Posts Tagged: Adrienne R. Shapiro

These Girls Could Make or Break Your Halloween!

This just in for Halloween! Ever seen a false black widow spider? Commonly known as the cupboard spider,  it's a semi-cosmopolitan spider that's often confused with the "real" black widow spider, known for its powerful venom. Adrienne Shapiro of Davis took this photo (below) of a spider on...

This is a female false black widow, Steatoda grossa, photographed in Davis, Calif. and released. (Photo by Adrienne Austin-Shapiro)

This is a female false black widow, Steatoda grossa, photographed in Davis, Calif. and released. (Photo by Adrienne Austin-Shapiro)

This is a female black widow spider (Latrodectus), straddling her egg cases. This image was taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is a female black widow spider (Latrodectus), straddling her egg cases. This image was taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ever Seen a Pink Praying Mantis?

Have you ever seen a pink praying mantis, Stagmomantis californica? No? Now you have. Adrienne Austin-Shapiro of Davis yesterday spotted this pink praying mantis (below) on the second-floor wooden planking above Blondie's Pizza, 4th and G streets, Davis.  She rescued it and placed it in...

Davis resident Adrienne Austin-Shapiro photographed this pink praying mantis, Stagmomantis californica, outside a pizza business in Davis.

Davis resident Adrienne Austin-Shapiro photographed this pink praying mantis, Stagmomantis californica, outside a pizza business in Davis.

This is a female Stagmomantis californica, commonly known as a California mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is a female Stagmomantis californica, commonly known as a California mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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