Behold My Beautiful Legs!
I got a new kind of spider when I visited my daughter's place. They were the first critters I found when I started looking around. Under her roses and shrubs along the fence was a line of spider webs, each had a flat sheet with a funnel at the bottom. It was overcast & misty and the webs were covered with dew drops. When I looked closer, there were spiders at each funnel opening. So dark I had to use flash to bring out details of the spiders. Turned out they had beautiful colors, especially their legs. Did not know what they were at the time but my daughter got a shot of one out of the web later that identified them, at least to the genus level. There are 14 species of them.
American Grass Spider (Agelenopsis sp.)
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
Behold My Beautiful Legs!
I got a new kind of spider when I visited my daughter's place. They were the first critters I found when I started looking around. Under her roses and shrubs along the fence was a line of spider webs, each had a flat sheet with a funnel at the bottom. It was overcast & misty and the webs were covered with dew drops. When I looked closer, there were spiders at each funnel opening. So dark I had to use flash to bring out details of the spiders. Turned out they had beautiful colors, especially their legs. Did not know what they were at the time but my daughter got a shot of one out of the web later that identified them, at least to the genus level. There are 14 species of them.
American Grass Spider (Agelenopsis sp.)
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com