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Triangular Orb Weaver
While hiking one of the trails at Burr Oak Woods Nature Center (Blue Springs, Missouri), we came upon several orb weaving spiders. This little guy, a Triangulate Orb Weaver (Verrucosa arenata) was a real find. I’ve only seen these a couple of times previously. With a light wind blowing down the pathway, it was very […]
Fun Friday: And Now … the Rest of the Story
While photographing on the prairie the other morning, I came upon a Low-flying Amber-wing (Perithemis tenera) that landed on a dead twig. I carefully set up my tripod and captured a series of images. Here is one from that set of images: After capturing a few images (with the camera’s viewfinder still at my eye), […]
Spiderwort Continues to Bloom
Today I’m featuring a few more Spiderwort wildflower images from recent hikes on a nearby Missouri prairie. Our continued rains have prompted these beauties to continue blooming. And although some spent flowers are found on some plants, there are still a lot of unopened buds! The first two images are focus-stacked images, each one combining […]
Fun Friday: Where’s Waldo?
Today’s Fun Friday photo comes from the prairie I’ve been working. While photographing wildflowers and small insects the other morning, I just happened to catch some movement out of the corner of my eye. As I adjusted my tripod to capture my little prairie friend, he quickly darted behind a flower on the Common Milkweed […]
Arachnid Lovers Rejoice!
Caution: Spiders Lie Ahead, in this blog post!!! Here is one of my first blog posts, from 2009. I just had to “dust the cobwebs off” :o) With the recent weather a bit less conducive to getting the kayak (“Rubber Duckie”) out, I have spent some time shooting some Garden Spiders. I currently have 6 […]
Posted in Insect Photography, Macro Photography, Nature Photography
Tags: behavior, Blog, Cass County, insect, macro photography, Missouri, nature, nature photography, spider, spider web
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Speaking of Eyes in the Back of the Head! (Warning: Spider Images)
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 […]
Posted in Insect Photography, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
Tags: behavior, Blog, Cass County, insect, macro photography, meadow, Missouri, nature, nature photography, prairie, spider, summer, wildflower
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