Pictures from Recent Trip

gunslinger

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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.
 

buthus

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

gunslinger

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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.
 

buthus

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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.
 
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