One of the joys about moving, and there are but few, is discovering the new critters inhabiting your property! My wife found this Spinybacked Orbweaver hard at work in our yard yesterday.
Very speccy! One of our species in the same group is known as the Christmas spider. Not sure if that's because they're common in summer or because of their festive appearance. Maybe it's a little of both?
Kevin works at the Duke Marine Lab as a researcher at the Marine Conservation Molecular Facility studying the population genetics of vent fauna. He has an M.Sc. in Biology from Penn State where his research focused on marine invertebrate systematics and the community structure of chemoautotrophic foundation fauna at hydrothermal vents. Visit Kevin's personal website, where his CV lives, and follow him on Twitter, Flickr, Friendfeed, YouTube, Nature Network, Amazon, Research Blogging and Facebook.
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Eric worked in Satellite communications, computers and design for many years, but returned to school to pursue his early love of marine sciences. He is curently working on his Masters in Biological Oceanography at the University of Connecticut's Avery Point Campus. Eric also photo-blogs at Larval Images, has a personal site at Eclectic Echoes and his images are available on Flickr.
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There it sits, planning the extinction of mankind.
Very speccy! One of our species in the same group is known as the Christmas spider. Not sure if that's because they're common in summer or because of their festive appearance. Maybe it's a little of both?
Ooo great find. The best we get here is wasp spiders, which arn't quite as cool
Gasteracanths are beautiful beasts. Nice pic.
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