This is probably the most beautiful spider that I ever collected. Here, she's a Phidippus regius adult female. I found her as tan sub-adult on a boardwalk railing near my home in South Florida in 2007. I took this shot with my 4.1 mp Nikon 4500. 🌿 #inverts #Phids #macro #photography #spiders

Why the Planck Length is Truly Metal ​Imagine a human hair ​Divide that by 100,000 Now you’re at the size of an atom Divide that atom by another 100,000 Now you’re at the size of the nucleus ​To get to the Planck Length, you would have to divide that nucleus by 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 #inverts

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Here's some good sludge to go with the music. I've come up with a mix of potato flakes, oats, and brewer's yeast that gets the house flies to feed and lay their eggs. These will be a food source for the jumping spiders through the winter. #inverts deadbirddoom.bandcamp.com/album/other-...

My jumping spider page has become just me sharing heavy sludge music into the void. Well, here's an old shot from ten years ago of a Phidippus mystaceus adult male from Seminole, Oklahoma. The shot was taken with a Canon 7D with the 100mm macro lens, flash, and homemade diffuser. 🌿 #inverts #macro

hornoftherhino.bandcamp.com/album/weight... #hornoftherhino #HotR #sludge #doom #metal #Bilbao

Lying awake I can not sleep this away Float like stars in space Count the rings sadness As old as the earth Nothing will remain Kill the pain of decay Bring on the floods. music.youtube.com/watch?v=G94j...

Other Worlds Than This by Deadbird originally recorded in 2005 is heavy, soulful, and full of pain. These five songs check all the boxes. deadbirddoom.bandcamp.com/album/other-... #deadbirddoom #sludge #arkansassludge #heavymetal

Damn I can't wait for summer to return to North Dakota.

This might be my new favorite band. Only problem is they haven't been a band for the past ten years or so. music.youtube.com/watch?v=4iuo...

Mike IX and Jimmy Bower created a sludge masterpiece with this one. music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I recently discovered these guys. It's southern sludge with clean grunge and blues style vocals. music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

This was excellent. Really enjoyed it. Lots of legends. youtu.be/SDK6ECp-6Zc?...

An all-time great album for me music.youtube.com/watch?v=SG0c...

The winter dragon has arrived in the Northern Plains

The animal and rage within... music.youtube.com/watch?v=-0QJ...

Here's a short video of a P. purpuratus sub-adult female making a sac for winter. The song is called Bones of babydolls by Acid Bath. 🌿 #inverts #Phidippus #spiders youtu.be/SbdGDE48xyY?...

Love letter to self Kublai Khan TX - Theory of Mind music.youtube.com/watch?v=pSHp...

Here's an old shot of one of my girls from 2015-2016. She was a Big Bend variation of Phidippus audax from North Florida. This population has incredible color pattern variation and often retain their juvenile colors into adulthood.🌿 #inverts #Phidippus #macro

Here's a shot of the fog that was over the Missouri River a couple days ago after it had lifted earlier in the morning.

I had a little fun with this video, combining my P. aduax adult female with some hardcore metal. She's a colorful girl from Texas and was recently paired with the male. She should produce an eggsac in the next few weeks. #Phidippus #audax #inverts youtu.be/i09HMezoF44?...

Gojira - music for the soul music.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gcq...

Here's my two apache girls that I recently got from a collector in Texas. I'm hoping at least one of these beauties produces a good eggsac. This is a late summer to fall-maturing species. In cooler climates, females will overwinter and produce eggsacs in spring. 🌿 #Phidippus #apacheanus #inverts

It's almost like they're trying to tell us something... ht: @magacultslayer.bsky.social

Hello Fall.

These are shots of four "Prairie purpuratus" penultimate males from Northwest North Dakota. This is where P. texanus merge with P. purpuratus. It seems incorrect to call it a hybrid zone. They represent a cline throughout the Central Plains and across the north. 🌿 #inverts #arachtober #jumpingspider

This girl was collected a few weeks ago in Central Florida. I began collecting and keeping these Phidippus regius in 2003. It's been a few years since I kept this species, and it's impressive how much larger she is compared to my other jumpers. 🌿 #inverts #spiders #bugsky #arachtober

Found this Phidippus clarus adult male guarding this penultimate female in Central Florida last month. This fall-maturing species can be found in wet habitats throughout Florida. The females make conspicuous egg sacs near the tops of shrubs and on seedheads of forbs. 🌿 #spiders #inverts #arachtober

Phidippus purpuratus penultimate female, NW North Dakota. This girl will overwinter as a penultimate and then mature next spring. Overwintering is critical for these northern females to know when it's time to make their egg sacs. 🌿 #jumpingspiders #Phidippus #inverts #arachtober

Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess' idea of #DeepEcology argues that environmental protection must come not from moral obligation but a broadened sense of self, allowing one to act instinctively to preserve the natural world. #WednesdayWisdom

Phidippus otiosus adult male, Highlands County, FL 2015 This boy was very large for this species at 17mm body length. I found him in a P. otiosus population, but he likely had some P. regius mixed in. He was super chill and a great pet jumper. 🌿 #Phidippus #jumpingspiders #inverts

Phidippus otiosus female, Highlands County, FL 2016 I always enjoyed finding this species in Central Florida. They often have more orange scale color and larger body size than individuals farther North. This is likely due to introgression with P. regius. 🌿 #Phidippus #jumpingspiders #inverts

Phidippus texanus penultimate female on Echinacea angustifolia stalk, Williams County, ND. This is the northernmost edge of their range. They were previously believed to only extend into Nebraska, but they are found in the northern prairie with P. purpuratus. 🌿 #Phidippus #jumpingspider #inverts

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High on Fire - hung, drawn, and quartered Contaminated 5.0 was a great CD that I found at CD Warehouse over 20 years ago. I discovered High on Fire, Alabama Thunderpussy, and Neurosis from that disc.

Large Carolina wolf spider female (H. carolinensis) from this past weekend in northeast Florida. She was a beauty. 🌿 #invert #spiders #Hogna

Latrodectus geometricus male with female, South Florida. I didn't stick around to record them mating. This was recorded around 3 a.m. in outdoor lighting. 🌿 #inverts #spiders #Latros

A beautiful L. geometricus female I had found on a sign post while in Florida the past few weeks. This particular sign and adjacent fire hydrant had several adult females living side by side with multiple eggsacs and young juveniles. 🌿 #inverts #spiders #Latros

A few spiders from North Florida yesterday - two large H. carolinensis females and an Argiope florida female with a nearby eggsac. These wolf spiders were massive. I saw several of these Florida Argiope along with many other spiders. 🌿 #invert #spiders

A few jumpers from Central Florida this week: a Maevia species female (undescribed), a P. clarus female, and a P. pius female with eggsac. It's been a long time since I've been back to my old favorite places after moving away years ago. 🌿 🕷 #jumpingspider, #salticidae, #Phidippus, #Phids

Eris militaris female with prey on showy milkweed, NW North Dakota 🌿 #invert #jumpingspider

Ratibida columnifera, prairie coneflower, NW North Dakota I only ever see these with yellow flowers, but I came across this one a couple days ago. 🌿 #nativeplants

Portrait shot of a northern Phidippus texanus adult female from western North Dakota.You have to get in close to really see their true beauty. Shot captured with a Canon EOS 7D and 65mm MP-E macro lens. 🌿 #invert #Phidippus #jumpingspider

This band was so good. #Neurosis #metal youtu.be/puG607ho7TY?...

The Phidippus texanus and Phidippus cryptus juveniles were out and about today in western North Dakota. These are just low quality phone camera shots. 🌿 #invert #Phidippus