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How Many Spiders Have You Saved Today?
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet Eating her curds eating and whey Along came a spider who sat down beside herAnd frightened Miss Muffet away (English nursery rhyme recorded in 1805) What, Miss Muffet ran away? Obviously, she had no career plans to become...
A jumping spider on a yellow rose peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A banded garden spider (Argiope trifasciata) straddling lavender stems. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A redfemured spotted orbweaver, Neoscona domiciliorum, is hungry. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A black widow spider balances her egg sacs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lunch time! A crab spider feasts on a pest, a lygus bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A bold jumping spider trying to grab a honey bee. The honey bee did not need saving. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Spider Alert! Guess Who's Coming to UC Davis?
Spider alert! If you dislike spiders, you might want to check out the political scene (probably not!), the almond pollination season (yes, it's coming), or ask Siri "When does spring begin? (Answer: March 20) Wait, are you still there? Whew! Then you'll want to know about the upcoming...
A jumping spider eyes the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A black widow spider protecting her egg sacs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A banded garden spider checking out its surroundings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A garden spider lying in wait for prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A crab spider nails a lygus bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How Jumping Spiders Communicate
Those jumping spiders certainly can jump.Last summer we spotted what appeared to be the red-backed jumping spider, Phidippus johnsoni (famiiy Salticidae), stalking native bees and honey bees in our yard.Its iridescent green chelicerae, which characterizes many species in the genus, literally...
A jumping spider, probably Phidippus johnsoni, eyes the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Itsy Bitsy--Not!
It wasn't an itsy bitsy spider.And it didn't climb up the water spout.It was climbing all over the tower of jewels, ready to stalk and pounce on prey.We spotted this male jumping spider in the genus Phidippus (as identified by Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis)...
Jumping Spider
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