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Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus)Observer
harshithjvDescription
Must've hitch-hiked our vehicle in the evening as I spotted in front the car few minutes after parking. As seen in one of the photos, the insect has length about 4 cms.
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Bird Dropping Crab Spiders (Genus Phrynarachne)Observer
csbandiPlace
CLUB HOUSE, ASTRO ROSEWOOD REGENCY, Kaikondrahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560035, India (Google, OSM)
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Araneus viridisomusObserver
vishwanathgowdaDescription
found this with its web on a wild plant.
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Grey Wall Jumping Spider (Menemerus bivittatus)Observer
csbandiDescription
Two males face-off?
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Cellar Spiders (Family Pholcidae)Observer
naturalist43365Description
Cannibalism
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Strigoplus netravatiObserver
manojbhatDescription
First time seeing with spiderlings on leaf of lemon plant
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Harmochirus zabkaiObserver
shashikanthbkambannavarDescription
Zabkai with kill
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Cobweb Spiders (Family Theridiidae)Observer
naturalist43365Description
Feeding on unknown theridiidae
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Red Weaver Ant-mimicking Spider (Myrmaplata plataleoides)Observer
naturalist43365Description
With dipteran kill
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Mantidflies (Family Mantispidae)Observer
sandhyakudliDescription
Looks like Mantidfly molted on top of the spider eggs
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Mangora baiiObserver
abhiapcDescription
similar to kidney orb, it doesn't sit on web
it has purse under leaf.
web photo not taken, as disturbed accidentally
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Genus HenrikseniaObserver
pavan_tavrekereDescription
Found on Neelakurinji flower.
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Trachythorax illaesaObserver
abhiapcPlace
Mysore, 7JC4+59R, Karle Habitat, Dattagalli 3rd Stage, Mysuru, Karnataka 570022, India (Google, OSM)
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Genus PasilobusObserver
vasanthiDescription
Saw this on a plant in coconutfarm with egg sac
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Hasselt's Spiny Spider (Macracantha hasselti)Observer
naturalist43365Description
Juvenile /subadult female
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White-mustached Portia (Jumping Spider) (Portia labiata)Observer
naturalist43365Description
Supposedly on her clutch of eggs
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Grass Lynx Spiders (Genus Oxyopes)Observer
naturalist43365Description
With entomopathogenic fungi
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Rhene rubrigeraObserver
naturalist43365Description
Most of my sightings are on maize. These are in good numbers when we start cultivating maize.
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Comb-footed Platform Spiders (Genus Nihonhimea)Observer
ashoksengupta5Description
Observed the parasitoid larvae on the tiny spider.
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White Lynx Spider (Oxyopes shweta)Observer
abhiapcDescription
Shweta hunting shield bug.
Never imagined oxyopes shweta hunts so selectively.
Shweta waited for pentatomidae to emerge out of egg and started feeding on it, one after other for two days!
Pentatomidae are considered as pests for agricultural crops are very effectively controlled by single spider in just two days !
That's the role of spider!
July 2022
Indraprastha
Mysuru.
With Sanath Ramesh Manimoole
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Heavy-bodied Jumper (Hyllus semicupreus)Observer
praveen_tangiralaDescription
Female killed a dragon fly. The spider was about 10 cm up, it descended slowly using web to a nearby perch and then pounced on the dragon fly, I ran in and got my phone for a few pics, by which time the dragon fly became immobile. Hyllus I've seen take big prey at my garden.
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Red Weaver Ant-mimicking Spider (Myrmaplata plataleoides)Observer
nisha23Description
Male Red weaver ant mimicking spider feeding on female ant mimicking spider.
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Black and Scarlet Cicada (Huechys sanguinea)Observer
vasudeeshaPlace
Bengaluru, Sahyadri Layout, Panduranga Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560076, India (Google, OSM)
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Pellenes ivaObserver
shashikanthbkambannavarDescription
Spiders always choose better home...this choose exoskeleton of an insect
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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 RheneObserver
vishwanathgowdaDescription
Found this during morning macro walk.
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Brettus cingulatusObserver
naturalist43365Description
Juvenile male preying upon a theridid mother that was with her newly hatched spiderlings.
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Two-striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata)Observer
shanmukharajaDescription
Jumping spider hunting on Mating pair of Red Pierriot. It fed one and then caught the second one. Red Pierrot could not separate out and escape.
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Whip Spiders (Genus Ariamnes)Observer
nisha23Place
84Q8+5W4, Sri Shivakumaraswamiji Circle, S.S.Puram, Tumakuru, Karnataka 572103, India (Google, OSM)Description
Parasitoid wasps inside Whip spider eggsac
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
girishgowdaDescription
Multiple individuals were seen roosting on a spider web.
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Genus HumbertiellaObserver
amith_kiranPlace
Bengaluru University Administrative Block, Gnana Bharathi, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560056, India (Google, OSM)Description
Bark mantis feeding on green Lynx spider
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Tailed Grass Crab Spiders (Genus Monaeses)Observer
amith_kiranDescription
Monaeses with ant kill
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Indian Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridana)Observer
amith_kiranDescription
Green Lynx spider preying on crab spider
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Ornamental Tree Trunk Spider (Herennia multipuncta)Observer
vishwanathgowdaDescription
Found this in web, on bark of a tree.
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Genus CarrhotusObserver
vishwanathgowdaDescription
Found this in a dry plant. During morning macro walk.
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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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Genus OviaObserver
jitheshPlace
Bengaluru, Sahyadri Layout, Panduranga Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560076, India (Google, OSM)
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Genus ScytodesObserver
abhiapcDescription
Cannibalism in spitting spider!
Female spitting web on male !
October 2020
Puttur,
Karnataka.
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Heavy-bodied Jumper (Hyllus semicupreus)Observer
praveen_tangiralaDescription
Predating a baby lizard
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Genus GhatianaObserver
vishwanathgowdaDescription
Found this in tree bark, ane jhari butterfly camp, Kollur. Karnataka.
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Housefly Catchers (Genus Plexippus)Observer
vishwanathgowdaDescription
Found this on a compound wall. Noon walk.
