It's hard sometimes with macro to convey the scale of the animals I'm photographing. These little spiders measure around 2mm long, quite tiny!

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Unrequited spider love

This is a pair of flea jumping spiders (Naphrys pulex). I found the male first, on a pine tree, and he led me to the female. He was on the hunt for a mate, but she was more interested in a meal than company

Ultimately, he lived to woo another day, so I'd still call it a win

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🕷 A newly discovered spider in Australia builds spring-loaded traps that launch ants faster than a bullet.

The ballista spider in Cape York rainforests weaves silk snares and waits. When a green tree ant bites the trigger, the trap launches them at 1,367 m/s - over 1.5x the speed of a rifle bullet.

Gram for gram, these tiny traps store more power than any known biological catapult. The spider may even coat them with pheromones that only attract its prey.

Published in Current Biology (July 2026): nationalgeographic.com/animals…

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Watch this new spider species launch ants right into its web

The ballista spider builds sophisticated spring-loaded snares to catapult its prey. 

^{Annie Roth (National Geographic)}

Eris militaris, Lil’ Bronze #jumpingspider or as I call them MicroFuzz Muffins

Think this is a male, it was about 3mm in length. The bottom of the frame looks weird because it’s a leaf that is closer to the lens.

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