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Little succulents waiting for a home. . . . the nonprofit Garden Shop at the UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley.
Pisaura mirabilis
Size: 10 mm
This is a very common species and you see lots of them this time of year. I shot this beautiful specimen yesterday morning.
Stacked from 19 natural light exposures in Zerene Stacker.
Canon 760D + Sigma 180/3.5
In early spring you can often find Nursery web spiders stretched out on stems and leaves sunning themselves. They wait for flies and other insects to pass by, and then use quick sprinting and strength to overpower them.
After mating, the female Nursery web spider lays her eggs into a silk cocoon which she carries around with her fangs. Just before the eggs hatch, she spins a silk tent (nursery web) and releases her spiderlings inside it. This tent offers them some protection for the first few days of their life. After their first moult they leave the tent. The female stays close to the tent until all the spiderlings have dispersed.
A pretty little spider that Mary spotted while we were out looking for dragonflies yesterday. As she didn't want to get close - not being a spider fan - I quickly got a shot.
Apparently the Nursery-web Spider likes to sunbathe and typically holds its front two pairs of legs together pointing forwards. During mating the male presents the female with a carefully wrapped insect as a present. The female carries her eggs in a ball shaped, pea-sized sack with her. Just before the babies hatch she builds a silk tent and puts them inside for protection.
A classic spider shot for Flickr Friday 'classic' theme.
Last month I had the pleasure of accompanying my partner to Lausanne where he is working on a project for Lausanne Jardins next year. Among other things, the preparations are underway in the municipal nursery, where I was allowed to walk around a bit to take pictures.
Hasselblad 500cm on expired Kodak T-Max 100 in Tetenal Ultrafine t-plus.
Leica M2
35mm Summicron 8-element replica (yellow filter)
Fomapan 100 in Clayton F76 (1:9 @ 68 deg for 7 min)
-- Site of a closed nursery. Soon to be ... a shopping center? Subdivision? Storage facility? We know it's not going to be agricultural, even though zoned for it.
Another view of the nursery rhyme dress. I made it using some pretty fabric given to me by a friend who works for a furnishing fabric agency.
After our lovely meal, Matt and Sophie stopped at Keydell Nurseries so I could look at the plants and other gifts and I spent some birthday money on a 'big head' planter (show you soon) and some ornamental grass (Carex 'Ice Dance'). Here are the 'children' at the duck pond!
Isn’t this little plaque a delight? I imagine it dates from the 1920s, when the Chelsea Open Air Nursery School was established. See it in context, and find out more about the school, here.
Species: Pisaurina mira - Nursery Web Spider
Location: Accord, NY
Nursery Web Spiders create a web tent when their eggs are ready to hatch, and stand guard of the babies inside.
Listen to a 60-second science clip about how male nursery web spiders sometimes scam the females for a chance at mating: www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/male-spiders-s...
Boskoop can be considered as the tree nursery capital of the world. In the old days they used to make cuttings in barns like this.
I didn't know this scene until a few years ago, when on the backside of the tree nursery a new road was build.
Maren likes to sit on the chair in there. She's checking out all the toys wanting to have some for herself. meandwee.blogspot.com
ODC1: Nursery Rhymes,
This rhyme has very dark origins starting with the Great Plague of London in 1665 or perhaps an even earlier plague in the 1300's. The rosy ring on the skin was a sign that someone had the plague-a pocketful of posies was to cover the smell that came with the plague-"Ashes, Ashes" refers to the cremation and 'all fall down' is self evident.
The final photo from this day. I think it was a fair size and certainly not a spider I see generally, so it might be interesting.
Help with ID would be welcome.
I have not been away from Nottingham since too photograph creatures.
Here's the view before you walk in the room. You're greeted with a rattan elephant hamper in front of the crib. meandwee.blogspot.com
Oil on canvas. 20"x24".
Nebulae (star nurseries) become nebulous kudzu vines which surround the garden (or nursery) below.
A brace of local Volvos, seen at Stuarts Exeter.
Hottot. WA15 CFD. Volvo FH 500.
Otter Nurseries. FJ62 FUG. Volvo FH 460.