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Seen while it was traversing between branches of a cultivated dragonfruit plant, probably on some unseen thread of silk

Being eaten by a jumping spider

Some kind of ant-mimic

hanging from an aluminum gutter

hi!

It's been a while since I've visited Cobblestone Trail Park. I love this little park, even though many of the visitors clutter it up with drugs, trash, and other crap. Nature persists here! :)

T. ubicki? Beneath rock in seep/spring area.

Found in a used automotive part received from elsewhere; presumably originating from within the native range of the brown recluse.

Specimen given to me by Sammie Jo Wislofsky.

Montgomery County, North Carolina, US

The egg sac normally hangs down from where it is attached to a leaf or stem.

egg sac on White Oak

Big brown spider

Appears to be an arachnid egg sac

Lake Palestine (west)

@wildcarrot (:

I have no idea on this one, I couldn't find an actual on this web.

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Bioblitzing at Clear Creek for the 2023 City Nature Challange!

The last day of the City Nature Challenge 2023! Of course, I HAD to get out to Tandy Hills to engage with nature and spot some things I didn't see this weekend.

ID based on chelicerae color and black markings underneath legs except at the femur, where it is light tan. Female likely, as the hole is probably 3/4" in diameter.

caught and eaten by a Great Egret. short video: https://youtu.be/2L6qvKmrajg

Not sure

Spider egg sacs?

Trashline orbweaver maybe?

Spider
Berry Springs Park and Preserve
Nature Trail Loop
Georgetown, Tx
Williamson, Co
3/24/20

male, about 2mm, with female in previous observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144780017

tiniest thing ever. like Teeny Tiny

Extremely small, maybe 3 mm

violently shook her web when threatened

Out by my chicken coop