( Wolf and Widow. )

Time to post some pet photos. HEY semisonicstar, LOOKIE:

( Come behind the cut and bask in the amblypygid love. )

( Bump of lichen by day, Orange Bitey Thing by night. )

It must be fall. There are European garden spiders (Araneus diadematus) in every gap in the bramble.

( Itsy Bitsy Invasion Tactics. )

These spiders occasionally show up on "medically significant" lists, perhaps unfairly. It's hard to gather accurate spider envenomation data, for a variety of reasons. Anyway, they're cute and cheerful and yellow. I used to free-handle them and have never been bitten.

Found this one tiptoeing around on my porch.

( Cheiracanthium sez 'where did I leave my keys?' )

( Many spider photos lurk under this cut. )

( Feeding the Spiders. )

( Lots of bitty baby spiders. )

( Spidery spider, spidering spiderishly! Also, assurance that your bathtub isn't trying to kill you. )

I've been keeping three Johnson jumping spiders (Phidippus johnsoni) in captivity for about a month and a half. I have two females and a male, which I refer to as Lady Crimson, Lady Gold, and Little Red respectively. While I cleaned their cages today, I remembered that they are Hugely Photogenic.

( Walking the Spiders. )