spiders

Probably one of the oddest insects I've ever photographed. They are known as kleptoparasites of predatory invertebrates. Another name for them is Jackal Fly. I found these on the kill of Black and Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia), a very large one I might add. The spider didn't seem to be...

A struggle to get all of this lady in focus she had such long legs, never realized we had such spiders in the UK, fascinating what lies beneath us!

Well Ive sold my birding lens and moved to the dark side, down in the dirt with the grubs and Im loving it.

I took this photo some time back. I didnt notice everything in the photo until a day later when I had them on the computer.

Talk about being all legs.

The larger of these two spiders is a female Goldenrod ( crab ) Spider. She is about 5mm from side to side. The second spider is a mystery to me. Many times the male spider is smaller and very different in color. Could they be mating? If not I am not sure what this hitchhiker is doing. This...

I know spiders are not exactly everyone's favorite. If you look closely at many spiders they are really quite beautiful. This one is one of the most common in my area in late summer. Much of the time in the early morning you will find meadows covered with thousands of these.

16-Legged territorial dispute.

Early morning Spiders Web.Taken because of it's beauty and size-18"Dia.

While visiting a pond with an array of charadriids, spotted this gal in the brush.

Newly hatched spiderlings.When I first noticed them on a Xmass cactus,they looked like a lump of moss,then they moved!

This is a Golden Silk Spider I found at the nature trail in Gulf Islands National Seashore at 10:00 a.m. this morning June 14, 2003. Photo resized according to contest rules.