spider

Well today while I was watering the plants on my balcony, I noticed what I though was a small moth spinning rapidly in place midair below a horizontal branch of my little Ficus. Now I have a plethora of orb weavers which call my balcony home during the summer so I figured that the insect had...

Boom! Who doesn't love pictures? We all love pictures, and this thread is where you'll find a lot of mine! Here's an overview of the current collection. From back to front: 1. S. x readei 2. Darlingtonia californica 3. S. flava v. rugelii x flava v. maxima / D. binata 4. S. minor v...

Hello! In April 2010 I was walking to the top of campus at SFSU and passed by the University green house. They were having a plant sale and I decided to check it out. I ended up purchasing a Sarracenia x readii and had no idea what I was getting myself into or how I  would get swept up with the...

This spider has been here for three days now. There's a spider in the pitcher, how this white one manages to stay up is beyond me. On my Nepenthes, there's also a spider in one of the pitchers but it drowned the other day.

Well, i think i can confirm he plans to become a permanent resident. He has been here for two days and I don't see a web. Hopefully, I'll see him again tomorrow. I tried shaking him and he just won't leave, seems pretty determined. What's funny is he def knows where the water level is in the...

Should I find the spider and kill it? it's been two days. The web's getting bigger

I found this Phidippus jumping spider wandering around on my living room ceiling. Before releasing it outside I thought I’d take a few photos, and considering that its abdomen looked a little small, I gave it a two-week old cricket to eat. These photos were also a test of a new flash bracket...

Spider or Darlingtonia?

Hi all, I've got a Sarr issue that I've not had before. My S. minor keeps putting out nice pitchers and then they develop a brown ring near the base. The brown ring expands upwards until the whole pitcher is brown. What does this indicate? I kind of thought maybe there was some sort of insect...

I feed my VFT's small crickets a few times each season, and went to our resident herp and exotics shop yesterday to pick up a dozen or so when I got... distracted. They had expanded their bug section quite a lot since last I had been there, and I was too weak to resist. Meet my new...

Took a 10 mile stroll from downtown today to visit this park, which I only recently realized existed (a great personal failing after seven years here). Chief among the attractions is the Quaking Bog, a small naturally occurring sphagnum bog (park literature says it has an estimated age of around...

Last weekend I was enjoying the beautiful weather by preparing a nice BBQ dinner for the family. We had just sat down at the table (out on the deck) when my youngest son pointed out a “spider carrying another spider” (as he put it) on one of the deck posts. It turned out to be a juvenile...

I keep hearing that cephs seem to thrive in selfwatering pots would this one work? and could it be a plastic pot with a wick? Product Details This self-watering pot is the answer to people who do not want to be "slaves" to their plants. The plant is planted in the inner pot and simply keep...

These have got to be the healthiest size small plants I have ever ordered from any nursery hands down. I FINALLY got one of the N Robcantleyi clones and it's sweeeet! Seriously look how healthy some of this stuff is. Please forgive the pic of them outside, a couple plants got a little cold...

Found this guy swimming in my pool- is my identification correct?

Wired has a new article that explains how spiders see. Beyond the actual explanation, there is an embedded video of a transparent jumping spider that actually allows you to watch how he/she uses it's eye-tubes to focus - pretty amazing. :-O

Sarracenia: S. Yellow Cat x Yellow Cat S. Flava Big Boy S. Oreophila x Royal Ruby S. Flava Rubricorpora S. White Sparkler S. (Rubra x Oreo) x (Oreo x Flava) S. Flava x Alata Red Black S. Leucophylla x Stevensii S. (Leucophylla x Flava) x Leucophylla S. Excellens with Purple Hood S. Flava...

Since I made such a big deal last year about going the seed route I thought I should a at the very least post a few pictures of the results: Nepenthes ampullaria 'Red' Spider mites had the growth top webbed over before I realized I had a problem but after treatment it is back and producing...

SARRACENIA LEUCOPHYLLA: S. leucophylla, Tall green & white form,Citronelle,AL,(PW) [L2 MK] (Tiziano Cirri) S. leucophylla,Very Tall Form,Baldwin Co,W,[L20A MK] (LE24 RVL) (erby) S. leucophylla, Green and red veined,Baldwin Co,W , [L20B MK] (ErBiconzo) S. leucophylla, Pubescent form, Citronelle...

Since this year's TF calendar contest only allows one entry I had a tough time choosing. Just so you all don't miss out on the other photos I was considering on entering here are my other entries. All these photos were taken in situ VFT Long Red Cilia, red banded outer by mcmcnair, on Flickr...