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    Biollantefan54's Bug-Hunt Thread (PIC HEAVY)

    And here is a collection of various springtails, spiders, and other buggies I found on a hike recently
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    Biollantefan54's Bug-Hunt Thread (PIC HEAVY)

    I found these in pond water, water flea, planarian, ostracods, and a copepod. Taken using a Laowa 25mm lens at 5x
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    Another Joro Spider Update

    They’ve been found up in Maryland so they may show up in your area eventually. They aren’t that hard to keep so long as you don’t mind them being free range. I kept 4 joros in my bedroom at one point, I had one in each corner. I misted their web lightly every few days and dropped mealworms and...
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    My Vitronura giselae culture

    Took a few more photos of some of the juveniles. The first photo are eggs one of the juveniles on the slime™ A group of juveniles on the slime™ And a single juvenile with its mouth visible
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    My Vitronura giselae culture

    One species that I plan on attempting to culture actually rolls into a ball a bit. I collected them a while back and also accidentally starved them. I plan on collecting more when it warms up and seeing if they will eat slime too
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    My Vitronura giselae culture

    Thank you! This was using and Nikon d7500 and a sigma 105mm macro with a raynox 250 These came from a park but I do find them in my yard occasionally too!
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    My Vitronura giselae culture

    I recently started keeping these adorable springtails after I got some help with their care. I tried in the past and accidentally starved them all! Turns out they eat slime mold! I have a culture of slime mold now that I keep to feed these guys. I collected some from outside a couple weeks ago...
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    Identification Wanted | SE Australia

    Im not sure who here are experts on Australian spiders. I’d post it on Inaturalist and maybe someone will recognize it
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    Budget friendly camera suggestion

    The camera you have is absolutely fine for macro photos of your tarantulas, I used that exact one for years. The lens is the important part. The lenses I have experience with don’t fit in your price range but maybe adding some snap on macro lenses to an existing lens would help?
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    Macro Flash Diffuser

    I use the Cygnus tech diffuser and love it, but there are many options as stated, here’s a recent pic using it
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    Never seen this spider in MI before!

    Yeah I was very surprised finding them all! I never used to look for stuff in the winter because I thought everything pretty much died off lol
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    Never seen this spider in MI before!

    After becoming interesting in springtails and mites, I’ve been looking outside more than ever here in NC in the dead of winter and had never thought there would be so much spider life out right now. Yesterday I found a baby Dolomedes on a tree, mature male Linyphiids, Lycosids, an ant mimic...
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    Never seen this spider in MI before!

    Nice find! This is Tetragnatha viridis, a native long-jawed orb weaver, and it is a male.
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    Is my Golden Orb Weaver dead?

    Can you share a pic of the enclosure? I wouldn’t expect it to hide even thought it just molted. These spiders usually are still in the open when they molt in their webs. Has it ever created a full web?
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    Biollantefan54's Bug-Hunt Thread (PIC HEAVY)

    Up next are is a an isopod I’ve never found, Haplophthalmus danicus, some more springtails, a mite, and then the baguette looking bug is a pauropod. They are myriapoda related to centipedes and millipedes but are much smaller and less well known! It was my first time seeing this kind!
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    Biollantefan54's Bug-Hunt Thread (PIC HEAVY)

    Even in the dead of winter, there is plenty to find if you look in the right places! First up are some springtails!
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    Species ID - Tiny agelenid

    When asking for IDs you should include what state you’re i , however, agelenidae all look a lot alike and very few can be identified from photos like these. Usually the mating organs need to be looked at under a microscope, these photos are not diagnostic enough to identify past Agelenidae
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    Biollantefan54's Bug-Hunt Thread (PIC HEAVY)

    Found this one under a log in 40 degree weather, never found one this way and was happy to see it was different than the usual ones I see. I find Chthonius tetrachelatus easily under boards and bricks and I see another species under bark every once in a while. I brought it home hoping to keep it...
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    What kind of wolf spider might this be please?

    This one does appear to be female, it’s not easy identifying them to a species so if you put them together they may not be the same.
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