Great pictures, Folks...even the icky ones.

Sally, that little fellow is too cool.

sallyg said:Gorgeous spider, that black and yellow. We have them only rarely.
Friend in my queens tears bilbergia

Really? You don't get Golden Orb spiders much? I have too many! We don't get little toads or frogs like you have- what is it Sally?

2 kinds of dragonflies in the same general area today...





'on the rocks' so to speak...

Yes that sure is a a looker Friend in the queens tears bilbergia. His eyes match his camouflage outfit , wow!

This thread was the most active thread on NGA last week!

Hey, good deal...!

I think the frog is Hyla versicolor. I will edit to add a link from computer. Still here this morning. Maybe she waits for any mosquitoes that might come to the water


Or a Cope's grey tree frog- interesting link.
http://www.nhptv.org/naturewor...

Please send some yellow and black spiders! I've had plenty of black widows. I blame those on the decrepit horse barn property that used to be behind us, and was removed and developed into houses, guessing some came from there.

J, those are neat pics of the dragonflies, but Wow! what cool rocks they are perched on.

Sally, you actually have two argiope species in MD

http://www.spiders.us/species/...

I ran across this link while looking at Argiope aurantia habitat and range.

http://argiope.se/test/ Who knew there was an "adoption agency" for spiders???

I agree- really special pretty rocks, jmorth.

Thanks moonhowl- I think I've only seen aurantia.

You really CAN find almost anything on the internet- I guess aside from hobbyists, people may need insect eggs to study the insects.

Wow, an adoption agency for spiders?

Some creepy crawlies

Hi Robin...yup you can get spider eggs among a bunch of other insects at that link.

http://argiope.se/test/

Ronnie, Great pics...could you imagine the damage those critters could wreak if they were the size of a blue jay?

Jean I might not want to go outside if they were that big

I hear ya. I watched a bunch of humming birds fight over 3 feeders. They were so busy fighting they didn't even notice me. They were smashing into each other and squawking and chittering with great ferocity. While watching them, an egret flew over and I thought about the nearly vicious hummers being the size of the egret....it was a chilling thought.

You're quite the photographer Ronnie, those are wonderful pics!

Finally catching up on pictures! Here's some I took at the house since I got back from vacation last Saturday.

I don't know what this is on the Spanish Needles, but it looks cool.



And this one.



This spider built a web right on top of my Salvia 'Saucy Red'.

I adore that Saucy Spider, especially pic # 3, that one I'd hang on my wall!

Thanks, Robin! I've seen that same variety of spider in the corner of the house where our lanai is. That's on the opposite side of where I found this one. I wonder if they're a common species?

Nice shots Melanie

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