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Rajashree Khalap
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Naturalist. Here to follow spiders, insects, dogs, cats #naturalhistory #arachnology
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Met this walking blade of grass today #insects
April 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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A beautiful calm lycosid female I met last week on the path near our property. She's so soft!
#spider #teamspider
Near Umate, Konkan, India
Face of a large brown Wolf Spider female, with six of her eyes facing the camera, reflecting my diffuser in each Front view of a large brown Wolf Spider female, her colour matching the ground. Six of her eyes are facing the camera. Some of her leg spines are in focus. Dorsal/top view of the same brown Wolf Spider female, showing her eye pattern and shape of her prosoma, and the tibia of some of her legs
April 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Stenaelurillus sp. female, on stony ground near Umate, Konkan. I love this genus and I'm so happy to have these cuties on our property. December, 2024. #spider #jumpingspider #invertefest
A compact brown and white jumping spider with a pattern of lines and two large white spots, viewed from the side. Sitting on stony ground A compact brown and white jumping spider with a pattern of lines and two large white spots, viewed from the right. Sitting on stony ground. A compact brown and white furry jumping spider with a pattern of lines and two large white spots, viewed from above. Sitting on stony ground. A compact brown and white jumping spider with a pattern of lines and two large white spots, sitting on stony ground.
December 26, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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Long-legged Sac Spider, Cheiracanthium sp. I love their soft, silky appearance. Clicked last week on our property near Umate, Konkan.
A long-legged sac spider of the genus Cheiracanthium, resting on a large leaf. The spider is pale and translucent, with white flecks on its abdomen. Its first pair of legs are exceptionally long.
December 22, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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My first sighting of the beautiful genus Stenaelurillus, on some stony ground in our property last week. I think she's S. gabrieli but happy to be corrected! In the fourth photo she's feeding on a tiny arthropod, perhaps a springtail?
Near Umate, Konkan. #spider #jumpingspider #wildlife
A strikingly patterned, furry and compact jumping spider of the genus Stenaelurillus, standing on a dry leaf, facing the camera. Her four main eyes and banded legs are prominently seen in this view. A strikingly patterned, brown, black and white, furry and compact jumping spider of the genus Stenaelurillus, standing on a dry leaf. She has been photographed from above. Her cephalothorax has prominent pale long stripes. Her abdomen is blackish with a broad pale band across and pale border, and a long central stripe with paired white spots on either side. Her legs have light and dark bands. A strikingly patterned, brown, black and white, furry and compact jumping spider of the genus Stenaelurillus, standing on a dry leaf, seen from the side. Her cephalothorax has prominent pale long stripes. Her legs have light and dark bands. A strikingly patterned, brown, black and white, furry and compact jumping spider of the genus Stenaelurillus, standing on a dry leaf and feeding on a small arthropod with long antennae. She has been photographed from above. Her cephalothorax has prominent pale long stripes. Her abdomen is blackish with a broad pale band across and a pale border, and a long central stripe with paired white spots on either side. Her legs have dark bands.
December 21, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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And two more Langelurillus cuties from my garden. The first 3 photos are of the same female. Pic 3 is where I first saw her, among a tangle of dry grass. Pic 4 is a small adult male who fleetingly crossed my path, so this is all I got. Konkan Coast, November 2023. #spiders
An attractive, compact and furry brown jumping spider of the genus Langelurillus, sitting on a blade of grass against the background of my lawn. The spider has light stripes and spots, and light and dark banded legs. This view shows the four large main eyes. An attractive, compact and furry brown jumping spider of the genus Langelurillus, sitting on a blade of grass against the background of my lawn. The spider has light stripes and spots, and dark and light banded legs. This view shows it from above. An attractive, compact and furry brown jumping spider of the genus Langelurillus, sitting in a tangle of drying grass and wild plants in my garden. The spider has light stripes and spots, and light and dark banded legs. This view shows it in its natural habitat. A different individual of the genus Langelurillus, poised to jump off a small wild plant on my lawn. The spider is very small and brown with an attractive pattern of darker wavy markings and lighter spots, and with light and dark banded legs.
December 21, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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A compact little jumping spider female (Langelurillus sp.) from my garden on the Konkan Coast. From April 2024.
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An attractive, compact and furry brown jumping spider of the genus Langelurillus, sitting on a blade of grass against the green background of my lawn. The spider has light stripes and spots, and dark banded legs. This view shows the four large main eyes. An attractive, compact and furry brown jumping spider of the genus Langelurillus, sitting on a blade of grass against the green background of my lawn. The spider has light stripes, and spots on its abdomen, and dark and light banded legs. This view shows the spider's body from above. An attractive, compact and furry brown jumping spider of the genus Langelurillus, sitting on a small leaf against the green background of my lawn. The spider has light stripes and spots, and dark banded legs. This view shows the eye area from above. An attractive, compact and furry brown jumping spider of the genus Langelurillus, sitting on a small leaf of wild Indian sorrel, with taller blades of grass around it. The spider has light stripes and spots, and dark and light banded legs. This view shows it in its habitat.
December 21, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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Three individuals of Indoxysticus, possibly Indoxysticus minutus, in my garden near Alibaug, Konkan Coast, India. Photos 1, 2 are the same spider. Photo 4 (of the spider carrying its large ant prey) is from 2022. #Arachtober #spider
A distinctively patterned brownish crab spider of the genus Indoxysticus, sitting on a leaf A distinctively patterned brownish crab spider of the genus Indoxysticus, sitting on a leaf A second distinctively patterned brownish crab spider, sitting on a leaf A distinctively patterned brownish crab spider, of the genus Indoxysticus, carrying ant prey larger than itself, up the stem of a plant
October 31, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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Long-jawed orbweaver Tetragnatha sp. female. She was with her brood (two babies visible in Photo 4). Unfortunately I didn't get detailed views of her chelicerae. Near Umate, Konkan, India. August 2024. #arachnid #spider
September 29, 2024 at 12:07 PM
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Neoscona punctigera female in our garden. She snared and wrapped prey while I was clicking. 4th photo - crop showing her scape. Near Umate, Konkan, India. August 2024. #arachnid #orbweavingspider #spider
September 29, 2024 at 12:02 PM