Tag: spider
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Baby Spiders
Once you begin watching spiders, you haven’t time for much else. ~E.B. White I have been raising some tulip-tree silk moth larvae at home and at work which has necessitated the periodic collecting of small branches of tulip poplar. Last week, when I cut one and brought it in I noticed one of my favorite Read more…
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Strange Beauty
There is no exquisite beauty…without some strangeness… ~Edgar Allan Poe I came across this strange spider the other day as I walked through the back gate. I noticed its striking white abdomen moving slowly around its web with a small up and down motion, accompanying a slight twist of the body as it moved. The Read more…
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Spider Zombies
An understanding of the natural world and what’s in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment. ~David Attenborough A quick update on a post I did two years ago on a Tale of Two Spiders. A friend had spotted an odd-looking spider that had spun a web on her Read more…
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Shed in the shed
Found a large spider shed in my shed this week. Believe it to be from a Dolomedes species (probably D. tenebrosus). This one would have been close to 3 inches across in total leg span! Their group is known as the Fishing Spiders, but this species is often found far from water, as in this Read more…
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