Spiders and Other Insects

 

 

 

Tarantula, on the center line of Highway 80, north of Rodeo, New Mexico, 26 July 2008.

 

Tarantula, at dusk, on the road to Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park, Texas, 2 June 2013.

 

Carolina Wolf Spider.

 

Praying Mantis, our backyard, Crawfordsville, Indiana, 21 September 2008, (with a human hand, for size comparison).

 

Spider species 1, the Burn, Montgomery County, Indiana, 18 September 2005.

 

Spider species 2, behind my house (Greywalls golf course), Marquette, Michigan, 24 April 2012.

 

Ichneumon wasp,the scariest damned insect I’ve ever seen, Shades State Park, Indiana, 21 May 2007.

 

Millipede, in the Chiricahua’s, near Paradise, Arizona, 28 July 2008.

 

Millipede, Big Bend National Park, Texas, 3 June 2013.

 

Scorpion, I think this is a Stiped-backed Scorpion, east of Brownsville, Texas, 22 August 2008.

 

Bald-faced Hornet.

 

Snail, Port de Siguer, 13 May 2024.