Speaking of Eyes in the Back of the Head! (Warning: Spider Images)

By Jim | Published October 3, 2013

Warning to Arachnaphobics: This Post Contains Images of a Spider!!! To buy some time and space, so our arachnaphobic friends do not see my spider friend, I’ll first share some interesting information on them. Today’s post features a few images I captured of a small, White-spotted Jumping Spider (Phidippusaudax) that was partially hidden in a […]

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Gotcha!

By Jim | Published September 5, 2013

WARNING: Arachnids Ahead! If you have a phobia of spiders, you might want to skip today’s post! (Being a Master Gardener, I love these beneficial critters!) After 3 days of searching, yesterday morning I finally found one of my favorite prairie critters, the Ridge-faced Flower Spider (Misumenoides formosipes). These spiders are pretty small (normally the […]

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Monday Morning Blues

By Jim | Published September 3, 2013

Hope your Labor Day was a great one! Mine? Well, I had the Monday Morning Blues. But that’s not bad. The blues I’m talking about is the Blue Sage wildflower (Salvia azurea). If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that the Blue Sage is one of my favorite wildflowers. A summer bloomer […]

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Do the Dew! (Part 1 of 2)

By Jim | Published August 11, 2013

(WARNING: Some of the following images contain spiders)  The weather forecast for yesterday morning was “cool and clear, with dense fog possible”, so I got up a bit on the early side and went out looking for something to shoot in the fog. With water levels too low for kayaking, I grabbed my large lens […]

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Water Web

By Jim | Published June 5, 2013

During a recent kayak outing, I ran upon this interesting spider web that was anchored in a water plant where I kayaked. The web extended downward and actually touched the water (possibly due to the recent heavy rains we’ve received, that have raised the water level) and a nice reflection off the water surface could […]

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Spiney

By Jim | Published February 4, 2013

(This post originally published in October 2010) While walking the prairie meadow the other day, I came upon a strange sight … on a piece of prairie grass, there was a “blob” of something attached to the grass stem. As I got closer, it resembled an insect. As I looked it over, I discovered that […]

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A New Little Friend

By Jim | Published January 22, 2013

(This post originally published in September 2010) Yesterday morning I had a wonderful time in the nearby Prairie Meadow. And only limited time to enjoy the meadow … deer season (archery only) opens tomorrow, so I only had yesterday and this morning (if it isn’t raining) and then will need to avoid this area for […]

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How to Properly Build a Web Site

By Jim | Published January 15, 2013

(This post was originally published in September 2010) When I concluded my last prairie meadow photo session, I was leaving the area via the woodland trail. As I walked down the trail, I looked above me and happened to see a Marbled Spider (Araneus marmoreus), which is one of the orb weaver spiders, moving about […]

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Is It Raining? (Re-post)

By Jim | Published January 14, 2013

(This post originally published in September 2010) Another delightful morning in the prairie meadow yesterday. With our recent cold front moving through, the morning temperature was in the high 40’s (°F), but the sky was basically clear with only a few scattered high clouds. When I reached the meadow, I was pleasantly surprised that there […]

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Yesterday in the Prairie Meadow (Re-post)

By Jim | Published December 18, 2012

Just got home from a quick, 2-day photo trip to northwest Missouri’s Squaw Creek NWR, a very special place to visit … especially in the fall and spring bird migrations. The reason for the trip? How about 200+ Trumpeter Swans! I’ll post about the trip very soon … but I have to first download and […]

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