trick or treat

submitted by davidp on mon, 2007-10-29 21:31.
Trick or Treat

Orb Weaver in a Meadow. Photo on Aug. 23, '07.

submitted by daniel on tue, 2007-10-30 11:36.

What an amazing picture! And what an amazing spider, too. Thanks for posting that, David.

submitted by susanjillian on tue, 2007-10-30 11:40.

Nature tells us what to be wary of... keep this rhyme in mind: Yellow and Black look out Jack. Orange and Yellow is a friendly fellow.

submitted by robertkamper on tue, 2007-10-30 17:47.

According to Bugguide, it looks like you have a Black and Yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia) there. And a nice fat fellow it is! fantastic foto.

Bugguide bills itself as "Identification, Images, & Information For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin For the United States & Canada"

I like the iconic "clickable guide" menu in the left navbar column.

submitted by davidp on wed, 2007-10-31 04:59.

Thanks for the annoyance! I'm looking forward to the day when we can replace bulky field guides with an ipod-type device with guides of this sort; its a good prototype.