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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Buggy


 These are for Cathy who mentioned an interest in them. This big ol' thumbnail-sized spidey is hanging around on the clothesline, hiding on a clothes pin. He, well, prolly really a she, is absurdly tame, but magnificently ugly. Right click if you really want to get personal.




 And this is a box elder bug nymph we saw when fencing the other day. Not much to look at but better than a spider at least.
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7 comments:

  1. Cathy2:03 PM

    Ewwww . . . ;)

    Only a mother could love some of these critters.

    OK. . .OK . . I'm taking a stab at it . .

    I think Neoscona, but trust me - I am no expert.

    Copy and past this . . see what you think:
    http://bugguide.net/node/view/451359

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  2. Cathy2:15 PM

    Rewind! Having clicked on those awesome shots.

    Second opinion:

    Cat-faced spider
    Araneus Gemmoides

    http://bugguide.net/node/view/655018

    Toll ya I was no xpert :)

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  3. lisa6:16 PM

    ewww, even if it is ugly, you did good on the pictures!

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  4. Cathy6:24 PM

    Should'a stayed with my first hunch!

    BugGuide has ID'ed it as Neoscona Cucifera,

    Cool.
    http://bugguide.net/node/view/696513#1232673

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  5. Terry and Linda6:43 PM

    Your macro is excellent...I'll take the box elder...you can keep the spider.



    Linda
    http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
    http://deltacountyhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com

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  6. threecollie7:15 PM

    Cathy, thanks so much for sending it to Bug Guide. by the time I checked the second time it had been ID'd. What a nefarious looking creature~

    Lisa, thanks

    Linda, thanks, I feel the same way about it, but I couldn't resist photographing it. lol

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  7. June8:31 PM

    Well.
    I clicked on the photos and clicked again, and observed that the poor spidey looks like a cactus, but I could in no way find a FACE.
    I'm glad somebody else identified it for us.

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