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🌙 Art, History, Science & Mystery 🎨 Facilitating creative exploration in liminal and legendary spaces 💚 A 501(c)(3) organization
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Day 6: Trapdoors: Audouin's trapdoor spiders (Ummidia audouini) build burrows in the ground from which to ambush prey. They also retreat to them for safety, holding the lid shut from beneath. #bekindtospidersweek #bekindtospidersweek2024 #trapdoorspider #ancientspecies #arthistoryscienceandmystery
Day 5: Jumpers: The Zebra Jumping spider (Salticus scenicus) has a vivid pattern like its namesake. They use silk to spin small tent-like structures in which to sleep, moult, and shelter from the weather. #bekindtospidersweek #bekindtospidersweek2024 #jumpingspider #arthistoryscienceandmystery
Day 4: Crab spiders: Crab spiders have the ability to walk sideways. The flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) can change color to suit the flowers on which it sits. #bekindtospidersweek #bekindtospidersweek2024 #flowercrabspider #colorchangingspider #naturejournaling #arthistoryscienceandmystery
Day 3: Widows: We are familiar with Black Widows, but the Red Widow spider (Latrodectus bishopi) rarely has contact with people. It is a threatened species, living in the sand pines of southern Florida. #bekindtospidersweek #bekindtospidersweek2024 #redwidowspider #arthistoryscienceandmystery
Day 2: Wolf and Grass spiders: These spiders are gloriously fuzzy and involved with living life. This male spotted wolf spider (Pardosa amentata) is practicing his amorous dance moves. #bekindtospidersweek #bekindtospidersweek2024 #spottedwolfspider #naturejournaling #arthistoryscienceandmystery
The Joro is an invasive species. Since it eats pests other predators won’t there is still speculation on if it will benefit rather than be a detriment to the ecosystem. #bekindtospidersweek #bekindtospidersweek2024 #goldenorbwebspider #jorospider #naturejournaling #arthistoryscienceandmystery
The Golden is endemic to the area, and best known for webs that make gardening a bit of a sticky situation. #bekindtospidersweek #bekindtospidersweek2024 #goldenorbwebspider #jorospider #naturejournaling #arthistoryscienceandmystery
Day 1: Orb weavers: The Golden Silk Orb Web Spider (Trichonephila clavipes) and the Joro Spider (Trichonephila clavata) have ancestry that dates back to the Cenozoic. #bekindtospidersweek #bekindtospidersweek2024 #goldenorbwebspider #jorospider #naturejournaling #arthistoryscienceandmystery
Use the 7th day to showcase a favorite spider, a spider-related work by another creator who has been a source of inspiration for you, or both!

Use #bekindtospidersweek and #bekindtospidersweek2024 when you post your work and add a 🕷️🕸️ so we can all find one another and what we have created.
Each of the first 6 days of the week will have a species prompt. We’ve kept the categories broad, and encourage you to do a bit of research before choosing your subject. You won’t regret it!

4/1: Orb weavers
4/2: Wolf and Grass spiders
4/3: Widows
4/4: Crab spiders
4/5: Jumpers
4/6: Trapdoors
The first week of April is Be Kind To Spiders Week!

In honor of this opportunity to get to know these fascinating creatures a bit better, 18Hz Arts Collective has put together a prompt list as inspiration for creators in all media to use as a starting point for spider-related art works.