Pictures from Recent Trip

[gunslinger]

I just returned from a week long snake sampling trip.............but I took the liberty of also finding many cool spiders.

These beauties were all over in one Indiana State Park

This one was in Indiana as well, clinging to a monstrous rock formation

Same Indiana Park

From a different Indiana site.

These things were all over a lake's shore line in Illinois.

This one is very similiar to the previous spider, but without red cheliceral margins, and found in a completely different habitat. Not sure to species on any of these, havent had the time to look as of yet.

 

[EK2]

excellent photos. what did you use?

 

[buthus]

Great photos
Have an ID for the 1st spider? Some sort of orbweaver?

 

[gunslinger]

My camera is a Nikon Coolpix 4600, I got it on Ebay for like 60 bucks used. Works pretty well and I dont have any problems with beating it up

Im gonna dig out my ID guide tonite and work on some ID's, found many other spiders I didnt post here that Im interested in keying out.

 

[8+)]

Great photos
Have an ID for the 1st spider? Some sort of orbweaver?

Looks like an Orchard Spider to me - Leucauge sp., probably venusta.

 

[buthus]

Looks like an Orchard Spider to me - Leucauge sp., probably venusta.

Yeah...I got to stop lumping the long jaws with all the other orbs in my head. Once in awhile I run into a long-jawed out here, but they are never as colorful. I dont think they are Leucauge ...maybe more like Metinae.