Atul N Vartak retweeted
The most awaited event for all spider enthusiasts …. The Spider Week 22 is just round the corner …. So gear up and start documenting !
For more details and registration
sskspider.com/spiderweek2022…
The most awaited event for all spider enthusiasts …. The Spider Week 22 is just round the corner …. So gear up and start documenting !
For more details and registration
sskspider.com/spiderweek2022…
#spiderweek #spiderindia #inaturalist #spiders #arachnids #diversityindia
A close encounter with a Wolf !
Hippasa sp. Lycosidae @OlympusProIndia @NatureIn_Focus @spider_india @inbiodiversity @inaturalist
Pisuaridae...possibly a Hygropoda sp. occupying a leaf mine .
Leaf mines .... these are architectural modifications of leaves by a variety of insects called leaf miners !
@OlympusProIndia #leafmine @DiversityIndia @inbiodiversity @spider_india @NatGeoIndia @NatureIn_Focus
Atul N Vartak retweeted
Thrilled to see - at last! - “A Field Guide to the Spider Genera of India” by @spiderayan @DebomayC @nvatul & Siddharth Kulkarni (2020)! A pioneering work in many respects, so it seems appropriate to hold it with Pocock’s “Arachnida” (Fauna of British India) published 1900. 👏
A juvenile Argiope sp. with a kill! @OlympusProIndia @NatureIn_Focus @inaturalist @inbiodiversity @spider_india @SanctuaryAsia
Atul N Vartak retweeted
Coronavirus puts Dentists at greatest risk because of the highest physical proximity to the patient resulting in highest exposure to the disease.
Here is an interactive link explaining the same
nytimes.com/interactive/2020…
#SAVEDENTALPROFESSIONALS
Clogmia sp. Psychodidae ... They go by the common name Drain Flies ...Sink Flies or Sewer Gnats ! They often infest drains of bathrooms !
@OlympusProIndia @NatureIn_Focus @NatGeoIndia @inbiodiversity @inaturalist
The Giant honeybee.Apis dorsata.
Seen here is a Bee collecting water !
A bee colony requires four things from the environment that the bee has to carry back...nectar ,pollen ,propolis and water.The bee has to make several trips to the hive to refill the stock !@OlympusProIndia
A female Hamadruas sp. fiercely guarding her egg sac .
These Oxyopids do not leave their egg sacs for weeks together till the spiderlings have hatched and ready to disperse ! @OlympusProIndia @DiversityIndia @inbiodiversity @SanctuaryAsia
Roux's Forest Lizard ... Monilesaurus rouxii ...an insectivore agamid lizard which hunts during the day both on the ground and in trees ! @OlympusProIndia
Possibly A Cheiracanthium sp. Cheiracanthiidae ... note the presence of a cymbial spur on the pedipalps ... lack of a longitudinal groove in the middle of the carapace differentiates it from Clubionids .… instagram.com/p/B7_gz5OBtZu/…
A #Pentatomid nymph displaying brilliant colours !!!
#olympusproindia #raynox #diversityindia #insects #macrophotography
#Indothele sp....A #mygalomorph spider from Family #Dipluridae have long posterior lateral spinnerets which are used to make an irregular web with a retreat within it .... They are also also known as Curtain-web spiders
A Spitting Spider ...Scytodes sp. Scytodidae with her egg sac ! The eggs are held together with a few strands of silk and carried around by the female in her chelicerae... #spidersofinstagram… instagram.com/p/B63NVWFhgP3/…
Wanted to start off 2020 with the things I like to do the most ... Macro Photography !!! ... apart from dentistry and running of course :)
Up close with a Ctenid (Wandering Spider .. Family Ctenidae.) ...busy with a… instagram.com/p/B60iHiUBiel/…
And The Prey !!
Macracantha sp. feeding on a fly #spiderindia #araneidae #olympus #omdem1… instagram.com/p/BeCl3fyHzNf/