I was rather unprepared to get a truly good shot of this jumping spider yesterday afternoon, but I got a couple of serviceable ones. This is on the south kitchen wall. There’s nothing else in the shot, so there’s nothing to establish the spider’s size. Imagine it as the size of a house cat. Nothing … Read more
When last I left the shed, I had counted five black widows in it. Three of them were guarding egg sacs. One of them might have been the biggest widow I’ve ever seen. I went today to take care of them. No one has been in the shed since I left it. All of the … Read more
This hoverfly hung around for half of Nathan’s soccer practice tonight. He really dug something on my shoe. I poked around a bit trying to get a specific identification, and it’s tough because there are so many. I’m confident I have family Syrphidae here, but no idea beyond that.