His favorite arachnid

adamg — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:07:22 +0000

Jef Taylor shows us a Phiddippus audax:

I don't pick favorites very often, but this is a very charismatic spider. Jumping spiders in general, with their big forward-facing eyes and little forelimb gestures, are pretty endearing. They are some of the only spiders that really seem to acknowledge humans, turning to face us when approached, putting up those front legs in a threatening manner, and then jumping away (or sometimes toward us) at the last moment.

Phidippus audax also has those great big green fangs and three white dots that look like a face staring up from the abdomen.

Spider babies

adamg — Wed, 31 May 2006 20:48:43 +0000

Charlotte's Web or Arachnophobia? You decide.

Spider gonna eat her

adamg — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:45:37 +0000

Janet posts a photo of a giant spider web in her yard.