Jay
@jayspeidell.bsky.social
Seattle. Take photos of bugs, mushrooms, birds, stuff like that.
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Jay
@jayspeidell.bsky.social
· Nov 29
I spent two hours shooting crab spiders in this patch of flowers before seeing this. A fly landed on one of the flowers and got ambushed.
Shot with a Nikon P7000.
#nature #spider #bug #insect #macro #entomology #photography
Shot with a Nikon P7000.
#nature #spider #bug #insect #macro #entomology #photography
Amazonius burgess, the Ghost Tree Spider. Freshly molted, about 1/2".
#bugsky #arachnid #spider #tarantula
#bugsky #arachnid #spider #tarantula
November 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Amazonius burgess, the Ghost Tree Spider. Freshly molted, about 1/2".
#bugsky #arachnid #spider #tarantula
#bugsky #arachnid #spider #tarantula
Noodles settling into his new enclosure!
He's a male ball python and this is a 4'x2'x6' enclosure with a zebra isopod and springtail clean up crew.
#addherp #reptile #snake #ballpython #vivarium #terrarium #bioactive
He's a male ball python and this is a 4'x2'x6' enclosure with a zebra isopod and springtail clean up crew.
#addherp #reptile #snake #ballpython #vivarium #terrarium #bioactive
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Noodles settling into his new enclosure!
He's a male ball python and this is a 4'x2'x6' enclosure with a zebra isopod and springtail clean up crew.
#addherp #reptile #snake #ballpython #vivarium #terrarium #bioactive
He's a male ball python and this is a 4'x2'x6' enclosure with a zebra isopod and springtail clean up crew.
#addherp #reptile #snake #ballpython #vivarium #terrarium #bioactive
I love how good of an eater she is! She LAUNCHED at the mouse so hard that she almost flew out of the enclosure. She's a Cape African House Snake and I always think it's wild how she flings herself at food with what seems like reckless abandon.
#snake #reptile #herps #terrarium
#snake #reptile #herps #terrarium
October 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I love how good of an eater she is! She LAUNCHED at the mouse so hard that she almost flew out of the enclosure. She's a Cape African House Snake and I always think it's wild how she flings herself at food with what seems like reckless abandon.
#snake #reptile #herps #terrarium
#snake #reptile #herps #terrarium
October 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
@hankgreen.bsky.social I'm just wondering if you've read the comments in your banana video and plan to do the different prep styles that result in different flavor profiles. I'm really curious now because I've told this fact before and before I correct myself I have to know 100%!
October 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
@hankgreen.bsky.social I'm just wondering if you've read the comments in your banana video and plan to do the different prep styles that result in different flavor profiles. I'm really curious now because I've told this fact before and before I correct myself I have to know 100%!
October 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
My Mexican Fire Leg Tarantula / Brachypelma boehmei recently molted so I built it a new enclosure.
#spider #tarantula #terrarium #vivarium
#spider #tarantula #terrarium #vivarium
October 20, 2025 at 5:56 AM
My Mexican Fire Leg Tarantula / Brachypelma boehmei recently molted so I built it a new enclosure.
#spider #tarantula #terrarium #vivarium
#spider #tarantula #terrarium #vivarium
I'm making a climbing wall with an arboreal hide for my ball python.
It took so much time to get to this point, but it's finally ready to paint! Then rocks, coir, moss, and plants.
#snake #ballpython #bioactive #terrarium #reptile
It took so much time to get to this point, but it's finally ready to paint! Then rocks, coir, moss, and plants.
#snake #ballpython #bioactive #terrarium #reptile
October 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I'm making a climbing wall with an arboreal hide for my ball python.
It took so much time to get to this point, but it's finally ready to paint! Then rocks, coir, moss, and plants.
#snake #ballpython #bioactive #terrarium #reptile
It took so much time to get to this point, but it's finally ready to paint! Then rocks, coir, moss, and plants.
#snake #ballpython #bioactive #terrarium #reptile
Made a wolf spider enclosure with a curved display case from Daiso. And organized my sling shelf!
September 6, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Made a wolf spider enclosure with a curved display case from Daiso. And organized my sling shelf!
Interesting interaction with my P. murinus tarantula. Mature male, mellow disposition and never given me a defensive posture before. I love the tippy tap foot sounds!
September 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Interesting interaction with my P. murinus tarantula. Mature male, mellow disposition and never given me a defensive posture before. I love the tippy tap foot sounds!
A wheel bug found in Virginia.
An assassin bug and the largest true pmbug in North America. It pierces its prey with the large mouth part, injects a dissolving enzyme, and sucks out the liquefied insides. Its bite is painful and long-lasting, but unlikely.
#entomology #bugs #hemiptera #bugsky
An assassin bug and the largest true pmbug in North America. It pierces its prey with the large mouth part, injects a dissolving enzyme, and sucks out the liquefied insides. Its bite is painful and long-lasting, but unlikely.
#entomology #bugs #hemiptera #bugsky
August 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
A wheel bug found in Virginia.
An assassin bug and the largest true pmbug in North America. It pierces its prey with the large mouth part, injects a dissolving enzyme, and sucks out the liquefied insides. Its bite is painful and long-lasting, but unlikely.
#entomology #bugs #hemiptera #bugsky
An assassin bug and the largest true pmbug in North America. It pierces its prey with the large mouth part, injects a dissolving enzyme, and sucks out the liquefied insides. Its bite is painful and long-lasting, but unlikely.
#entomology #bugs #hemiptera #bugsky
Made some 2.5" cube acrylic enclosures. For spider slings and other small inverts.
#entomology #arachnology #spiders #terrarium
#entomology #arachnology #spiders #terrarium
August 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Made some 2.5" cube acrylic enclosures. For spider slings and other small inverts.
#entomology #arachnology #spiders #terrarium
#entomology #arachnology #spiders #terrarium
Holy shit y'all I just saw the coolest thing. Six spotted fishing spiders look awesome under UV light.
#bugsky #arachnid #macro #nature #entomology #arachnology
#bugsky #arachnid #macro #nature #entomology #arachnology
August 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Holy shit y'all I just saw the coolest thing. Six spotted fishing spiders look awesome under UV light.
#bugsky #arachnid #macro #nature #entomology #arachnology
#bugsky #arachnid #macro #nature #entomology #arachnology
Pelegrina aeneola (a jumping spider with no common name) glows yellow under UV light.
Pedipalps are brightest, but the inside of the joints and patterns on the underside of the abdomen also glow.
#spider #jumpingspider #nature #salticidae #bug
Pedipalps are brightest, but the inside of the joints and patterns on the underside of the abdomen also glow.
#spider #jumpingspider #nature #salticidae #bug
July 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Pelegrina aeneola (a jumping spider with no common name) glows yellow under UV light.
Pedipalps are brightest, but the inside of the joints and patterns on the underside of the abdomen also glow.
#spider #jumpingspider #nature #salticidae #bug
Pedipalps are brightest, but the inside of the joints and patterns on the underside of the abdomen also glow.
#spider #jumpingspider #nature #salticidae #bug
I bought a bulk pack of eight 4" cube acrylic boxes for $20, made a hole template, drilled cross ventilation holes, and coated floor, ceiling, and back wall with gorilla glue, coir, and some rocks and twigs for hides. Sphagnum for humidity.
Perfect enclosures for small arboreal invertibrates.
Perfect enclosures for small arboreal invertibrates.
July 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I bought a bulk pack of eight 4" cube acrylic boxes for $20, made a hole template, drilled cross ventilation holes, and coated floor, ceiling, and back wall with gorilla glue, coir, and some rocks and twigs for hides. Sphagnum for humidity.
Perfect enclosures for small arboreal invertibrates.
Perfect enclosures for small arboreal invertibrates.
Finally found a jumping spider that's not a zebra! Any thoughts on ID? I'm thinking Pelegrina aeneola, no common name. But this seems like an uncommon specimen and I'd like an expert's opinion.
#arachnid #spider #jumpingspider #salticidae #entomology #arachnology
#arachnid #spider #jumpingspider #salticidae #entomology #arachnology
July 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Finally found a jumping spider that's not a zebra! Any thoughts on ID? I'm thinking Pelegrina aeneola, no common name. But this seems like an uncommon specimen and I'd like an expert's opinion.
#arachnid #spider #jumpingspider #salticidae #entomology #arachnology
#arachnid #spider #jumpingspider #salticidae #entomology #arachnology
4 months after adopting this mature male Orange Baboon Tarantula I'm finally seeing him out and about! I usually only see legs sticking out of his burrow, and feeders disappear when I'm away. Now he's hanging out outside his burrow when I'm in the room.
July 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
4 months after adopting this mature male Orange Baboon Tarantula I'm finally seeing him out and about! I usually only see legs sticking out of his burrow, and feeders disappear when I'm away. Now he's hanging out outside his burrow when I'm in the room.
Just got my dream snake at a reptile expo!
African House Snake
African House Snake
July 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Just got my dream snake at a reptile expo!
African House Snake
African House Snake
My Brazilian Blue Dwarf Beauty tarantula passed away from old age, a mature male. But... this western conifer seed bug is going strong! This is her second summer, and she just laid eggs.
#entomology #bugs
#entomology #bugs
July 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
My Brazilian Blue Dwarf Beauty tarantula passed away from old age, a mature male. But... this western conifer seed bug is going strong! This is her second summer, and she just laid eggs.
#entomology #bugs
#entomology #bugs
@westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social After many, many repairs they finally stole it.
June 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
@westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social After many, many repairs they finally stole it.
Made signs for more of my collection!
June 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Made signs for more of my collection!
I'm making zoo-style signs for my animal enclosures. Here's the emperor scorpion.
#entomology #scorpion
#entomology #scorpion
June 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I'm making zoo-style signs for my animal enclosures. Here's the emperor scorpion.
#entomology #scorpion
#entomology #scorpion
June 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I'm rerganizing the workshop in my basement to turn it into a combination invertibrate zoo, D&D game room, and crafting area.
June 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I'm rerganizing the workshop in my basement to turn it into a combination invertibrate zoo, D&D game room, and crafting area.