Photos / Sounds

Observer

vishwanathgowda

Date

October 19, 2023 08:52 PM IST

Description

Found this on a tree bark.

Photos / Sounds

What

Pirate Spiders (Genus Ero)

Observer

goudagururaj

Date

January 3, 2024 07:29 PM IST

Description

Mimetidae

Photos / Sounds

Observer

abhiapc

Date

December 24, 2023 01:52 PM IST

Description

ಊಹಿಸಲಾಗದನ್ನು ಊಹಿಸಿ ಎಂದರೆ ಹೇಗೆ ? - Otacilia
ನಾನು ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ ಒಂದು ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ಹಾಕಿ ಅಲ್ಲೇನಿದೆ ಎಂಬ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಯನ್ನು ಹಾಕಿದ್ದೆ. ನನ್ನ ಊಹೆಯಂತೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನವರು ಉತ್ತರಿಸಲಿಲ್ಲ ಮತ್ತು ಉತ್ತರಿಸಿದವರ್ಯಾರೂ ಸರಿ ಉತ್ತರವನ್ನು ನೀಡಲಿಲ್ಲ. ನನ್ನ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷೆ ತಪ್ಪಲಿಲ್ಲ. ನೀವೆಂದೇನು , ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ಸೆರೆಹಿಡಿದಾಗ ಉತ್ತರ ನನಗೂ ಗೊತ್ತಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ ಮತ್ತು ಆ ಚಿತ್ರದ ಚೌಕಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಜೀವಿಯೊಂದು ಅಡಕವಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದೂ ಊಹಿಸಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಹಾಗೆಂದು ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ನಾನು ಸುಮ್ಮನೆಯೂ ತೆಗೆದಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ.
ಬೆಳುವಾಯಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಜೇಡಗಳ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಗಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಜೇಡಗಳ ಅನ್ವೇಷಣೆ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ , ಪೂರ್ಣಪ್ರಜ್ಞ ಎಂಬ ಪರಿಸರ ಉತ್ಸಾಹಿ ಕಲ್ಮರದ ಖಾಂಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಏನೋ ಮೆತ್ತಗಿನ ಉಬ್ಬು ಇದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅದನ್ನು ಮುಟ್ಟಿದರೆ ಕಾಲುಗಳೆಂತು ಹೊರಬರುತ್ತದೆ ನೋಡಿ. ಯಾವ ಜೇಡ ಇರಬಹುದು ?
ಮರದ ಖಾಂಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಚಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕಲ್ಲುಹೂವನ್ನು (Lichen) ಸೇರಿಸಿ ಮಡ್ಡಿದ ಮೆತ್ತಗಿನ ಉಬ್ಬು ಕಂಡಿತು . ಮರದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅಲ್ಲಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ಪಾಚಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕಲ್ಲುಹೂವುಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಅದನ್ನೇ ಬಳಸಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದ್ದ ಗೂಡು ಇದಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಇಂಥಾ ಕಲೆಗಾರ , ಮಾನವನ ಬುದ್ಧಿಶಕ್ತಿಗೆ ಸಮವಾಗಿ ಮಿಲಿಟರಿ ಮಾದರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಟೆಂಟ್ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸುವ ಕುಶಲಕರ್ಮಿ ಯಾವುದು ಎಂಬ ಕುತೂಹಲ ನನ್ನಂತೆ ಇತರರಲ್ಲೂ ಮೂಡಿತು. ನಾನು ಕ್ಯಾಮೆರಾದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಿದ್ಧನಾದೆ, ಜಿತೇಶ್ ಮತ್ತು ಪೂರ್ಣ ಅವರವರ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಕ್ಯಾಮೆರಾದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಡಿಯೋ ದಾಖಲಿಸಲು ಸಿದ್ಧರಾದರು . ಅಲ್ಲಿದ್ದವರಲ್ಲೊಬ್ಬರು ಆ ಮೆತ್ತನೆಯ ಗೂಡನ್ನು ಮೆಲ್ಲನೆ ಒತ್ತಿದರು. ಕಾಲುಗಳೆಂಟು ಒಂದು ಬದಿಯಿಂದ ಹೊರಬಂತು. ಇನ್ನೊಮ್ಮೆ ಒತ್ತಿದರು.. ಜನ ಮಾಯಾ !
ಎಂಥಾ ವೇಗವಾಗಿ ಗೂಡಿನಿಂದ ಹೊರಬಂತೆಂದರೆ , ಜಿತೇಶರ ಸ್ಲೋ ಮೋಶನ್ ವಿಡಿಯೋದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂಡಾ ವೇಗವಾಗಿಯೇ ಇತ್ತು ! ಧಾವಂತವಾಗಿ ಚುಮ್ಮಿದ ಜೇಡ ಮರದ ಬುಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದ್ಯಾವ ಮಾಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋಗಿ ಕುಳಿತಿತ್ತೋ ನಮಗ್ಯಾರಿಗೂ ತಿಳಿಯಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಅಪೂರ್ವ ಕಲೆಗಾರ , ಓಟಗಾರ ಜೇಡನನ್ನು ನಾನು ಮಲಗಿಕೊಂಡೇ ಚಿತ್ರಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಪ್ರಸಂಗವೂ ಒದಗಿ ಬಂತು. ನೋಡ ನೋಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಕೆಳಗಿದ್ದ ಜೇಡ ಮೇಲೆಬಂದು ತನ್ನ ಮನೆಯ ಬಾಗಿಲನ್ನು ಮುಂಗೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎತ್ತಿ ಮತ್ತೆ ಒಳಹೊಕ್ಕಿತ್ತು. ಅಲ್ಲೇ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿ ಗೆಳೆಯ ವಿಪಿನ್ ಏನನ್ನೋ ಚಿತ್ರಿಸುತ್ತದ್ದರು. ಅಯ್ಯೋ ಅಲ್ಲೇನ್ ಮಾಡ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದೀರಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಬನ್ನಿ . ನಿಮಗೊಂದು ವಿಸ್ಮಯ ತೋರಿಸುವೆ ಎಂದು ಕರೆದೆ. ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ತಡವಾಗಿ ನಮ್ಮತ್ತ ಬಂದರು. ನಾನೂ ನಿಮಗೆ ಏನೋ ವಿಸ್ಮಯ ತೋರಿಸೋಣ ಎಂದಿದ್ದೆ, ಮೊದಲು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅನ್ವೇಷಣೆಯನ್ನೇ ನೋಡಿಬಿಡುವೆ ಎಂದರು . ಮರದ ಮೇಲಿರುವ ಜೇಡದ ಮನೆಯನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆ , ಅಯ್ಯೋ... ನಾನು ಇದನ್ನೇ ಆ ಮರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಂಡದ್ದು. ನಾನು ಇದನ್ನೇ ದಾಖಲು ಮಾಡಿರುವೆ ಎಂದರು . ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಒಂದೇ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ , ಒಂದೇ ಜಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ , ಬೇರೆ ಬೇರೆ ಮರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದೇ ವಿಷಯವನ್ನು ದಾಖಲು ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೆವು .
ನಾವು ಮಣ್ಣಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಲಗಳನ್ನು ತೋಡಿ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಮುಚ್ಚುಗೆಯನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಬಲೆಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಮಾಡಿ ಅದರ ಮೇಲೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಮಣ್ಣು ಮತ್ತು ಪಾಚಿಯನ್ನು ಹಾಕಿ ಜೇಡವು ಒಳ ಕೂತು ಬಾಗಿಲು ಹಾಕುವುದನ್ನು ಕಂಡಿದ್ದೇವೆ . ಅವನ್ನು ಟ್ರ್ಯಾಪ್ ಡೋರ್ ಜೇಡ ಎನ್ನುವರು . ಆದರೆ ಮರದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಅಂಥಾದ್ದೇ ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತಿಕೆ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸಿ ಹೀಗೆ ಅಡಗುವ ಜೇಡವನ್ನು ನಾವು ಕಂಡಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಜೇಡವು ಹೊರ ಬಂದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅದರ ಲಕ್ಷಣಗಳನ್ನು ಗಮನಿಸಿ ಇದು ಪ್ರುರೋಲಿತಿಡೇ (Phrurolithidae) ಕುಟುಂಬದ ಒಟಸೀಲಿಯಾ ( Otacilia) ಎಂಬ ಜೇಡ ಎಂದು ಗುರುತಿಸಿದೆ. ಈ ಮೊದಲು ಕಳೆದ ವರ್ಷ ಇದೇ ಜಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಜೇಡವನ್ನು ಕಂಡವನಿದ್ದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಅದು ಇಂಥಾ ಅದ್ಭುತ ಇಂಜಿನಿಯರ್ ಎಂದು ಊಹಿಸಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ.
ನಾನು ಜೇಡನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಮಯ ಕಳೆದಂತೆ ಇಂಥಾ ಒಂದೊಂದೇ ವಿಸ್ಮಯಕಾರಿ, ಕುತೂಹಲಕಾರಿ ಅಂಶಗಳು ತೆರೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾ ಹೋಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.
There is Nothing .

This is the answer, i have been receiving for the morning post. Actually answer is correct. But still, there is some thing . Can you see a bulged lichen & moss over tree bark? there lies the answer. During our recent Belwai spider workshop, we were exploring spider diversity from butterfly park . Nature enthusiast , PoornaPrajna called me to check the tree bark with something soft elevated sac, which is been covered by lichen . Tree was full of lichen, moss & this elevated soft park was also coved by the same. Totally camouflaged !
when we pressed eight legs came out & we were sure it was a spider !
Oh we had seen trapdoor spiders making doors with its silk & covering mud & lichen to make well camouflaged. But this was out of our imagination. such an engineering skill & this spider has made its sac look like a military's tent on forest . Jithesh was ready with his slow motion video & we gently pressed its sac. MAD RUSH.. some thing came out But not visible even on slow-motion video ! Spider ran vertically down & was seen on tree root in just a fraction of second . We called vipin who was photographing something on near by tree to witness this mesmerizing spider . He too came near us to show something , which is even that exiting. when we showed this sac , he showed his photos !
even he was photographing & documenting same spider on same time but on different tree. That was a surprise to both of us .
I had documented this spider during our last workshop at butterfly park . But i never imagined this spider makes such a retreat .
This is Otacilia sp from Phrurolithidae family.. One of the rare find with such natural history phenomena. we have just touched tip of iceberg & definitely worth studding this spider even more.

December 2023
Belvai butterfly park

Photos / Sounds

What

Asian Weaver Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina)

Observer

jithesh

Date

December 9, 2023 06:07 PM IST

Description

spidermeet2023

Photos / Sounds

What

Grass Crab Spiders (Genus Runcinia)

Observer

kunikimu

Date

July 30, 2023 05:35 PM IST

Photos / Sounds

What

Araneoid Spiders (Superfamily Araneoidea)

Observer

abhiapc

Date

July 9, 2023 06:45 PM IST

Description

id confirmation needed

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Observer

prasannaparab

Date

July 2023

Description

Male

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What

Flower Crab Spiders (Genus Thomisus)

Observer

harshithjv

Date

May 2021

Photos / Sounds

What

Bonnets (Genus Mycena)

Observer

lohityt

Date

June 19, 2023

Place

Mala (Google, OSM)

Description

Golden-backed Frog
Mushroom grown on frog body

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What

Genus Ovia

Observer

nisha23

Date

May 28, 2023 07:29 AM IST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

tshahan

Date

May 2023

Photos / Sounds

What

Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)

Observer

tshahan

Date

May 2023

Photos / Sounds

Date

May 10, 2023 07:56 AM IST

Photos / Sounds

What

Araneoid Spiders (Superfamily Araneoidea)

Observer

chinmay_c_m

Date

November 28, 2022 12:36 AM IST

Place

Tumkur (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia)

Observer

csbandi

Date

February 9, 2023 09:42 AM IST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

prasannaparab

Photos / Sounds

What

Cellar Spiders (Family Pholcidae)

Observer

jithesh

Date

January 22, 2023 11:25 AM IST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

jithesh

Date

January 22, 2023 12:13 PM IST

Photos / Sounds

What

Wolf Spiders (Family Lycosidae)

Observer

vihari

Date

January 6, 2023 12:14 PM IST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

manojbhat

Date

January 11, 2023 11:05 AM IST

Place

Gerusoppa (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Pantropical Jumping Spider (Plexippus paykulli)

Observer

nisha23

Date

January 11, 2023 01:33 PM IST

Photos / Sounds

What

Solifuges (Order Solifugae)

Observer

ashwinv

Date

December 29, 2022 07:29 PM IST

Photos / Sounds

What

Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus)

Observer

harshithjv

Date

October 2021

Description

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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Observer

abhiapc

Date

December 30, 2022 10:25 AM IST

Photos / Sounds

What

Bird Dropping Crab Spiders (Genus Phrynarachne)

Observer

csbandi

Date

December 19, 2022 08:34 AM IST

Photos / Sounds

What

Rock Weavers (Family Titanoecidae)

Observer

nisha23

Date

December 10, 2022 02:50 PM IST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

nisha23

Date

April 9, 2022 07:40 AM IST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

vishwanathgowda

Date

October 11, 2020 09:48 PM IST

Place

Hingaara (Google, OSM)

Description

found this with its web on a wild plant.

Photos / Sounds

What

Triangle Web Spiders (Genus Hyptiotes)

Observer

chinmay_c_m

Date

November 27, 2022 11:38 PM IST

Place

Tumkur (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

Observer

mutturajgouda

Date

December 10, 2022 02:07 PM IST

Photos / Sounds

What

Arrowbreasted Scorpions (Family Buthidae)

Observer

nisha23

Date

October 4, 2020 08:19 AM IST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

jithesh

Date

November 5, 2021 08:25 PM IST

Place

Padangady (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

Observer

abhiapc

Date

October 15, 2021 07:43 PM IST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

naturalist43365

Date

November 25, 2022 12:14 PM IST

Place

Belur (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Grey Wall Jumping Spider (Menemerus bivittatus)

Observer

csbandi

Date

November 27, 2022 02:40 PM IST

Description

Two males face-off?

Photos / Sounds

Observer

abhiapc

Date

September 28, 2017 11:25 AM IST

Photos / Sounds

What

Mindanao Splash Frog (Staurois natator)

Observer

cclborneo

Date

July 25, 2013 07:56 AM +08

Photos / Sounds

What

Sunda Marbled Cat (Pardofelis marmorata ssp. marmorata)

Observer

cclborneo

Photos / Sounds

Observer

naturalist43365

Date

April 15, 2018 07:13 PM IST

Place

Belur (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

Observer

naturalist43365

Date

November 19, 2022

Place

Belur (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Cellar Spiders (Family Pholcidae)

Observer

naturalist43365

Date

April 14, 2018 03:59 PM IST

Place

Belur (Google, OSM)

Description

Cannibalism

Photos / Sounds

Observer

manojbhat

Date

November 12, 2022 03:03 PM IST

Description

First time seeing with spiderlings on leaf of lemon plant

Photos / Sounds

Observer

vikrantk

Date

November 5, 2022 08:43 PM IST

Description

Mother guarding nest with spiderlings

Photos / Sounds

Date

November 6, 2022 08:37 AM IST

Description

Zabkai with kill

Photos / Sounds

Observer

deekshith20

Date

July 18, 2020 04:01 PM IST

Description

Closeup shot

Photos / Sounds

Observer

manjunath8

Date

November 1, 2022 10:23 AM IST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

naturalist43365

Date

March 14, 2018 11:25 AM IST

Place

Belur (Google, OSM)

Description

Feeding on unknown theridiidae

Photos / Sounds

What

Red Weaver Ant-mimicking Spider (Myrmaplata plataleoides)

Observer

naturalist43365

Date

March 5, 2018 12:59 PM IST

Place

Belur (Google, OSM)

Description

With dipteran kill

Photos / Sounds

Observer

vasanthi

Date

October 17, 2022 12:00 AM IST

Place

Samethadka (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

Observer

prasannaparab

Date

July 2020

Photos / Sounds

Observer

csbandi

Date

October 15, 2022 09:51 AM IST

Photos / Sounds

What

Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

Observer

pavan_tavrekere

Date

September 30, 2022 08:11 AM IST

Description

Found quite a few

Photos / Sounds

What

Leafless-Stem Balsam (Impatiens scapiflora)

Observer

pavan_tavrekere

Date

September 30, 2022 08:51 AM IST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

sandhyakudli

Date

October 25, 2021 10:02 AM IST

Description

Looks like Mantidfly molted on top of the spider eggs

Photos / Sounds

Observer

abhiapc

Date

September 25, 2022 07:06 PM IST

Description

similar to kidney orb, it doesn't sit on web
it has purse under leaf.
web photo not taken, as disturbed accidentally

Photos / Sounds

What

Bengal Monitor (Varanus bengalensis)

Observer

pavan_tavrekere

Date

September 20, 2015 11:33 AM IST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

nisha23

Date

September 28, 2022 11:04 AM IST

Description

Tetragnatha Squamata female

Photos / Sounds

Observer

pavan_tavrekere

Date

September 21, 2022 11:08 AM IST

Description

Found on Neelakurinji flower.

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Observer

abhiapc

Date

September 20, 2022 04:05 PM IST

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Observer

jithesh

Date

August 31, 2022 08:34 PM IST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

vasanthi

Date

September 2, 2022 12:00 AM IST

Place

Samethadka (Google, OSM)

Description

Saw this on a plant in coconutfarm with egg sac

Photos / Sounds

Observer

amith_kiran

Date

August 13, 2022 10:18 AM IST

Photos / Sounds

What

Palp-footed Spiders (Family Palpimanidae)

Observer

abhiapc

Date

July 16, 2022 05:06 PM IST

Photos / Sounds

What

Hasselt's Spiny Spider (Macracantha hasselti)

Observer

naturalist43365

Date

August 20, 2022 12:21 PM IST

Place

Belur (Google, OSM)

Description

Juvenile /subadult female

Photos / Sounds

What

Black-and-white Spiny Spider (Gasteracantha kuhli)

Observer

naturalist43365

Date

August 20, 2022 03:30 PM IST

Place

Belur (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

Observer

naturalist43365

Date

August 9, 2022 09:34 PM IST

Photos / Sounds

What

White-Moustached Portia (Portia labiata)

Observer

naturalist43365

Date

August 19, 2022 04:53 PM IST

Place

Belur (Google, OSM)

Description

Supposedly on her clutch of eggs

Photos / Sounds

What

Grass Lynx Spiders (Genus Oxyopes)

Observer

naturalist43365

Date

August 19, 2022 05:06 PM IST

Place

Belur (Google, OSM)

Description

With entomopathogenic fungi

Photos / Sounds

Observer

naturalist43365

Date

August 19, 2022 05:39 PM IST

Place

Belur (Google, OSM)

Description

Feeding on chikunia

Photos / Sounds

Observer

naturalist43365

Date

August 19, 2022 05:30 PM IST

Place

Belur (Google, OSM)

Description

Most of my sightings are on maize. These are in good numbers when we start cultivating maize.

Photos / Sounds

What

Comb-footed Platform Spiders (Genus Nihonhimea)

Observer

ashoksengupta5

Date

August 14, 2022 01:00 PM IST

Description

Observed the parasitoid larvae on the tiny spider.

Photos / Sounds

What

White Lynx Spider (Oxyopes shweta)

Observer

abhiapc

Date

July 20, 2022 10:27 PM IST

Description

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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What

Heavy-bodied Jumper (Hyllus semicupreus)

Date

August 11, 2022 10:48 AM IST

Place

Home of (Google, OSM)

Description

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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Observer

abhiapc

Date

July 16, 2022 10:17 PM IST

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Observer

abhiapc

Date

July 30, 2022 09:10 PM IST

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What

Red Weaver Ant-mimicking Spider (Myrmaplata plataleoides)

Observer

nisha23

Date

June 30, 2022 10:02 AM IST

Place

Tumkur (Google, OSM)

Description

Male Red weaver ant mimicking spider feeding on female ant mimicking spider.

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What

Black and Scarlet Cicada (Huechys sanguinea)

Observer

vasudeesha

Date

September 19, 2021 11:01 PM IST

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Observer

abhiapc

Date

July 3, 2022 11:44 AM IST

Photos / Sounds

What

Pantropical Ogre-faced Spiders (Genus Asianopis)

Observer

vijaykumar2

Date

June 2022

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Date

June 17, 2022 08:04 AM IST

Description

Spiders always choose better home...this choose exoskeleton of an insect

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Observer

abhiapc

Date

June 12, 2022 08:48 PM IST

Description

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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Observer

vaidyar

Date

March 31, 2022 05:15 PM IST

Description

The prey.

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What

Crab Spiders (Family Thomisidae)

Observer

jithesh

Date

March 21, 2022 06:53 PM IST

Place

Bangalore (Google, OSM)

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Observer

vishwanathgowda

Date

November 27, 2020 11:23 AM IST

Description

Found this during morning macro walk.

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Observer

naturalist43365

Date

February 2, 2022 07:49 AM UTC

Place

Belur (Google, OSM)

Description

Juvenile male preying upon a theridid mother that was with her newly hatched spiderlings.

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What

Two-striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata)

Observer

shanmukharaja

Date

January 22, 2022 04:37 PM IST

Description

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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What

Whip Spiders (Genus Ariamnes)

Observer

nisha23

Date

January 11, 2022 06:43 PM IST

Description

Parasitoid wasps inside Whip spider eggsac

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What

Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

Observer

girishgowda

Date

June 20, 2020 01:02 PM IST

Description

Multiple individuals were seen roosting on a spider web.

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What

Bark Mantises (Genus Humbertiella)

Observer

amith_kiran

Date

October 11, 2019 01:42 PM UTC

Description

Bark mantis feeding on green Lynx spider

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Observer

amith_kiran

Date

May 16, 2020 11:19 AM IST

Description

?Ogdenia

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What

Tailed Grass Crab Spiders (Genus Monaeses)

Observer

amith_kiran

Date

July 10, 2020 06:48 PM UTC

Description

Monaeses with ant kill

Photos / Sounds

What

Indian Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridana)

Observer

amith_kiran

Date

March 16, 2019 10:53 AM IST

Description

Green Lynx spider preying on crab spider

Photos / Sounds

Observer

naturalist43365

Date

December 24, 2021 01:20 AM UTC

Place

Belur (Google, OSM)

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What

Ornamental Tree Trunk Spider (Herennia multipuncta)

Observer

vishwanathgowda

Date

December 19, 2021 10:00 PM IST

Description

Found this in web, on bark of a tree.

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What

Garden Orbweavers (Genus Argiope)

Observer

vihari

Date

August 8, 2021 04:56 PM UTC

Place

Bhatkal (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

Date

December 19, 2021 03:00 PM UTC

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Date

October 20, 2021 03:31 PM UTC

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Observer

vishwanathgowda

Date

August 25, 2020 10:26 AM IST

Description

Found this in a dry plant. During morning macro walk.

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Observer

abhiapc

Date

November 29, 2021 08:25 PM IST

Description

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 .