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In the Garden
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An attractive weed growing in the flower garden. In some ways, I fail at decorative gardening, as I tend to avoid uprooting interesting-looking weeds, and let them develop to see how they turn out. On the other paw, stuff like this is often more visually striking than what I actually planted, so...
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Southeast US: mystery spider
Oct. 2nd, 2012 03:42 pmpipisafoatI have been meaning to get a picture of this spider for identification purposes (I think it's an orb weaver? Any thoughts on that definitely welcome!), and I sort of got distracted while I was out there.
All these pictures can be clicked for larger/uncropped, but those are pretty huge, so click at your own bandwidth's risk.
( 3 different angles of the same spider )
All these pictures can be clicked for larger/uncropped, but those are pretty huge, so click at your own bandwidth's risk.
( 3 different angles of the same spider )
untonugganHello! I just moved to a new place within the Washington DC Metro area, and my new place is a lot more nature-filled than the other one. This is exciting! More trees to play in! Walking paths!
Also, hello, lots and lots of spiders. I'm a big fan of the butterflies, but I could have...no, I guess ultimately I couldn't have lived without the spiders.
( Trigger warning: 2 photos of a badass non-dangerous-to-humans spider not to be viewed by those with arachnophobia )
Okay, enough of those scary but kind of awesome 8-legged creatures, here is a chaser photo I took this morning of some of the neighborhood trees with the early morning light hitting them:
Dead (or is it only mostly dead?) cedar tree illuminated by morning light in foreground, in background some slightly blurry deciduous trees whose leaves are just beginning to have a few red and brown autumn leaves
Also, hello, lots and lots of spiders. I'm a big fan of the butterflies, but I could have...no, I guess ultimately I couldn't have lived without the spiders.
( Trigger warning: 2 photos of a badass non-dangerous-to-humans spider not to be viewed by those with arachnophobia )
Okay, enough of those scary but kind of awesome 8-legged creatures, here is a chaser photo I took this morning of some of the neighborhood trees with the early morning light hitting them:
Dead (or is it only mostly dead?) cedar tree illuminated by morning light in foreground, in background some slightly blurry deciduous trees whose leaves are just beginning to have a few red and brown autumn leaves
holyschistA few things I've found especially exciting in explorations this spring and summer, all in Colorado.
Spotted coralroot is a type of parasitic orchids. Coralroots wrap themselves around the roots of trees, and get food from symbiotic fungi rather than photosynthesizing.
( More plants (2 photos) )
( Insects: dragonflies, beetles, a leafhopper, and a praying mantis (8 photos) )
( And under a separate cut, a green-eyed wasp and a jumping spider (2 photos) )
Spotted coralroot is a type of parasitic orchids. Coralroots wrap themselves around the roots of trees, and get food from symbiotic fungi rather than photosynthesizing.
( More plants (2 photos) )
( Insects: dragonflies, beetles, a leafhopper, and a praying mantis (8 photos) )
( And under a separate cut, a green-eyed wasp and a jumping spider (2 photos) )
