I see this spider with its egg sack as I’m hiking on Lakeside trail.
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As I’m heading home from work I notice this spider eating a walkingstick just outside the nature center. This seems like quite a good size meal for this spider.
As I am walking home I spy these newly hatched spiders. The white egg sack can been seen just above the spiders. When I gently blow on them they spread out. When I come back later they are back in this 2 ball formation.
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Wolf Spider – June 25, 2008
This spider is found in the laundry room.
I find this small black and white spider in my house. I notice that it has iridescent green fangs. I wonder what advantage it is to have this adaptation?
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Spider on Tree – March 28, 2008
Spider on Tree – March 28, 2008, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
This tiny (crab?) spider is soaking up some of the sun’s rays getting ready for some insects.
This 3 inch long spider was in the Sycamore fire ring. It’s moving slow, but I assume its ready for spring.
Garden Spider, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
While I’m attending the Merry Lea conference on Sacred Soils, I take a walk and see this garden spider. I’m told that the white zip zag may be made to keep birds from flying into the web and destorying it. I don’t know what insect this one has found.
IMG_1179, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
Every year at this time these Spined Micrathena spiders (Micrathena gracilis) start making their webs. I love their abdomins. They look like they’re made of porcelain.
Their webs are in the shape of a CD, with a hole in the middle that they can get through to the other side. Three anchor threads are use to secure the web.
