Category Archives: Spider

Misty Mornings

Posted on 2016/12/15 by birds n' bugs

The polar vortex up north has brought SW Florida some foggy mornings.  Not usually good for a photographer.  Looking out across the canal if was difficult to any detail at 100 yards even with the sun well above the horizon. … Continue reading →

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Sub Rosa

Posted on 2014/05/05 by birds n' bugs

I was looking at one of our roses yesterday and discovered a flower spider (Thomisadae) hiding in a rose.  These maintain an anchor line but don’t spin a web to capture prey as other spiders do.  It lurks between the … Continue reading →

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Some leftover birds and a spider

Posted on 2014/04/27 by birds n' bugs

From time to time I take an interesting shot and throw it into a directory where I put images I want to write a blog post about.  But, sometimes I don’t get around to it and some of these may … Continue reading →

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A couple of spiders from Ponce Park

Posted on 2013/10/29 by birds n' bugs

While hanging around waiting for the GBH to do something active, I started looking in the Sea Grape below the nest.  There was a large chaotic spider web there and after looking around a bit I found the spider that … Continue reading →

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Palm Beach County Nature Centers – Hypoluxo Scrub

Posted on 2013/10/16 by birds n' bugs

This was the park I used as the terminus of my morning walk.  The days are getting shorter so it was fairly dark when I arrived.  The Hypoluxo Scrub Park provides both paved and sand trails for exploration and would … Continue reading →

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Six-spotted Fishing Spider – Dolomedes triton

Posted on 2013/07/17 by birds n' bugs

Just a quick post. I found this nice specimen of a fishing spider at Audubon-Pennington park in Port Charlotte. Apparently this species goes through a brown phase and a black and grey phase. I’ll keep an eye out for the … Continue reading →

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Thomisadae – Crab Spiders

Posted on 2013/06/15 by birds n' bugs

The comment on the post below, from Chatou11, reminded of how much I enjoy finding and watching the Thomisadae which are one of the spider species commonly referred to as Crab Spiders or Flower Crab Spiders because of their hunting … Continue reading →

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Spider webs and other things they do with silk

Posted on 2013/06/13 by birds n' bugs

Everyone knows the iconic image of an orb weaver spiders web. Like this one from a golden silk orb weaver. But not all spiders spin webs like that. For example, here is a jumping spider I found this morning. It … Continue reading →

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Crablike Orb Weaver – Gasteracantha cancriformis

Posted on 2013/05/29 by birds n' bugs

These are interesting little spiders because they look like a crab. Generally small they spin their geometric webs in the mangroves and wait for lunch to arrive. They generally sit in the middle of the web and I sometimes think … Continue reading →

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More with the Nikon P7100 and Raynox 150 macro lens

Posted on 2012/06/22 by birds n' bugs

My first experiment (below) with the Raynox 150 on the Nikon P7100 convinced me that I should try it again.  So, I headed off to the butterfly garden at the Punta Gorda History Park to see what it would do. … Continue reading →

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