Spider action
We have a lot of jumping spiders and some orb spiders that get rather large. I'll collect them with this post so they are all together.
...Well, except for the crab spiders. They will get their own post.
Observations
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Paradise Jumping Spiders (Genus Habronattus)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Grey spider, perfectly matched coloration to concrete block wall where it was resting. Small, around 1/4" across. Pair of large eyes in front, with smaller eyes surrounding it. Covered in hairs.
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Johnson's Jumping Spider (Phidippus johnsoni)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
This spider had many tangles of spider web on the tops of the coreopsis flowers. Coreopsis verticillata / Threadleaf coreopsis, cultivated, not sure exact cultivar.
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Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Black spider with grey up on top (dorsal). It was perched at the top of the boulder. Looking for sun or insects to fly by?
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Thin-legged Wolf Spiders (Genus Pardosa)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
These spiders look a bit like an egg from the back. The front and legs are black, the abdomen has black front and center, with the rest a pale grey.
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Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Look out below. No way to tell what type of jumping spider.
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Brush-legged Spiders (Genus Schizocosa)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Spider, shrub steppe.
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Candy-striped Spider Complex (Complex Enoplognatha ovata)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
On the potato plants.
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