Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Arachnid

I didn't even notice this Harvestman (Daddy Long-legs) sprawled over a Poppy seedhead, until I got home and downloaded my photos : ) Seen at the Reader Rock Garden on 14th July. By the way, a Harvestman is neither a spider nor an insect. Holy smokes, 4:15 p.m. and we are in the middle of a huge thunder, rain and hail storm!!! SO glad I didn't follow through with my plan to go to the forest this afternoon. It's taken just a few minutes to turn the ground white! Incredible. talkaboutwildlife.ca/profile/?s=1494

It was the colour of this little blue spider that caught my eye when we were walking one of the trails at Bow Valley Provincial Park on Saturday. Saw a photo of what appeared to be a similar spider, and the ID given was an Orbweaver, but I could be very wrong : )

Spotted this very small spider (sorry, fotographix.ca, you commented before I typed my description!) on the cracked, parched floor of Horseshoe Canyon three days ago. This Canyon is part of the spectacular Badlands of Alberta - land of the Dinosaurs! - and is found just before you reach Drumheller, coming from Calgary. Haven't identified this little guy, but he looks different from spiders that I've seen before. (By the way, I added the black frame because the photo just looked so washed out on a white page background. I do this with some of my photos, but just for myself at home. I find that photos without frames make more attractive (to my mind) mosaics, which is why I don't normally post the framed versions here on Flickr.) Thanks so much to The Kav (Pat Kavanagh) and Lynette S. for the ID of Wolf Spider (probably Pardosa sp.). Much appreciated.