Atul N Vartak

[Ayan Mondal, Ph.D @spiderayan]

The most awaited event for all spider enthusiasts …. The Spider Week 22 is just round the corner …. So gear up and start documenting !

For more details and registration

https://t.co/xCY8c1V52Y

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

The most awaited event for all spider enthusiasts …. The Spider Week 22 is just round the corner …. So gear up and start documenting !

For more details and registration
https://t.co/UI7wKNEChq

#spiderweek #spiderindia #inaturalist #spiders #arachnids #diversityindia

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

@ellipsoptera @VishnuH67707449 @BritishSpiders @LBrianPatrick @ForTheSpiders @sureshbenjamin @WSC_NMBE @venadavenu @KalaKemangga Ctenidae it is …. Most likely Genus Africactenus

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

#InternalAssessmentForAll

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

@abhaytarapur @venadavenu @vijaybarve @NatureIn_Focus @MonaPatelT @BBM_Ind Lovely !!

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

@DivsBu Congratulations 💐

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

A close encounter with a Wolf !
Hippasa sp. Lycosidae @OlympusProIndia @NatureIn_Focus @spider_india @inbiodiversity @inaturalist

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

Pisuaridae...possibly a Hygropoda sp. occupying a leaf mine .
Leaf mines .... these are architectural modifications of leaves by a variety of insects called leaf miners !
@OlympusProIndia #leafmine @DiversityIndia @inbiodiversity @spider_india @NatGeoIndia @NatureIn_Focus

[Priyantha Wijesinghe @elaphrornis]

Thrilled to see - at last! - “A Field Guide to the Spider Genera of India” by @spiderayan @DebomayC @nvatul & Siddharth Kulkarni (2020)! A pioneering work in many respects, so it seems appropriate to hold it with Pocock’s “Arachnida” (Fauna of British India) published 1900. 👏

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

A juvenile Argiope sp. with a kill! @OlympusProIndia @NatureIn_Focus @inaturalist @inbiodiversity @spider_india @SanctuaryAsia

[Indian Dentist United @DentistIndian]

Coronavirus puts Dentists at greatest risk because of the highest physical proximity to the patient resulting in highest exposure to the disease.

Here is an interactive link explaining the same
https://t.co/jB6AKfL5X8

#SAVEDENTALPROFESSIONALS

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

Clogmia sp. Psychodidae ... They go by the common name Drain Flies ...Sink Flies or Sewer Gnats ! They often infest drains of bathrooms !
@OlympusProIndia @NatureIn_Focus @NatGeoIndia @inbiodiversity @inaturalist

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

@SocialXLeration I see them 😊

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

The Giant honeybee.Apis dorsata.
Seen here is a Bee collecting water !
A bee colony requires four things from the environment that the bee has to carry back...nectar ,pollen ,propolis and water.The bee has to make several trips to the hive to refill the stock !@OlympusProIndia

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

A female Hamadruas sp. fiercely guarding her egg sac .
These Oxyopids do not leave their egg sacs for weeks together till the spiderlings have hatched and ready to disperse ! @OlympusProIndia @DiversityIndia @inbiodiversity @SanctuaryAsia

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

Red Velvet !!!
Possibly Family Trombidiidae
Shot in Castlerock Karnataka India Dec 2019

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

Roux's Forest Lizard ... Monilesaurus rouxii ...an insectivore agamid lizard which hunts during the day both on the ground and in trees ! @OlympusProIndia

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

Possibly A Cheiracanthium sp. Cheiracanthiidae ... note the presence of a cymbial spur on the pedipalps ... lack of a longitudinal groove in the middle of the carapace differentiates it from Clubionids .… https://t.co/hz8LzjdGUC

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

A #Pentatomid nymph displaying brilliant colours !!!
#olympusproindia #raynox #diversityindia #insects #macrophotography

[Atul N Vartak @nvatul]

#Indothele sp....A #mygalomorph spider from Family #Dipluridae have long posterior lateral spinnerets which are used to make an irregular web with a retreat within it .... They are also also known as Curtain-web spiders