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Vida's Sheep Jumping Spider: researchers believe that these tiny spiders developed their "woolly" appearance as a way to mimic lacewing larvae or scale insects
The scientific name for this species is Oviballus vidae, but it has also been referred to as the "sheepy jumping spider" or "Vida's jumping spider." It was discovered in 2015, and first described (in a formal context) back in 2020.
As this article (PDF) describes:
Recently, two new salticids, R. legitima and Oviballus vidae were described from South Africa, and suggested to be mimics of either scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) or lacewing larvae (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), due to their white colouration and the presence of peculiar tufts of white setae on the body.
The possibility of [scale insects] being the model is supported by Oviballus vidae being regularly collected from plants with woolly scales, although the movements of O. vidae quite closely resemble those of chrysopid larvae.
In fact, a fourth species of possible scale mimic, a new Rhene species, was recently discovered in a collection of salticids from southern Mozambique, indicating that this phenomenon may be more widespread than has previously been known or even suspected.
O. vidae was named after Vida van der Walt, the photographer who captured some of the first images of these spiders back in 2015, just after the species was discovered by Dr. Galina Azarkina. Vida van der Walt also took the photographs that appear in this post.
Sources & More Info:
Arthropoda Selecta (scientific journal): Rediscovery and Redescription of Rhene cooperi, another possible mimic of scale insects (PDF)
Spider Club of South Africa: Two New Species Named After SA Photographer (PDF, with the relevant info on page 5)
Field Guide to the Spiders of South Africa: Section on Vida's Sheep Jumping Spider
First post after months of hiatus, and it's another OC 💀
Anyway here's Spindle, an Oc I made for pressure. I'll link her TH in a reblog if you wanna know more. Hopefully I can ease back into art and start posting more.
Please do not use/repost my art/OC!
@dailytogachako I couldn't resist
She cute
She bite
She poison you (while biting)
"I'm going to take over the government. Teehee!!"
He's just a harmless little spider man, in the rain.
(A dooble I did of my son)
I have more of the smol man, but not on this device :p
We are almost finished with inktober of 2024 woooo!
Here's once again the prompt list yay:
Day 21: Heaven + hell
(Of course it's good omens fan art, though I wanted it to look like as if they were in an elevator)
Day 22: Gravestone + script
(Something easy and cheesy)
Day 23: Pumpkin + pierce
(Easy and fun to draw hehe)
Day 24: Spider + collection
(Definitely hate this one art block was standing right by my side when I was making this one)
Day 25: Coffin + abandon
(Just a coffin, yeah)
Day 26: Demon + cozy
(Really like how this one turned out, he looks so cute!)
Day 27: Graveyard + guardian
(Another great one, need to praise myself from time to time hehe)
Guess who finished another week of inktober?
Here is once again the prompt list
Day 14: Fungi + observe
(Another favourite of mine, it's so cute!)
Day 15: Rats + trapped
(Wanted to do something Little prince like hehe)
Day 16: Death + frame
(I like how it turned out in the end)
Day 17: Cat + horned
(Little cutie)
Day 18: Spider web + home
(I'm proud of this one, it looks cool)
Day 19: Monster + chain
(Poor thing, idk what this is)
Day 20: Puppet + forgotten
(This year I'm experimenting with lightning)
random doodles from a discord vc
Hanging out. Thinking about stuff.
I made a spider plush a bit ago. Here is the process.
I began by cutting out the main body and applying the eyes.
After the eyes were attached, I went ahead and stitched the body together with holes for the palps, chalicerae, and legs. Then, I started on making the legs.
Once the legs were made and applied, I moved on to making the chalicerae and palps.
Then I applied the palps, made the opisthosoma, then stuffed and stitched it together.
His name is Shamiek. I named him after the voice actor for Miles Morales in Spiderverse. This is to stick with the theme of naming my spiders after Spiderman actors.
My Spider Sona!! Her name is Laura Kelly and I really like how the design came out!
Her superhero name is Peacock
She has all of the regular spider abilities, but because she was bitten by a jumping spider she can jump incredible distances. Half the time she doesn't even use her webs since she can just leap from building to building. Because of this she can fight just as easily in rural areas as big cities. She also enjoys jumping along with the kangaroos just for fun :)
My Beef with Miguel O'Hara Pt. 2 - A Spiderverse Rant
My goodness, I despise this guy so much I had to make a part two-
If you want the context, you’ll have to read part one because there ain’t no way in HECK I’m repeating myself when I already said everything else.
And once again, I don’t care that this guy has a truckload of simps—I’m gonna beef with this guy till the planet’s gone. And if you read part one, you'd know exactly why even if I do end up being wrong on the 2nd part of this take SPECIFICALLY. I do not care how bonito this man looks, he's major CACA.
Going back to addressing the next point, here’s something I gotta ask y’all:
Don’t you find it weird? Don’t you find it odd? Don’t you find it PECULIAR even... How the one guy constantly going on about the ‘traditional Spider-Man” Is FAR from BEING the traditional Spider-Man concept?
Look, I am perfectly willing to accept that maybe (just MAYBE) there’s some lore I’m missing here (as I really hope and wish I'm wrong about this as stated in part one), but you can not tell me that he’s a traditional Spider-Man.
First and foremost, the guy has a different hand gesture for even shooting out his webs. He doesn't shoot them in the way Peter traditionally shoots them---no. He shoots them FROM THE UPPER TOP OF HIS WRIST.
And on top of that, the guy didn't even get bit by a spider. HE HAS POWERS BECAUSE HE INJECTS HIMSELF WITH A SERUM! The guy has FANGS that secrete POISON for crying out loud. Which, granted, is pretty cool, but not a 'traditional' Spider-Man.
What other Spider hero within the Spiderverse do you know ALSO acts like a freaking animal after taking their super-meds? NONE---that's some Bane from DC bullcrap.
Even in the gif provided, the guy doesn't look like he's sticking to walls---he looks like he's CLAWING into it in order to stay on it.
He. Doesn't. Even. Have. Spider Sense.
Yep, that's right. The one guy who's hell-bent on the concept of the canon Spider-Man, doesn't even have the STAPLE of the classic Spider-Man powers. Instead he just has 'enhanced eyesight.' Miss me with that bull---
Let's not even get down to the fact that this guy was able to actually have a wife and a kid at some point. That's WAY more than Peter Parker's ever been able to get throughout MOST of his traditional iterations (considering that for some reason it's a canon event for his uncle and/or girlfriend to LITERALLY keep on DYING).
Sure, you could argue that the colors of his Spidey-suit (blue and red) are reflective of the traditional Spider-Man concept, but even then, they're inverted where BLUE is his main color INSTEAD of red.
I have no problem with the fact he strays out of a 'traditional' Spider-Man archetype. My problem is that he fact he strays out of it but then has the NERVE to aggressively police everyone else on standards that he HIMSELF could/can not uphold.
This is why I am so proud of Miles for looking at this man straight in the face and saying, "Are you sure you're even Spider-Man?" Because there ain't no way in DOOKIE that THIS guy---who's so far from the traditional Spider-Man archetype, is the one who's the most obsessed with it.
There's no other way around it for me, this man is a cult leader and that's it.
Today, I met a little spider :D
He was still chilling on my arm after this recording lul
I drew @acacle (unmasked) version of Noir from Spider Verse
Day 27!, Web
Just an oc this time
@emerald-emerlad
Day 27!, Web
Just an oc this time
@emerald-emerlad
Inktober day 2! Sppiiddeeeer, i didnr feel lik shading this one, ill probably touch it up ad shade it someday, buuut work tired me out and this is all i did heh
Jake (about Spider): "He wasn't part of our family. He was like a stray cat. Just always around."
Me immediately, in the movie theater:
It's the Amazing Spider-(Name Pending)!!!
I've been having a blast looking at everyones spider-sonas, so I figured I'd post mine here as well!
Close ups and behind the mask are under the cut, and make sure to click and zoom for better quality!
As for story there is no story. Only random fun facts that I'll share if prompted
Snart now has a son :D
Snarts son (the placeholder is Snart jr) needs a name
snart
I drew spider snart without knowing the colours
He’s usually green and purple the other way
Shiny boi
If you could have a social cuddly bug friend, what bug would you pick? I would have a really hard time choosing between a spider, a wasp or maybe the centipede? They are all favourites of mine… But I love so many bugs, I would find it hard to choose only one!