My Nighttime Visitor is a Beautiful Spotted Orb Weaver features photos of a female spotted orb weaver as she takes down her web in the morning. These nocturnal spiders make a new web every night and take it down each day.
Tinted Orb Weaver Mabel orchard orb weavers are very common on my property, so I have photographed them frequently. They...
Regal Jumping Spiders Can Be Big and Colorful features a beautiful specimen of a regal jumping spider that the author/artist recently encountered. It explains why she like jumping spiders so much, and especially regal jumping spiders.
Lynx Spiders are Great Predators Just Like Their Feline Namesakes features a beautiful green lynx spider in the process of eating a small fly while sitting inside a flower. It explains how these spiders hunt from inside flowers.
I Have to Just Love These Colorful Spiders features a photo of a Mabel orchard orb weaver spider hanging upside down in its web. It explains why the author/artist likes these spiders so much and photographs them often.
The Spider and the Ant is Another Interesting Nature Story features a small northern crab spider with an ant that it just caught. It tells the story of the image and the author/artist’s experiences this spring with these spiders.
Carolina Wolf Spiders Look Scarier than They Are shows readers a closeup, macro photo of the face of a wolf spider. It discusses the author/artist’s encounter with this particular spider and the reactions of others to these guys in general.
Orb Weavers Can be Considered the Ultimate Acrobats discusses the acrobatic skills shown by spiders, especially large ones, when they spin or move around in their webs. It features a female black and yellow garden spider spinning her web.
The Spiny Orb Weaver is a Colorful and Beautiful Spider explains the author/artist’s thinking process while creating tonight’s image.
Female Orb Weavers are Larger and More Colorful than Males shows readers the vast sexual dimorphism of these spiders. It also reminds readers of the life cycles of orb weaver spiders and where the fall season fits in.
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