My newest ambassador, a Chilean Rose Tarantula, needs a name! Let me hear your suggestions!

Brown recluse spiderlings! Loxosceles reclusa Evansville, Indiana - USA

ISOPODS!!!

Chilean Recluse (Loxosceles laeta)

Common House Spider (Parasteatoda tepidariorum) with offspring. Evansville, Indiana

Loxosceles simillima Distribution: DR Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa

Platycryptus undatus Jumping Spider Evansville, Indiana

Bumble bee on coneflower. Evansville, Indiana - USA

Periodical Cicada (Magicicada sp) Lexington, KY

Harvestman (Leiobunum sp) Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge

Beard Lichen (Usnea sp) London, KY

Daniel Boone National Forest is so much fun to explore!

Cutleaf Geranium (Geranium dissectum)

Check out the pink pollen pantaloons of this Spring Beauty Mining Bee (Andrena erigeniae). Photographed at Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve in Evansville, Indiana. She briefly got caught in a grass spider's web, but quickly escaped.

Chilean Recluse (Loxosceles laeta)

Are you interested in learning more about Brown Recluse spiders? Come join me next Wed, Apr 30th on my Patreon for a behavior demonstration with live spiders followed by a Q&A. Here's a link to gain free access to the presentation and lots of paid content. www.patreon.com/AllBugsGotoK...

Female Regal Jumping Spider Phidippus regius

Female Marpissa formosa, photographed at Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge in Oakland City, Indiana.

Fiddle anyone? Brown Recluse Spider Loxosceles reclusa Evansville, Indiana

Happy Saturday! Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)

Longhorn Crazy Ant (Paratrechina longicornis)

Non-biting midge on a peace lily.

Photos from the orchid exhibit at Mesker Park Zoo and Botanical Gardens.

Josie and Toby enjoy some indoor playtime with frigid temps outside.

I love photographing smoke and seeing what my imagination shows me. What does yours show you?

These photos may shock you, but it's only like 9 Volts ⚡️

It's all in the eyes! The jumping spider family (Salticidae) is the largest & most diverse of all spider families. There are currently 6,808 known species, and just like other spider families, jumpers have their own unique eye arrangement. Check out these cuties and please share your jumper photos!

There are currently 2,489 known species of wolf spiders in the world. While they may be numerous and diverse in size and pattern/color, you can separate members of the Lycosidae family from others by looking at their unique eye arrangement. Let's see your Wolf Spider photos!

Where there is smoke...

Mosquitoes may be vectors for diseases, but they also pollinate and I must admit the larvae can be kinda cute. Here's a video I created and call "The Dance of the Mosquito Larva" Enjoy! youtu.be/Ncw2zECddVo?...

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys

Female Brown Recluse Spider Loxosceles reclusa Evansville, Indiana - USA

A lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) led me to grab my camera, which led to photographing other stuff at random. 🤣 Feel free to share some randomness!

Peekaboo with a Crabronid wasp. Look at that face and those colors!

Cellophane Bee (Colletes sp) After taking this photo, I showed it to the person who's property the bees were on, explained their behavior, importance, and why they weren't a threat. This changed their opinion of bees and saved the bees' lives as they were wanting to use pesticides. Such a good day!

Alright everyone!!! Let's see some of your favorite arthropod photos!!!

I'm hoping to see Brood XIV periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp) this year. Anyone else looking forward to the scream?

These photos are nuts!!!

I took some photos of one of my favorite subjects tonight. The brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa). This female was such a chill subject as they usually are.

It's been a few days since I've gotten my camera out. So, I took random macros of an object that's been sitting in the back of a drawer for a while. Do you know what it is?

Here's a video of an antlion larvae preying on a flightless fruit fly. This was created in captivity in a substrate made of ground walnut shells. It kind of has the appearance of the peanut topping for ice cream. 😜 youtu.be/_z6F5Ioh3lM?...

After watching Ze Frank's video on Bolas Spiders several years ago, it was a treat to see them for myself a couple years ago. Here are some of my images of several Mastophora spp. I also highly recommend the video mentioned above. Here's a link: youtu.be/9qw3lkpa5lY?...

This is one of my favorite videos I created a few years ago. The way the legs of a millipede move are just mesmerizing to me. youtu.be/WTisQUy8zPE?...

I was practicing some dad joke material on the dogs and got mixed reviews 🤷🤣

Josie is sure enjoying all the snow!

Illinois Bundleflower seed pods and Shelf Fungi covered in ice and snow.

It's icy and snowy in Southern Indiana this week.

Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays from Santa Cluse!! Brown Recluse Loxosceles reclusa Evansville, Indiana - USA