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Sep. 8, 2010
08:00 PM BST
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Sep. 9, 2010
09:23 AM BST
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Sep. 8, 2010
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Sep. 9, 2010
01:35 AM EDT
Description
This spider was living between cracks in the steps leading to the bridge over the march. I am unsure if it spins webs or not.
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Date
Sep. 8, 2010
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Sep. 9, 2010
01:35 AM EDT
Description
This tiny guy has huge eyes!
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Date
Sep. 8, 2010
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Sep. 9, 2010
01:35 AM EDT
Description
People were crabbing for these with traps on the bridge above, but I was able to find them just waiting for me when I walked below it, easily scoopable with a net. As I put my net atop these guys they would rapidly grab it with both claws. They really live up to their aggressive image.
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Date
Sep. 8, 2010
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Sep. 9, 2010
01:35 AM EDT
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This hopper was very quick to run from me. This was the closest I could get to it before it took off.
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Date
Sep. 8, 2010
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Sep. 9, 2010
01:35 AM EDT
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These larger fiddlers were mixed in with the smaller Uca pugnax. I don't have a copy of Jocelyn Crane's great book on fiddlers so I don't know the technicalities of the differences between the two, but minax tend to be larger, whiter and have red marks on their joints.
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Date
Sep. 8, 2010
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Sep. 9, 2010
01:35 AM EDT
Description
I love these little guys! They were all over the place at Cheesequake. Very jittery, you can see them move away from you in waves if you move too quickly through the mud.
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Date
Sep. 8, 2010
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Sep. 9, 2010
01:35 AM EDT
Description
This oddly colored spider's web had a bunch of successful catches in it.
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Date
Sep. 8, 2010
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Sep. 9, 2010
01:35 AM EDT
Description
This tiny spider nearly passed me by. Because I don't have an SLR with a macro lens, this was the best I could do. I think IDing it will be tricky.
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Date
Sep. 8, 2010
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Sep. 9, 2010
01:35 AM EDT
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This hopper was much more camera friendly than the earlier variety. He let me get up very close to him to get macro shots of his face.
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Date
Sep. 7, 2010
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Sep. 9, 2010
01:38 AM EDT
Description
I only saw one of these among the droves of fiddlers. The marginal teeth on the carapace aren't very visible in the picture so I can't be sure, but Hemigrapsus sanguineus is a good guess.
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Date
Sep. 6, 2010
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Sep. 9, 2010
06:30 PM EDT
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Sep. 5, 2010
02:44 PM PDT
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Sep. 6, 2010
03:01 PM PDT
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Sep. 5, 2010
02:41 PM PDT
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Sep. 6, 2010
03:01 PM PDT
Description
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
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Sep. 5, 2010
02:39 PM PDT
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Sep. 6, 2010
03:01 PM PDT
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Sep. 5, 2010
02:37 PM PDT
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Sep. 6, 2010
03:01 PM PDT
Description
ID provided by cotinis on Flickr.
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Sep. 5, 2010
02:29 PM PDT
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Sep. 6, 2010
03:15 PM PDT
Description
Had me fooled! This is the black female morph.
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Sep. 5, 2010
02:22 PM PDT
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Sep. 6, 2010
03:01 PM PDT
Description
Apparently there are a bunch of mimics back East, but I'm fairly sure this is the original Battus philenor given the single row of orange dots underneath the hindwing. I would say they were uncooperative, but compared to the flighty, distant ones I've seen in CA these were positively loving the camera.
Date
Sep. 5, 2010
02:52 PM CEST
Place
Olmen - Belgium
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Google)
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Sep. 5, 2010
05:02 PM CEST
Date
Sep. 5, 2010
10:14 AM CEST
Place
Olmen - Belgium
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Google)
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Sep. 5, 2010
07:42 PM CEST
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Sep. 5, 2010
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Sep. 9, 2010
05:01 PM EDT
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Sep. 3, 2010
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Sep. 9, 2010
04:58 PM EDT
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Sep. 1, 2010
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Sep. 9, 2010
05:04 PM EDT
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Aug. 30, 2010
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Aug. 31, 2010
09:48 AM BST
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Aug. 29, 2010
06:40 PM PDT
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Aug. 29, 2010
11:52 PM PDT
Description
Then again, the last time I ID'd something as a mutilid it turned out to be a bradynobaenid, and the last time I ID'd something as a wasp it was an ant, so my track record is... not so good.
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Aug. 29, 2010
05:59 PM PDT
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Aug. 29, 2010
11:52 PM PDT
Description
Damn, tarantula hawks are hard to get. So fidgety and flighty. They're unspeakably cool, though, so maybe I should go out with a net and an ice pack. I think this might be Pepsis mildei, given the large size and orange antennae. Are there other options?
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Aug. 29, 2010
05:48 PM PDT
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Aug. 29, 2010
11:52 PM PDT
Description
Trichostema lanceolatum. How cool is this? Ok, it's common, but I still hadn't run into it until this afternoon. This might not be the most beautiful light, but it does show off this flower's unbelievable morphology. Reminds me of a French horn. Also, the smell was AMAZINGLY vinegary.
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Aug. 29, 2010
05:36 PM PDT
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Aug. 29, 2010
11:52 PM PDT
Date
Aug. 28, 2010
04:27 PM PDT
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Aug. 30, 2010
11:17 AM PDT
Description
Made in Los Gatos, California.
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Aug. 28, 2010
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Aug. 29, 2010
03:31 PM EDT
Description
Tons of butterflies were everywhere in Eastern Pennsylvania. This monarch was at the edge of a corn field where some milkweed was growing.
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