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Thank you, AshleyT, it's an honor to be nominated for SOTW! Spotting this moth made my day. I was on my way into work. Starting my day by spending a few minutes with this handsome fellow was a welcome surprise.
Congratulations, Eduardo, what a find!
Congratulations! Nice when you happen to find what you seek. I'm reading up for a mantid posting right now. 15 families. 430 genera. 2,400 species. I had no idea...
Congratulations! What a flat fellow. Scratch that. Slender sally.
Question: I see people have re-visited this old spotting. Thanks! I've thought about this one. I think what I originally interpreted as the spiderlings dying might, in fact, have been the discarded skins of the second instar. I've read that the second instar happens about 30 hours after eclosion. Usually, these spiderlings are dispersed by ballooning, but this web was in a corner sheltered from the wind. Under those conditions, you might actually see the discarded skins hanging in the web. But, I'm no spider expert. I'm just a naturalist who read up on a topic. Can anybody out there speak to the question?
Hi SargonR. Member of the Aster family. Start with genus Symphyotrichum. Number of species possibilities ...
Hi, SargonR. Can't quite tell what's going on with the flower, but looks like a member of the nightshade family. Maybe black nightshade?
