Naturalist Nature Photographer He/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3mz5jrzei4c2lAdded a new insect order to my life list the other day! This Caurinus (I think C. dectes) hopped out of some moss I was sifting for Linyphiids. My first time seeing one and my first time seeing any sort of Mecopteran. #Mecoptera #macro #iNaturalist31 Oct 2026 05:10 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz5jrzei4c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3mygw6ngy2s2bTapinocyba dieteichi - a tiny denizen of the moss in Vancouver Island’s forests. The first photo is of its left palp. I didn’t measure it, but I think the height is around 0.2mm. In Crosby & Bishop’s 1933 description they list the male’s length as 1.5mm. #Arachtober #Linyphiidae #Tapinocyba22 Oct 2026 05:21 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mygw6ngy2s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3my6ztbv5ik2lApparently Dirksia cinctipes fluoresces very brightly! As if it needed even more evidence for why it is the best Cybaeid. #Arachtober #Cybaeidae #Dirksia #spider19 Oct 2026 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3my6ztbv5ik2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3mxtwiknbms2jAre there any Liny-lovers out there able to help with an ID on this Agyneta sp.? I’m unable to line up any good matches in Dupérré’s 2013 revision. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/404636557 #Linyphiidae #Agyneta #arachtober14 Oct 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxtwiknbms2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3mwx2qciwik2zTaracus carmanah!!! Known only from its type localities and specimens. Somehow we found one individual during a bioblitz last weekend. These are the first photos of a live individual, and is the first individual seen alive! Still buzzing from this find. #arachtober #harvestmen #opiliones03 Oct 2026 04:35 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwx2qciwik2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3mptjsxc4cs2cI love how creative people get with firefly photos. We don’t have them where I live. I hope to one day see them and try emulating some of the incredible photos I’ve seen over the years [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jul 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptjsxc4cs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3mjs4geryxs2hSelenopidae (I think?) and Salticidae (Platycryptus/Balmaceda). Both found under the same rock and both with similar cryptic colouration. Cool to see similarities between distantly related species that occupy the same habitat. Jalisco, Mexico. #Selenopidae #Salticidae #iNaturalist #Arachnid18 Apr 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjs4geryxs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3mhiwmjpj7s23When you see a Dark-eyed Junco that you’ve seen before it’s Deju vu20 Mar 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhiwmjpj7s23https://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3mgvfat46ik2lA couple of arthropods out on the sand in the evening. I went for one very short stroll at night while in Mexico. Would have loved to spend more time seeing what comes out at night. A wolf Spider (maybe Schizocosa) feeding on a beetle. And my first Solifuge. #iNaturalist #Lycosidae #Solifuge12 Mar 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvfat46ik2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3mgpslrtz3k26Exciting to see a bucket-list spider while in Mexico! An Ogre-faced Spider that I think must be an Asianopis sp. it also looks like there might only be one species present in Mexico? If that is the case this should be Asianopis aurita. #Asianopis #iNaturalist #Spider10 Mar 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpslrtz3k26https://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3mgnedo7wxc2rA funky Pholcid from Mexico. I had no idea that there were Cellar spiders with weird heads. Weird heads are one of my favourite features a spider can have. Modisimus sp. #Pholcidae #CellarSpider #iNaturalist09 Mar 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnedo7wxc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3mgb7caueck2jAnother photo of Habronattus cambridgei from Mexico. What a fantastic spider! #Habronattus #Salticidae #iNaturalist04 Mar 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgb7caueck2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3mg2l6wlb222dI was thrilled to find this Habronattus cambridgei hopping through leaf litter in Mexico. #Habronattus #Salticidae #iNaturalist02 Mar 2026 05:59 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2l6wlb222dhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3mbkbhjaoyc2vI 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! https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33317620403 Jan 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbkbhjaoyc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3lwdjvaivds2gJust a rock14 Aug 2025 04:46 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwdjvaivds2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3lw6kg4hm522nWent for a morning walk with Winnie and we saw an eagle swimming12 Aug 2025 05:13 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw6kg4hm522nhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3lvvvmybzws26A Sagebrush Sheep Moth (Hemileuca hera) on Mount Kobau in the Okanagan. What a great place to be for bugs! #Lepidoptera #Moth #iNaturalist08 Aug 2025 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvvvmybzws26https://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3luq2gqizn223Some sleeping bees on a foggy morning at the beach. Coelioxys up top and Ammophila below them. #Hymenoptera #Macrophotography #Macro24 Jul 2025 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3luq2gqizn223https://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3lunl3o262c24A couple of cute little Neon pixii. Male and female. #Neon #Salticidae #Jumpingspider23 Jul 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunl3o262c24https://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3ltge2h3mjc2zTwo 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 #Phidippus08 Jul 2025 03:24 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltge2h3mjc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3lrtguqgulc2aA 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 #Phidippus17 Jun 2025 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrtguqgulc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3lrtgkjuz322aA male Castianeira walsinghami #spider #Arachnid17 Jun 2025 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrtgkjuz322ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3lrk5yq3p5s2jA 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 #macrophotography14 Jun 2025 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrk5yq3p5s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3lqznu7qnns2xA 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 #Synageles07 Jun 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqznu7qnns2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3lqkp2candc2fA 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 #Jumpingspider01 Jun 2025 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqkp2candc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3lqifswlstk2wA tiny Polyxenus millipede on the underside of some dry Douglas fir bark. #Millipede #iNaturalist #macro31 May 2025 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqifswlstk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3lp42nklmd22pZora hespera on arbutus bark. I found this guy in some arbutus leaf litter today.14 May 2025 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp42nklmd22phttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3lmt6wso3ik2zA Cuckoo Bee (Epeolus olympiellus) photographed last summer. One that I forgot about and just stumbled across on my phone this evening! #CuckooBee #Bee #Hymenoptera15 Apr 2025 04:01 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmt6wso3ik2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/thomasbarbin.bsky.social/post/3lkxzuq4dxk2jSleeping Coelioxys bees. I was first introduced to these bees and their sleeping behaviour by @ibycter.bsky.social at a local beach here on Vancouver Island #bee #Hymenoptera #macrophotography22 Mar 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:tpemdfocvppdfmsp344y5vv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkxzuq4dxk2j