Nicky Bay
nickybay.bsky.social
Nicky Bay
@nickybay.bsky.social
Macro photographer, cat slave, dedicated to flood your feed with cool spiders, insects, snakes, or anything small that moves.
Otacilia cf. tham
Sinopoda caeca
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
That's why they are called selfie sticks
July 16, 2025 at 4:49 AM
A little busy with work now so I'm holding off trips for a bit. I'll be hunting for eyeless huntsman spiders towards the end of the year!

Let's do BugShot in the tropics! Did you go to Costa Rica?
June 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
On a good day, I should scream more. Either when I find something cool and screaming at everyone else to come over, or screaming nuuuuuuu for not telling me when they find something cool just next to me. 😂
June 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The specific epithet vaginatus is derived from Latin, meaning "sheath". Not too uncommonly used in the naming of animals and plants.
April 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
No, single shots. They are quite big.
April 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The larvae will go after spider eggs.
April 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Sure, here are some shots of the male and some with the pair.

Other photos are here if you need more:
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February 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Thanks! Are there any images online of the little blobs with legs? How do they mate with others after the permanent anchor to the plant?
February 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Your illustration seems to be of Pyrops gunjii instead. The apical process (snout) can lose its original colour in preserved specimens.
January 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Thanks Naufal! We also have specimens from Borneo and peninsular Malaysia, but nobody knows what they are.
January 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM