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Aw, c’mon! Some titles you can’t resist! This jumping spider (genus Phidippus, perhaps a Phidippus audax) produced a great pose while I was working with it, appearing to salute with its pedipalp, or maybe shield its eyes form the sun. In reality, it was cleaning its eyes, perhaps trying to wipe away the spots [...] April 2nd, 2012 | Tags: American five-lined skink, Eumeces fasciatus, Eumeces inexpectatus, jumping spider, Latrodectus variolus, Northern black widow, Phidippus, Plestiodon fasciatus, Plestiodon inexpectatus, Southeastern Five-lined Skink | Category: Nature, Photography |
 Leave a commentRecent downpours have kept the amphibians happy, which means I encounter at least one a day. Sometimes the encounters are closer than I’d like. I have to draw you a picture here, so you understand what happened. Maybe. It’s still hot outside, so my clothing is loose shorts. In order to get decent portraits [...] July 28th, 2010 | Tags: Acris gryllus gryllus, Eumeces inexpectatus, Southeastern Five-lined Skink, Southern Cricket Frog | Category: Humor, Nature, Photography, Random |
Leave a commentThe other day I chased a pair of Southeastern Five-lined Skinks as they ventured around the opening of a hollow tree outside my place. I was hoping to catch some feeding behavior, but it was not to be. However, on examining the photographs in detail after unloading, I noticed that the breeding male (distinguished [...] May 24th, 2010 | Tags: Eumeces inexpectatus, Southeastern Five-lined Skink | Category: Humor, Nature, Photography |
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