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Ray Fisher

@Theridula

Entomologist | Husband | Dad

Fayetteville, AR Katılım Ekim 2013
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Ray Fisher
Ray Fisher@Theridula·
@ForTheSpiders Erythraeinae (Erythraeidae). Either Paraphanolophus or Erythraxus, and an undescribed species regardless. I’m revising these and would love specimens! Erythraxus, in particular, can get huge, well over an inch legspan, making them the largest of all mites.
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Marc A. Milne
Marc A. Milne@ForTheSpiders·
@Theridula thoughts? This is from leaf litter in a cypress swamp in northern Jacksonville.
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Marc A. Milne
Marc A. Milne@ForTheSpiders·
I wasn't aware that cotton balls could grow legs.
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Ray Fisher@Theridula·
@marshalhedin Wow, awesome shot of an adult Leptus (Erythraeidae). Only one species has been described from west of the Rockies: L. californicus, described from a larval specimen from Mt. Hamilton in 1992. But there are many hundreds undescribed from the same area.
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Marshal Hedin
Marshal Hedin@marshalhedin·
a combination of adorable and slightly menacing from far northern CA
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Ray Fisher@Theridula·
@HerbertNickel Many more than 20 species of you count the many mites utilizing these beetles as transportation!
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Herbert Nickel
Herbert Nickel@HerbertNickel·
Biodiversity in a single horse dung pile, at least 20 species. So many people demand promotion of #biodiversity, so few demand more support for farmers to let their animals out to the pasture. P.S.: Please don't forget the detrimental effects of anthelmintics. Foto: Gernot Kunz
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even MORE mite highlights from 2023!! 1. lovely pale Bdellid snout mite🐷 2. huge population of Ameroseiid mites underneath a log in the woods🏙️ 3. high steppin Oribatid beetle mite🤩 4. rich wine-colored Trombidiform on a muddy pond edge🍷
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a few mite highlights from 2023: 1 lovely orange Cunaxid underneath a brick in my yard 2 fuzzy red Allothrombium velvet mite atop a lichenous trail sign 3 super cute Penthaleid w/ droplet attached to dorsal anus

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Ray Fisher
Ray Fisher@Theridula·
@gunsnrosesgirl3 Learning styles; right/left brain; love languages; gods, ghouls, and religion at large; vitamin C for illness; punishment in parenting; free will; speeding is a dominant source of car accidents; birds ARE dinosaurs, we ARE apes, & also fish. Freaking awesome question. Thanks!
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Dr. Rebecca Godwin
Dr. Rebecca Godwin@8leggedyogi·
Trying not to die of FOMO seeing everyone's #EntSoc23 posts. Miss you guys, maybe next time!
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Ray Fisher
Ray Fisher@Theridula·
@8leggedyogi So excited!! Even more excited now that I know you contributed!
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Ray Fisher@Theridula·
@dadrummondart The chemical cocktail is complex & varies with subgroup. Cocktails of most species remain a mystery---what interesting compounds remain to be discovered there. All this and more makes me a fan of the underexplored organ--ozopore. Happy it's in your model :) 3/3
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Ray Fisher
Ray Fisher@Theridula·
@dadrummondart another pedantically-laced correction is that spiders aren't poisonous, they're venomous, as though this substitution would solve the misconception. Except, Opiliones actually are poisonous! Large defensive glands emit strong-smelling chemicals from holes called ozopores. 2/n
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D. Allan Drummond Art
D. Allan Drummond Art@dadrummondart·
My still-unfinished Opiliones (harvestman/daddy longlegs) draft in bronze and black glass…yes, she’s missing the key bits 🫣 (she’s gonna be biiiig)
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Mossworm
Mossworm@Mossworm1·
This little guy with the green speckles and blue legs will probably be medium yellow in a few hours
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Mossworm@Mossworm1·
Maybe mites would be as popular as beetles if they retained their color for more than a few hours. These were a whole rainbow of colors and patterns in life (granted I'm using ethanol because I don't have any Koenike) but once preserved they all turn the same plain orange-brown
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Ray Fisher@Theridula·
@Mossworm1 AND from the same sample!! Cool to see such diversity in a single genus from a single stream. Thanks for sharing my research! 😊
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Mossworm
Mossworm@Mossworm1·
This photo by Ray Fischer is of just one genus and doesn't even begin cover the huge variety of beautiful colors out there, bright blue with red spots and things like that
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Ray Fisher
Ray Fisher@Theridula·
@JoVonnH @mrcjhoward Definitely a mite, and a mesostig at that (Mesostigmata: Gamasina). Many mesostigs are ant assiciates. But this one reminds me of a common soil predator stuck to the ant—something about the way those front legs are unnaturally bent. But I wouldn’t be surprised either way.
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C. J. Howard 🐜
C. J. Howard 🐜@mrcjhoward·
What's attached to the gaster of this Strumigenys queen? A mite?
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