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The Spider, the Bee, and the Fly
I stopped by Conard Environmental Research Area, a prairie/savannah reconstruction and restoration owned by Grinnell College. It is a pretty good area to find butterflies, but today was a little too overcast and windy for them. I still had a … Continue reading
A Jumping Spider
I took a day off from work today and went to The Ledges State Park. I had a lovely day and saw lots of wildlife. Maybe my favorite was this small jumping spider. Small but charismatic.
Sometimes You Get Lucky
We had some thunderstorms today–warm, summer-like rains. I went outside shortly after one of the showers and looked for insects on the side of a locust tree trunk. This tree has some great lichens which I knew would look spectular … Continue reading
Posted in Biological diversity, invertebrates
Tagged macro photography, rain, spectacular photos, spiders
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Hanging by a Thread (and Making More)
I was out at dusk tonight and I saw this small spider hanging from a flower. It seemed to be spinning silk for its web, but it was too dark for me to see.
Posted in invertebrates
Tagged flowers, macro photography, photography, spider webs, spiders
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It’s Alive!!!
In my last post I found what I thought were the remains of some kind of a spider, parasitized by some unknown creature. I posted the picture on bugguide. It was recognized right away as a bolas spider. But there … Continue reading
Eight Eyes (More or Less)
Here is a spider I found under a log.
Just Passing Through
One day while I was watching the top of a mound of Formica exsectoides I saw a dark object rapidly moving across the mound, apparently carefully avoiding any ants or other creatures that could be found there. I snapped a … Continue reading
