Tiny Little Life

Just a spider, her egg sac (which was very slightly “crawling”), and a peppercorn.

This ant is in some serious trouble. It’s caught in a spider web.

Its struggling has alerted the spider to its presence. The spider didn’t just jump out at the first hint of motion in its web; spiders know that the prey isn’t going anywhere (and if it is going somewhere, it’s probably too […]

Here are some pictures of insects and spiders at the San Diego Zoo, in the Insect House.
Like this Goliath bird-eating spider. Yes, it eats birds.

A small walking stick insect — about 6 inches long.

A larger walking stick insect, almost a foot long.

Unfortunately, I forgot the name of this beetle.

A giant leaf hopper.

This giant water […]

This weekend, I went on a trip to Vermont and saw a lot of interesting wildlife.

Another wonderful jumping spider with beautiful jaws.

A tussock moth caterpillar.

Hoverfly on a daisy.

Hoverfly on limestone.

Hoverfly on a purple flower.

Hoverfly on a purple flower.

Hoverfly on flower.

Hoverfly and paper wasp on flower.

Paper wasp on flower.

This grasshopper looks like nothing I’ve ever seen. […]

I found this spider in a small patch of flowers.

I borrowed a friend’s macro lens to shoot these leafhoppers in Vermont. They are half the size of a grain of rice.

The circle of leafhopper life… eaten by a tiny spider.

This one reminds me of a box turtle.

This jumping spider was sucking the last of the juice out of a greenbottle fly when I found it.

My lens doesn’t quite capture the majesty of these green fangs.
Technically, “chelicerae”.

These are apparently called Phidippus Audax.
It looks like a Phiddip.

This jumping spider was finishing up its meal when I saw it.
It could fit comfortably on a dime.

If I had to guess, I’d say this is a sac spider with its young.

But I’m not completely sure.

This is the largest daring jumping spider I’ve ever seen, and in the time between when I first spotted it and when I got the picture, it managed to catch an even larger Katydid.
This is a fresh kill you’re looking at.