The Natural History of Bodega Head

    Another beautiful denizen of the dunes on Cape Cod...a  Shoreline Wolf Spider ( Arctosa littoralis ).   Such amazing camouflage! This in...

    I returned home from the farmers' market to hear a Brown Creeper calling in our front yard.  Luckily my camera wasn't too far aw...

    Here's another great example of camouflage with beach sand.  Eric photographed this jumping spider, Terralona californica , on 21 Au...

    Silk!  After hearing about Eric's dragonfly and butterfly observations last night, I was scanning the San Francisco Chronicle headl...

    Eric found this amazing spider on the beach at Reid State Park in Georgetown, Maine, yesterday (15 September 2023).  Meet the Shoreline ...

      Happy Halloween! Eric photographed this very large spider — a Black and Yellow Garden Spider ( Argiope aurantia ) — in Scituate, MA,...

    This wonderful jumping spider was jumping (and I mean jumping !) across a trail to Race Point beach in Provincetown, MA, today (28 Septe...

    This little jumping spider joined us outside for lunch today (2 October 2021).  The last time I saw this species, I thought it might be ...

    Eric and I made a quick trip out to the outer beach on Point Reyes yesterday (5 June 2021).  A few fun beach invertebrate highlights in...

Eric noticed this small jumping spider on his T-shirt, so we went out in the backyard for a photo:   It was an excellent jumper, so...

During a neighborhood walk a couple of days ago, Eric peeked under a log and was surprised to see quite a gathering:   Arboreal Salam...

This morning Eric called me over to point out a nice-looking spider web lit up by the sun in the backyard.  It was a special one.  Here are ...

This morning, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a beautiful spider web in our backyard.  I ran out to take a few photos before leaving ...

I wandered into the backyard again this morning to look for spider web strands.  Below are a few close-ups from 29 June 2019. Strand with ...

If you've been reading this blog for the last few years, you might remember previous posts about color patterns in spider web silk.  Sin...

Earlier this month, Eric looked out the window to see an enormous spider web high in a maple tree in our backyard:    I went ou...