Thomas Barbin

It’s looking like this may instead be the undescribed male of Tachygyna coosi! Females are known from the region, so it makes a bit more sense than a species only known from California. Also T. cognata has a similar epigynum to T. coosi, so perhaps the palps are similar too?

Tachygyna cognata Tachygyna cognata from Gorge -Tillicum Area, Victoria, BC V9A, Canada on January 1, 2026 at 12:17 PM by Thomas Barbin. Taken from playground equipment. Having difficulty with this one. I have bee...

I collected this spider while playing with my kids at the local playground. I’m glad I did because it looks like it may be a new record for BC/Canada!

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True! Can’t forget about the lichen. But definitely nothing else at all here

Just a rock

Went for a morning walk with Winnie and we saw an eagle swimming

Thanks Gil!

Absolutely! Would love to see it when finished

A Sagebrush Sheep Moth (Hemileuca hera) on Mount Kobau in the Okanagan. What a great place to be for bugs!

#Lepidoptera #Moth #iNaturalist

Oooo I bet you’ll do some amazing things with that lens

Nice!!

Some sleeping bees on a foggy morning at the beach. Coelioxys up top and Ammophila below them.

#Hymenoptera #Macrophotography #Macro

A couple of cute little Neon pixii. Male and female.

#Neon #Salticidae #Jumpingspider

Two more Phidippus comatus shots.

This guy was much more cooperative for photos than I am used to for male salticids. Lots of pausing between movements allowing for quick focus stacks.

#Salticidae #Jumpingspider #Phidippus

Thanks!

Wow!!

Me too!

Thank you!!

What they lack in flashiness they make up for in eyelashes!

This species is a complete mystery to me. I have no idea what they do and where/when they do it.

I have beaten a few females out of scotch broom and found a couple under rocks. But I have beaten countless bushes, stared at endless stems and flipped who knows how many rocks without success.

A male Phidippus comatus!!

I put in some serious hours to find this guy. I had found a handful of females before, but finally found a subadult male earlier this month. He just emerged as an adult and is absolutely incredible!

#Salticidae #JumpingSpider #Phidippus

A male Castianeira walsinghami

#spider #Arachnid

A Schizocosa sp. Wolf spider I found a few days ago. I was excited to find him because there aren’t any official records of this genus where I live. I figure it is probably Schizocosa mccooki based on habitus.

#Lycosidae #WolfSpider #macrophotography

A female Synageles venator. Introduced, but still love to see them. Mimicry is one of my favourite things. I didn’t get any good photos of it, but they hold out their second pair of legs like antennae while moving around.

#Salticidae #JumpingSpider #Synageles

Thanks Gil! Heavyweight champion over there haha

This was sort of a weird case where it was in the middle of a hot summer day and it just hung out. Not my typical Buprestid experience!

Well now I feel bad for leaving him without a hug

Thanks! Yea they are quite dark. We also have Habronattus hirsutus sporting the dark look up here.

Thanks!

Haha they sure don’t

A couple of recent Habronattus oregonenesis males.

The second guy was wandering around in a semi-display pose. I’m guessing there was a female around that I spooked and he was trying to refind her. Or maybe it was a competing male.

#Habronattus #Salticidae #Jumpingspider