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jamelle @jamellebouie.net

today in spiders! saw this guy on my porch before i was about to leave to go do some work

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aug 25, 2025, 4:15 pm • 1,524 50

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Andrew Carlson @abkarlsson.bsky.social

Aww it looks like Lucas.

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aug 25, 2025, 4:32 pm • 3 0 • view
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David Rheinstrom @icarusfloats.bsky.social

Whoa-a-a. Great shot, Jamelle! I love its little iridescent green jaws. I wanted to call them mandibles, but apparently those green bits in particular are "chelicerae". In looking up the mouthparts I learned that your housemate is Phidippus audax, the bold jumping spider!

aug 25, 2025, 4:27 pm • 4 0 • view
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Paul Callahan (he/him) @paulcallahanmv.bsky.social

Adorable. Spiders usually freak me out, but it's a specific body shape that does it, ones with the bloated abdomens hanging on a silk thread. This one is more like a fuzzy teddy bear.

aug 25, 2025, 4:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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Emma Quinn @e-quinn.bsky.social

ICE agent?

aug 25, 2025, 4:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social

Cute!

aug 25, 2025, 4:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social

the fit tho

aug 25, 2025, 4:56 pm • 2 0 • view
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A Hungry Ghost @hungryerghost.bsky.social

What an adorable little gentleman.

aug 25, 2025, 7:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bearly Here @thequiltedbear.bsky.social

Those little jumpy ones.

aug 25, 2025, 4:19 pm • 0 0 • view
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Drew Lawson @drewlawson.bsky.social

Were you invited into the parlor?

aug 25, 2025, 4:20 pm • 3 0 • view
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littlebunnyfoofoo.bsky.social @littlebunnyfoofoo.bsky.social

Did you leave a fly or something for it?

aug 25, 2025, 4:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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hollyflood.bsky.social @hollyflood.bsky.social

That is an amazing photo. Kudos. Love me a jumping spider.

aug 25, 2025, 9:02 pm • 2 0 • view
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K @kskiernan.bsky.social

Why do the furry spiders scare me so much more than the other ones 😂

aug 25, 2025, 4:16 pm • 4 0 • view
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Mr. Snoofers @lardog.bsky.social

Can haz tasty insect?

aug 25, 2025, 4:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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Christoff @bowser1805.bsky.social

When do you move house?

aug 25, 2025, 4:27 pm • 3 0 • view
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longislandtonv.bsky.social @longislandtonv.bsky.social

The realest question.

aug 25, 2025, 5:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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scottmccaskill.bsky.social @scottmccaskill.bsky.social

I’m so sorry you have to burn your whole house down now.

aug 25, 2025, 4:16 pm • 16 0 • view
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Jojo Mojo @jmolls.bsky.social

incredible photo Jamelle!

aug 25, 2025, 4:25 pm • 0 0 • view
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Zach Pennington 🔱 Ⓜ️ @zachpennington.com

Jumping spiders are my favorite spiders. The list is not long.

aug 25, 2025, 4:36 pm • 2 0 • view
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Guerrilla Librarian @guerillalibrarian.bsky.social

Hello spider friend!

aug 25, 2025, 4:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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Edward DeRuiter @edwardderuiter.bsky.social

Jumping spiders are the best spiders

aug 25, 2025, 6:33 pm • 2 0 • view
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penguinaz.bsky.social @penguinaz.bsky.social

What type of spider?

aug 25, 2025, 4:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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OnOneNow @ceebee4.bsky.social

When I was a kid I was terrified of spiders Now I carefully go around them if one shows up on the floor in my house

aug 25, 2025, 4:17 pm • 4 0 • view
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yinzer64.bsky.social @yinzer64.bsky.social

Hairy little dude.

aug 25, 2025, 4:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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ArtsulSelva @artsulselva.bsky.social

Great shot. There’s a whole subreddit devoted to this kind of spider— seems like many people keep them as pets: www.reddit.com/r/jumpingspi...

aug 25, 2025, 4:20 pm • 2 0 • view
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dmsap @dmsap.bsky.social

Whoa, I didn't know they made jumping spiders this big. All the ones around here are tiny little guys.

aug 25, 2025, 4:43 pm • 1 0 • view
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net

here are the settings for anyone who cares. 45mm on micro four-thirds is equivalent to 90mm full frame, fyi.

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aug 25, 2025, 4:15 pm • 228 4 • view
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Re-Education Camp Counselor @mcesher.bsky.social

Waiting for someone to identify the spider in similar depth

aug 25, 2025, 4:19 pm • 9 0 • view
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marchforsanity.bsky.social @marchforsanity.bsky.social

Either regal or bold jumping spider. The green areas are the fangs.

aug 25, 2025, 4:26 pm • 8 0 • view
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Gabriel S. Jacobs @gsjphd.bsky.social

Probably some kind of Phidippus but don't take my word for it

aug 25, 2025, 4:24 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jamie O. @jamieober8590.bsky.social

Thinking it's a bold jumping spider based on this: extension.psu.edu/bold-jumper-... Jamelle, note under "medical importance" for this spider, lol...careful taking their photo, they are temperamental models. extension.psu.edu/bronze-jumper

aug 25, 2025, 4:25 pm • 0 0 • view
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D. Paul Angel @dpaulangel.com

Thank for the settings! That's a gorgeous shot :-)

aug 25, 2025, 4:16 pm • 0 0 • view
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john624.bsky.social @john624.bsky.social

what is RW2?

aug 25, 2025, 4:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net

it's the raw file format

aug 25, 2025, 4:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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Gabrielle Feinholtz @gfeinholtz85719.bsky.social

ALIENS!

aug 25, 2025, 4:19 pm • 0 0 • view
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broken bokonon @redletter.bsky.social

dang I've been following your photography since you started with film and the x100 (part of why I shoot with an xt4, sortof). How does the panasonic compare to it's olympus counterpart? You've owned both right?

aug 25, 2025, 5:04 pm • 2 0 • view
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broken bokonon @redletter.bsky.social

absolutely gorgeous colors here, btw.

aug 25, 2025, 5:04 pm • 2 0 • view
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Nesbutt @tedcruzinusa.bsky.social

How do you like the G9? I was thinking of getting a G9ii at some point and living my best MFT life

aug 25, 2025, 4:20 pm • 1 0 • view
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net

it is a terrific camera!

aug 25, 2025, 4:41 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jules Winter @roq11.bsky.social

Thanks for that.

aug 25, 2025, 4:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bill Beers @wmbeers.bsky.social

I have a similar camera, but dissimilar photographic skills, appreciate the details!

aug 25, 2025, 5:53 pm • 1 0 • view
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justpruit.bsky.social @justpruit.bsky.social

Did you go back in to grab the camera or do you just always carry it?

aug 25, 2025, 4:19 pm • 1 0 • view
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net

went back in to grab the camera.

aug 25, 2025, 4:20 pm • 2 0 • view
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Joe Forsythe @forsythe.bsky.social

Amazing photo! Those Leica MFT lenses are outstanding. The 42.5mm 1.2 is one of my all time favs.

aug 25, 2025, 4:20 pm • 2 0 • view
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net

i owned one before i sold it because i was pairing down my MFT gear to essentials

aug 25, 2025, 4:21 pm • 2 0 • view
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gabe u @gubatuba.bsky.social

Nice stuff, I just upgraded to an OM-3 and am really loving it. Will be fun to grab a macro at some point to play around with.

aug 25, 2025, 7:32 pm • 0 0 • view
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jasserole @jasserole.bsky.social

ooooh love a G9

aug 25, 2025, 4:20 pm • 1 0 • view
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m-ia.bsky.social @m-ia.bsky.social

ty!

aug 25, 2025, 4:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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Blackcap @blackcap.name

I have the same macro lens. Use it mainly for taking pictures of flowers.

aug 25, 2025, 4:44 pm • 1 0 • view
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Noelle Schultz @nrvschultz.bsky.social

Ok, no.🥺

aug 25, 2025, 4:24 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social

Good grief!

aug 25, 2025, 4:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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Pwny Boi @themcatee.bsky.social

Precious! I love jumpers! This one looks like a Phiddipus species (bold or regal jumping spider) ❤️

aug 25, 2025, 4:27 pm • 3 0 • view
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Brandon @bspencer.bsky.social

You should submit this to Tim Robinson's Spider League

aug 25, 2025, 4:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dorcas E @de24.bsky.social

Same but on my deck.

aug 25, 2025, 4:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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Alexander Preston @divertedminds.bsky.social

We have a jumping spider. It is easily 5 months past life expectancy. They are really cute, but they hide a lot. Mine is massive. Big as my thumbnail

aug 25, 2025, 5:13 pm • 0 0 • view
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JG aka Jose 🤭🇵🇭 @animeiscool.bsky.social

Evil post. 😂😂😂

aug 25, 2025, 4:20 pm • 2 0 • view
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social

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aug 25, 2025, 4:15 pm • 12 0 • view
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sosboss.bsky.social @sosboss.bsky.social

That’s a very cool shot. Love jumping spiders.

aug 25, 2025, 8:54 pm • 2 0 • view
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Daniel @15letters.net

Bro…

aug 25, 2025, 5:52 pm • 0 0 • view
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growseedsman.bsky.social @growseedsman.bsky.social

Jumping spider. My fav because they’re small & not afraid. The only type of spider that actively hunts prey without using a web.

aug 25, 2025, 4:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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Propofol Free-for-all @drpete3.bsky.social

My wife snapped a picture of this hard-working mama wolf spider and her babies in our driveway the other night.

A wolf spider carrying numerous baby spiders on her back.
aug 25, 2025, 4:35 pm • 3 0 • view
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dmsap @dmsap.bsky.social

aug 25, 2025, 4:44 pm • 5 0 • view
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Kathleen Donahoe @kathleenicanrah.bsky.social

jamelle hate to embarrass you but that's a muppet

aug 25, 2025, 4:40 pm • 14 0 • view
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Rael @drckmn.bsky.social

Cute little fuzzy guy! Nice photo - made my day.

aug 25, 2025, 4:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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JMBraconi @jmbraconi.bsky.social

Nice pic… love spiders they eat nasty bugs. I generally name them if they hang around long even. Yours looks like a “Bruce” to me.

aug 25, 2025, 4:19 pm • 5 0 • view
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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social

If they are in the house, as wolf spiders often are, we relocate them to the outdoors.

aug 25, 2025, 4:22 pm • 3 0 • view
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JMBraconi @jmbraconi.bsky.social

I have both inside and outside spiders. I do prefer the webs to be outside.

aug 25, 2025, 11:12 pm • 1 0 • view
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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social

Of course. Same. The Wolf spiders are lost when they’re inside the house, because they live in burrows.

aug 26, 2025, 12:32 am • 2 0 • view
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JMBraconi @jmbraconi.bsky.social

Good to know

aug 26, 2025, 1:42 am • 0 0 • view
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Dark Satellites @darksatellites.bsky.social

My daughter and I watched two jumping spiders confront each other on our patio table one day. They saw each other and each got into a fighting crouch and then one raised up his front legs and the other one ran away. It was fuckin badass he was a scary lil guy.

aug 25, 2025, 7:40 pm • 1 0 • view
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lynn0908.bsky.social @lynn0908.bsky.social

Jumping spiders are so cute.

aug 25, 2025, 4:22 pm • 2 0 • view
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Coriander is cilantro @juliaghoulia11.bsky.social

cutie!! I love jumping spiders! 😍

aug 25, 2025, 4:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social

Goldspood 💛

aug 26, 2025, 2:00 am • 5 0 • view
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misselainious.bsky.social @misselainious.bsky.social

Very cute!🕷️🩷

aug 25, 2025, 5:07 pm • 0 0 • view
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woodsidehouston.bsky.social @woodsidehouston.bsky.social

youtu.be/GXif__oPXX4?...

aug 25, 2025, 5:15 pm • 0 0 • view
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Maybe She's Born With It, Maybe It's Clinical Depression @pcccar.bsky.social

It's Jr. Donald Vance

aug 25, 2025, 5:12 pm • 1 0 • view
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S knows that p @sknowsthatp.bsky.social

He’s so cute!

aug 25, 2025, 4:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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Arkansas honey @arkansashoney.bsky.social

So cute! These little guys are my favorite.

aug 25, 2025, 4:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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No Kings @marianbrez.bsky.social

spider is LURKING watch your six

aug 25, 2025, 4:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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Oxfords not Brogues @tancred1098.bsky.social

gorgeous little thing.

aug 25, 2025, 4:58 pm • 1 0 • view
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Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social

Buddy!

aug 25, 2025, 4:50 pm • 1 0 • view
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Sheli Wellington, MEd @sheliwaili.blacksky.app

I need a trigger warning 😭😭

aug 25, 2025, 4:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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Travelling Will @airelbonia.bsky.social

The black hairs on top & lighting/shadow look like it's wearing a hair piece. Fantastic shot

aug 25, 2025, 5:00 pm • 3 0 • view
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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org

What a cutie!

aug 25, 2025, 4:18 pm • 16 0 • view
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net

i got an even closer photo but it is ever so slightly less sharp and the framing isn't as good. like, this one — no cropping required!

aug 25, 2025, 4:19 pm • 15 0 • view
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Becky Fitzgearld @beckyfit.bsky.social

Ooo she’s real cute! 🥰

aug 25, 2025, 4:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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Andrea (I have friends everywhere) @ninedragons99.bsky.social

So cute! 😍

aug 25, 2025, 4:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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🦋 @thoughtsofmeg.substack.com

Jumping spiders are so cute 😭 one around my house had babies and they were all over my morning glory plant one morning. They were SO tiny and cute.

aug 25, 2025, 4:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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Blackcap @blackcap.name

It looks like a jumping spider in the genus Phidippus to me.

aug 25, 2025, 4:43 pm • 1 0 • view
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Sharon🗯️ @sastenio.bsky.social

These are such interesting spiders! Sadly I’ve never seen one in person. Science fiction author Adrian Tchaikovsky wrote an incredible novel in which jumping spiders like these are major characters in Children of Time.

aug 25, 2025, 7:53 pm • 0 0 • view
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katia thee mc @katiathemick.bsky.social

Is that a Michigan tarantula

aug 25, 2025, 4:42 pm • 0 0 • view