Who can blame the creatures for avoiding me and the camera. Even though I try to tell them that fame and fortune will be theirs. 😉
On the fence!
Then the Showy Grasshopper (Hesperotettix speciosus ) nymph decided they had enough of this photographer and ducked under the wire. 😉
Looking for signs of cats.
While there were no cats, this may have been the tiniest Jumping Spider (Phidippus ). Ants were there too.
Still I was checking the Crotons for Goatweed Leafwing butterfly caterpillars.
Instead I found a Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans )!
Furthermore she let me get close to see her eight eyes arranged in two rows!
And what the heck I stopped at the sunflower to find a leafhopper (Cicadellidae) nymph!
And the tad bigger Lace Bug (Tingidae)!
A spider’s nest in the nest box. No surprise there. LOL.
Then I shut the door and I saw the spider, a Jumping Spider (Phidippus texanus ).
So I would open and shut the door. They kept scurrying to the other side out of sight.
Under the door.
Finally they paused on the outside. I parted with a thank you.
Time to go check more boxes…
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Were you flirting with that spider? It’s a cutie! LOL
I think I was but they didn’t care fore me. LOL
What a spider day! So many different ones. Beautiful markings on the widow.
The widow was quiet and the jumping spider was well jumpy but both fun. 🤩
Very pretty spiders. Also love the green grasshopper. Its pretty too.
Love’em all!
I had no idea black widow spiders could be so pretty
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I’ve seen lots of spiders this year too. Love those jumping spiders and the look of a face on them.
I love the jumping spiders eyes.
Mary, do they actually have 4 eyes, a pair of large ones and a pair of small ones? I love to just stare at them. Such cool characters.
Kathy, They have 8 eyes, though the smaller eyes are very hard to see. However look at this chart from BugGuide to get a look at all the families eye arrangements. https://bugguide.net/node/view/84423