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  • A small green spider is camouflaged to match the depths of a datura flower blossom, in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA. Spiders have eight legs and are not insects. Spiders (order Araneae, class Arachnida) are air-breathing arthropods that have chelicerae, grasping mouthparts with fangs that inject venom. Unlike spiders, insects have six legs and a pair of antennae.
    94CAL-03-08-Spider_on_Datura_flower.jpg
  • A large spider lurks in a web near Perth in Western Australia. Spiders have eight legs and are not insects. Spiders (order Araneae, class Arachnida) are air-breathing arthropods that have chelicerae, grasping mouthparts with fangs that inject venom. Unlike spiders, insects have six legs and a pair of antennae.
    04AUS-10668_spider.jpg
  • A camouflaged Crab Spider (Family Thomisidae) kills a bee in a pinkish magenta thistle flower on the hike to Rachel Lake in Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, Washington, USA. Crab Spiders can change their coloration to match the flower within 24 hours. They are widespread in Washington and other states. Spiders have eight legs and are not insects. Spiders (order Araneae, class Arachnida) are air-breathing arthropods that have chelicerae, grasping mouthparts with fangs that inject venom. Unlike spiders, insects have six legs and a pair of antennae.
    05RAC_41-Crab-Spider-kills-bee-in-th...jpg
  • A spider waits for prey in the center of its web. Seattle, Washington, USA. Spiders have eight legs and are not insects. Spiders (order Araneae, class Arachnida) are air-breathing arthropods that have chelicerae, grasping mouthparts with fangs that inject venom. Unlike spiders, insects have six legs and a pair of antennae.
    1210ARB-036_spider.jpg
  • A black and yellow banded spider climbs a plant in Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, near Quito, Ecuador, South America. Spiders have eight legs and are not insects. Spiders (order Araneae, class Arachnida) are air-breathing arthropods that have chelicerae, grasping mouthparts with fangs that inject venom. Unlike spiders, insects have six legs and a pair of antennae.
    09EQUCIMG_2997_Bellavista-Ecuador.jpg
  • In Australia, Argiope keyserlingi and A. aetherea are known as St. Andrew's Cross spiders, for their habit of resting in the web with legs outstretched in the shape of an X. The large white zigzag in the centre of its web is called the stabilimentum or web decoration. The genus Argiope includes spectacular spiders with a strikingly colored abdomen and is well distributed throughout the world in temperate or warmer climates. Photographed in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. Spiders have eight legs and are not insects. Spiders (order Araneae, class Arachnida) are air-breathing arthropods that have chelicerae, grasping mouthparts with fangs that inject venom. Unlike spiders, insects have six legs and a pair of antennae.
    04AUS-10569_Saint-Andrews-Cross-spid...jpg
  • A marbled orb-weaver spider (Araneus m. marmoreus, in the family Araneidae) spins its silk in Letchworth State Park, near Portageville, New York, USA. Araneus marmoreus is found in most habitats of the world's northern continents. Two main forms of this species are known: the main (nominate) form Araneus m. marmoreus has an orange abdomen with black or brown marbling; while araneus marmoreus var. pyramidatus (found only in Europe, where the two varieties are seldom found together) is much paler, sometimes almost white, with a single dark blotch towards the rear of the abdomen. The female has a body length (excluding legs) of up to 14 mm, while the male is rather smaller at 9 mm.
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  • A marbled orb-weaver spider (Araneus m. marmoreus, in the family Araneidae) spins its silk in Letchworth State Park, near Portageville, New York, USA. Araneus marmoreus is found in most habitats of the world's northern continents. Two main forms of this species are known: the main (nominate) form Araneus m. marmoreus has an orange abdomen with black or brown marbling; while araneus marmoreus var. pyramidatus (found only in Europe, where the two varieties are seldom found together) is much paler, sometimes almost white, with a single dark blotch towards the rear of the abdomen. The female has a body length (excluding legs) of up to 14 mm, while the male is rather smaller at 9 mm.
    1410NY-798_Marbled-orb-weaver-spider.jpg
  • A marbled orb-weaver spider (Araneus m. marmoreus, in the family Araneidae) spins its silk in Letchworth State Park, near Portageville, New York, USA. Araneus marmoreus is found in most habitats of the world's northern continents. Two main forms of this species are known: the main (nominate) form Araneus m. marmoreus has an orange abdomen with black or brown marbling; while araneus marmoreus var. pyramidatus (found only in Europe, where the two varieties are seldom found together) is much paler, sometimes almost white, with a single dark blotch towards the rear of the abdomen. The female has a body length (excluding legs) of up to 14 mm, while the male is rather smaller at 9 mm.
    1410NY-800_Marbled-orb-weaver-spider.jpg
  • A female Hawaiian Garden Spider (Argiope Appensa) waits in its web at Allerton Garden, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. Introduced to Hawaii, the Hawaiian Garden Spider (Argiope Appensa) is found on several islands in the western Pacific Ocean from Taiwan to Guam to New Guinea. The females are strikingly black and yellow 2-2.5 inches long, while the males are brown and much smaller at 0.75 inches. Allerton Garden, on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii, USA. Address: 4425 Lawai Rd, Koloa, HI 96756. Nestled in a valley transected by the Lawai Stream ending in Lawai Bay, Allerton Garden is one of five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden (ntbg.org).
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  • A female Hawaiian Garden Spider (Argiope Appensa) waits in its web, silhuoetted against blue sky, on Awaawapuhi Trail, Kokee State Park, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. Introduced to Hawaii, the Hawaiian Garden Spider (Argiope Appensa) is found on several islands in the western Pacific Ocean from Taiwan to Guam to New Guinea. The females are strikingly black and yellow 2-2.5 inches long, while the males are brown and much smaller at 0.75 inches.
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  • Dewy spider web on ferns over stream. The Routeburn Track in Fiordland National Park, near Te Anau, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Giant Spider Lily / Queen Emma Lily / Crinum augustum (in the Amaryllis Family, Amaryllidaceae). Waimea Valley is a historical nature park with botanical gardens, at 59-864 Kamehameha Highway, Haleiwa, on the North Shore of island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA. Formerly known as "Waimea Valley Audubon Center," since 2008 the garden has been managed by Hi'ipaka LLC, a non-profit company created by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Hawaii is the northernmost island group in Polynesia.
    1701HAW-0433.jpg
  • This view from the top of Carne Mountain into Glacier Peak Wilderness Area includes: Buck Mountain (left), Glacier Peak, Liberty Cap, Fortress Mountain (middle left), Chiwawa Mountain (middle), Spider Gap, Sevenfingered Jack (sharp peak on right) and Mount Maude (with white glacier to its right). Phelps Ridge runs from the lower left to the middle of this image, with Phelps Creek Valley in front of it, and the Chiwawa River Valley behind. (Panorama stitched from 8 images.) Hike 7 miles 3600 feet to top of Carne Mountain (elevation 7085 feet). This panorama was stitched from 8 images.
    0610CAR_073-80pan-Mt-Maude_Glacier-P...jpg
  • From the flanks of Carne Mountain, look into Glacier Peak Wilderness Area to see Buck Mountain (8573 feet, left), Liberty Cap, Fortress Mountain (middle right), Chiwawa Mountain and Spider Gap, Washington, USA. In mid-October, view the beautiful golden larch fall colors at their peak. The Carne Mountain trail steadily ascends 3600 feet in 7 miles round trip. Carne Mountain is located north of Lake Wenatchee (a side trip from US Highway 2) in Wenatchee National Forest, where the Chiwawa River meets Phelps Creek. Panorama stitched from 6 images. Published 2009 on web site www.sustainabilityfoundation.com, Kirkland, Washington.
    0610CAR_052-57pan_Buck-Mt_Phelps-Rid...jpg
  • Mossy rock pattern at Cataract Falls State Recreation Area, an hour southwest of Indianapolis, near Cloverdale, Indiana, USA. A white spider web accents the compostion. The park's limestone outcroppings formed millions of years ago when the region was covered by a large shallow ocean.
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  • Glacier Peak (10,541 feet / 3213 meters), in Glacier Peak Wilderness Area Washington, USA. Glacier Peak is the most isolated of the five major stratovolcanoes (composite volcanoes) of the Cascade Volcanic Arc in Washington. Glacier Peak formed during the Pleistocene epoch (about 1 million years ago) and is one of the most active of Washington's volcanoes, erupting explosively five times in the past 3,000 years. By hiking Carne Mountain in mid-October you can see wide views of the Central Cascades plus the beautiful golden larch fall colors at their peak. The Carne Mountain trail steadily ascends 3600 feet in 7 miles round trip. On October 28, 2006, we were about a week or two past the best larch needle colors. Carne Mountain is located north of Lake Wenatchee (a side trip from US Highway 2) in Wenatchee National Forest, where the Chiwawa River meets Phelps Creek. Another popular hike ascends Phelps Creek to beautiful Spider Meadow.
    0610CAR_067-Glacier-Peak-behind-Buck...jpg
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