/bcdebfc4-2cbe-4746-95ed-a52bd3e82bbf/a-couple-more-spiders-today-albeit-neither-new-species-for-2026.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 03:46:08 GMTSat, 25 Apr 2026 17:52:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A couple more spiders today, albeit neither new species for 2026. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:17:54 GMT]]>And switching to the insect side of the arthropod phylum, here's a bee feeding just before the sun set over the valley.

I think it's a white-bellied mining bee (Andrena gravida; 🇩🇪 Weiße Bindensandbiene), although some confirmation (or not) would be helpful.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/markmccaughrean/statuses/116466717445998862https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/markmccaughrean/statuses/116466717445998862Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:17:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple more spiders today, albeit neither new species for 2026. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:00:25 GMT]]>Second, another of the jumping spider species we have in the garden.

This is a copper sun jumper (Heliophanus cupreus; 🇩🇪 Kupfrige Sonnenspringspinne), & from the light-coloured palps, likely a female.

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