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 @d179f556 This one looks like some freaky hybrid of a jumper, long jawed orbweaver, and a crab spider. What a wild-looking body configuration! 
 Greetings from this windscorpion! It’s not a spider, but it is an arachnid. I’ve only ever seen one or two of these in person and didn’t even know about them until my first encounter. Huge jaws and pretty fast- it was hard to capture ;) (Eremobates sp?)  #arachtober

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 And just like that, it's #arachtober. (Phidippus audax, I think?) Santa Clara County, California, 2019. #spiders

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 Found a cool[*] bee fly (Hemipenthes jaennickeana?). Check out subtle styling in the wavy patterns on those wings! #photography #flies #insects 
Taken near Folsom Lake, California

[*] all bee flies are cool.

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