Me at my Spider / Texas Master Naturalist table at the National Butterfly Center.

This was my Spider Table a the Texas Butterfly Festival.

A busy month. 3 spider presentations and this table. Found 45 species for #AracnOctubre on iNaturalist.

Also been posting #Arachtober to 9 different places (till I gave up on Threads).

I go a little crazy when it involves #spiders.

Small white spider with brown stripes on a blue flower.

Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes salticus) eating a fly on a bluebonnet #Arachtober 25
#spider #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #AracnOctubre

Brown orb weaver spider in her web.

Tropical Orb Weaver (Eriophora ravilla)
#Arachtober 24
#spider #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #AracnOctubre

Jumping Spider eating a Moth

Sylvan Jumping Spider eating a Moth - #Arachtober 23
#spider #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #AracnOctubre

Front view of a wolf spider.

A Tigrosa species of Wolf Spider from one of my Florida trips. #Arachtober 22
#spider #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #AracnOctubre

Yellow female Crab Spider with male while eating another spider species.

Mating and Munching - #Arachtober 19
Two Crab Spiders and a Ghost Spider (I think).
#Arachtober #spider #arachnid #macro #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #AracnOctubre

Crab spider eating fly on a yellow flower.

Crab Spider and Hoverfly #Arachtober #spider #arachnid #flydayfriday #macro #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #AracnOctubre

Long spider on some rocks.

Oblong Running Spider (Tibellus oblongus)
#Arachtober #spider #arachnid #macro #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #AracnOctubre

Macro photo of a crab spider blending in on a leaf.

Crab Spider - #Arachtober 16
#spider #arachnid #macro #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #AracnOctubre

White striped bee hanging upside down.

Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes salticus) - #Arachtober 15
#spider #arachnid #macro #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #AracnOctubre

Black spider with red spot.

Red-spotted Ant-mimic Sac Spider
(Castianeira descripta) - #Arachtober 13

Ant mimicry is very effective so many spiders in different families have evolved to be ant-mimics.

#spider #arachnid #macro #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #AracnOctubre

Jumping spider with long front legs.

Common Hentz Jumping Spider (Hentzia palmarum) - #Arachtober 12
I gave my second spider presentation of the month. A way bigger crowd than I am used to and way more kids. Everyone enjoyed it and were really interested in the live spiders I brought.
#spider #macro #macrophotography #AracnOctubre

Crab Spider eating a Fly

#Arachtober 11th
Crab Spider and a Fly
#spider #arachnid #macro #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #AracnOctubre

Black and red jumping spider on a cactus.

International Jumping Spider Day - #Arachtober 10
Phidippus texanus found at a friend's ranch.

#InternationalJumpingSpiderDay began in 2017 to show the cutest and most adorable spiders as a way for people to embrace instead of fear spiders.

#spider #arachnid #macro #macrophotography #AracnOctubre

A spider with a shiny body and long legs.

Dew Drop Spider (Argyrodes elevatus) #Arachtober 9
Very small but shiny. If you know where to look, chances are you will find one (eventually). As kleptoparasites, they often they live at the edge of larger spiders' webs, taking some small prey.
#spider #macro #macrophotography #AracnOctubre

A pair of mating orbweaver spiders.

Two Western Spotted Orbweavers (Neoscona oaxacensis) - #Arachtober 8th
They were together for at least two minutes.
#spider #macrophotography #macro #wildlifephotography #arachnid #AracnOctubre

Tiny yellowish spider with translucent legs.

Tiny Ghost Spider? - #Arachtober 7th
A really small and cute spider. Family Anyphaenidae I think, based on the eye pattern. #Arachtober #spider #macrophotography #AracnOctubre

Green and white striped spider

Mabel Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge argyrobapta) - #Arachtober 6th
Posting pretty late today since I was out spider hunting. I got a lot of good stuff. Haven't downloaded yet. This is from last year.
#spider #macrophotography #arachnid #AracnOctubre

Green spider on pink flower.

Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) - #Arachtober 5th

I had my first #spider presentation of the season today. It was rainy so only eight people showed up, but it was fun and I knew more than half of them. Went looking for spiders afterward for #AracnOctubre on iNaturalist.

#macrophotography

Crab Spider eating a fly.

#Arachtober 4th is also #FlyDayFriday!
Crab Spider (Mecaphesa dubia)
Four-speckled Hover Fly (Dioprosopa clavata)
#MacroPhotography #WildlifePhotography #AracnOctubre #spider #arachnid #fly #insect #macro

White spider on reddish leaf.

Running Crab Spider (Apollophanes punctipes) - #Arachtober 2nd
Very photogenic #spiders that pose on leaves. Wikipedia says this genus are distinctively flattened. This family tends to have a longer second pair of legs than similar Thomisid crab spiders.
#AracnOctubre #macrophotography