spiders
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Back 40 Spiders
Very late spring cleaning in the Back 40 reveals some spiders, as usual. This one had two silky egg cases nearby:
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The Catskills ~ Day 2
We started the morning in the thickest fog any of us had ever seen. It lifted as we descended down towards Hunter, NY.We couldn’t resist stopping in this former drive-in on Route 296 south of Windham, now claimed by a meadow. The gate proudly claims “we will be back,” but that seems unlikely. Meanwhile, this…
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Insects, spider
Ragweed leaf beetle. The woods at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary were dripping with caterpillars, and caterpillar droppings, which rained down invisibly but created a little pitter patter on the leaf-litter.At Ipswich, I got my first mosquito bites of the year. This one was taken down back in Haverhill, MA. Note how its harpoon is longer…
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Virgin Gorda Insects, Spiders
I don’t know the identity of these insects and spiders, but that doesn’t stop me — and I hope, you — from admiring them. If you’re familiar with any of these, let me know.
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Spider in the My Tub
Just think of all the animals that surround us, even in the city. Even in our homes. I usually have spiders, and I usually leave them alone. That inch-plus behemoth marching across the floor that one time I did put outside, but otherwise they’re free to do what they will in here. I used a…
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Spiders
One morning not so long ago when I was in northeastern Massachusetts, I started noticing small spider webs on the rounded hump of a bush in a suburban front yard. As I looked around the bush, it became clear that there were very many webs. Dozens of them, if not hundreds, covering most of the…
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Shy spiders
In the excitement over our recent trip to Iceland, I have been neglecting home in the fairest of all boroughs. So here’s a little taste of Brooklyn to remind you where I spend most of my time. Yeah. Spiders in my back yard, the Back 40 (inches), are a constant. Jumping spiders, crab spiders, orb-web…
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Spiders
Spiders are one of the mainstays of life in my Brooklyn backyard, which I persist in calling the Back 40 (inches). The following samples, however, were photographed in Massachusetts recently. There are some 3400 spider species in North America north of Mexico. Some are web builders, making the classic orb web; some make sheetwebs. Some…
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Back 40 and Beyond Spiders
Look closely and you will see that this jumping spider, found in my backyard, has some prey. And you just have to look closely to see how well this one blends into the sand. Found on a Brooklyn beach. It had turned over on itself in a sandy depression and pulled in all its legs.…
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Random Arthropods
A jumping spider of some kind; it was hanging on to one of the Wolfe’s Pond Park crew on Sunday. Insects will often use leaves to hide in, make nests, and lay their eggs. So I looked closer at this curled leaf and, instead of caterpillars or other bugs, found a couple of spiders. This…
Backyard and Beyond 