Here are a few odds and ends from the garden.
This first gal is Argiope aurantia aka the yellow garden spider. I usually see one or two in the fall around here. They have an interesting zig zag in the middle of their web to fortify its strength for larger insects like June beetles and dragonflies.
Here is an Orchard Spider (Leucauge venusta). They are another type of orb weaver that usually build their webs on the lower levels of shrubs and plants. They are another good way to keep the flies away from the garden.
Here is a harvestman in the family Opiliones. These are strange spiders that will hunt for tiny insects but they also eat plant matter and fungi and don't really have any venom like a spider. Whatever insects they are eating must be very tiny, and I wonder how they even find them with their tiny eyes.
This looks to be Castianeira longipalpis also known as an ant mimic spider. They walk fast like an ant and are barely larger than an ant.
As you can guess these guys feed primarily on ants, but they will also eat aphids as well.
Here is a juvenile phidippus audax.
These are commonly called daring jumping spiders. Their method of hunting is to launch themselves onto their prey. Their favorite food is the common house fly but they will attack anything around that size as well. I was able to trick this one into jumping on my hand for the photo. They are smart and have amazing eyesight and can navigate through all sorts of obstacles to get to their prey.
I think this is a very tiny recently hatched Platycryptus undatu.
I found this one on my window sill and it looked like a jumping grain of sand. I managed to get it to jump onto a plate where I was able to get a photo. Eventually it will grow into a medium sized jumping spider.
That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)
These are wonderful shots. Weldone buddy.
Next time I find an argiope I'll spend more time with a macro lens. They are amazing looking spiders.
Oh yeah, they are.
Those are wonderful spider. Some of these are beautiful of it's color. Nice photography
Some even have iridescent colors.
Happy Spiderday. I will have to start paying closer attention to spiders so I can keep up with your posts. It was very interesting last week when I was clearing some weeds in the yard, I saw lots of spiders and ants. Seems like they are out ahead of the other insects this spring. I love the colorful garden spider. I will be watching for the distinctive web thats new info to me.
There's quite a few different types of argiopes with each subspecies making a different zig zag pattern in the middle of their web. Keep an eye out for the tiny ant mimics if your ants are out already. This fall I suspect you may have a few decent looking spiders to post from your garden.
From some pictures of spiders, it is very clear in the discussion, which newly hatched ones are sick with their bites
The newly hatched ones are super tiny, almost like a grain of sand.
my first shot was amazed by the color of the spider
They usually come out around Halloween time, perfect coloring for the season.
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Awesome shots of awesome spoods! And even a harvestman! I see so few posts with pics of harvestmen, and they're so cool and gentle. As to how they find prey with those two tiny eyes: their legs act as a sort of feeler which grants them a type of vision. Very sensitive to vibrations and smells.
One day I hope to find a clump of hibernating harvestman. I've seen a couple species of them around here though I still don't know their exact latin names. It makes more sense that their vision for hunting would be in their legs.