For my 300th species profile I decided to go with something that I last found last spring. The reason I…
Arctosa littoralis is one of the largest wolf spiders (Lycosidae) in our region, and another seemingly common species that has…
This is another critter I misidentified, although, ironically, it was only because I did more research. The first time I…
The Sierra Dome Spider is a sheet weaver in the family Linyphiidae. They build horizontal webs with a dome shaped…
The use of the common name Mouse Spider for these members of the ground spider family Gnaphosidae is not ‘accepted’…
This member of the family Araneidae (orbweavers) is native to Europe but now has a holarctic distribution. Anecdotally I would…
This is a large (body length 15-20mm for females; 4-6mm males) orbweaver (family Araneidae), with a silver carapace and banded…
While it’s always a happy occurrence for me to find Misumena vatia on a flower, it is much less so…