Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Arachnida

It was so disappointing to find that almost all the wildflowers were finished when I drove west of the city on Elbow Falls Trail on August 29th. A few Goldenrod and Asters (or were they Fleabane?) remained. However, I was happy to get a decent enough photo of this very tiny Crab Spider. They are common spiders, but so easily missed because of their tiny size. Females can grow up to 10 mm (excluding legs); males reach 5 mm at most. Macro photo taken near the parking lot at Ing's Mine.

LOL, as I walked near this plant, I noticed that one of the small "seedpods" looked a little different. Stopped to take a look, and sure enough, this absolutely gorgeous (small!) spider was curled up under the pod cluster (before it started climbing down the stem). Have searched on Google, but the closest I've come to an ID is a possible Western Spotted Orbweaver. The pattern isn't quite right, so I need to keep searching : ) Found on Howard Hornecker's beautiful prairie grassland, west of Nanton, Alberta, on 27th August. Thanks to Lynette, for the ID. Much appreciated!

I don't know what kind of Spider this is, but it was seen on the rocks by the edge of the creek when we botanized Threepoint Creek Natural Area (Sheep River Natural Area) on 30th July.