Now, at the end of the summer, spiders are starting to show up. They're still mostly small; it hasn't been a good year for small beasties, from bees to butterflies to birds. I'm fattening a pretty cross spider by my window, feeding her fruit flies raised on apple cores. Doing my bit to keep the food chain going.
This zebra jumping spider turned up on my car door.
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| Zebra jumping spider, Salticus scenicus, female. |
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| It was hard to sneak up on her, with those eyes in the back of her head. |
And then she ran away.
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Ahora, por fin, cuando estamos en las últimas semanas del verano, empiezo a encontrar arañas. Son chicas todavía; no ha sido un buen año para las criaturas miniaturas, desde los insectos hasta los pajaritos. Yo estoy alimentando a una arañita Araneus diadematus en mi ventana, proveyendo moscas de vinagre (Drosophila melanogaster) que vienen a comer mis manzanas. Hago lo que me toca para mantener la cadena alimentaria.
Esta araña saltadora "zebra" la encontré en la puerta de mi coche.
Fotos: Salticus scenicus.
Era difícil acercarme, ya que me miraba con esos ojos en la parte trasera de su cefalotórax. Un minuto me cedió y se largó.
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