Spiders and Mites

Nature Photos

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Image 1. Araneus diadematus, called the European garden spider, diadem spider, orangie, cross spider
or crowned orb weaver. in its web in an abandoned dumpster in a forest in western Oregon.

Image 2. A spider in our Honda in southern France.

Image 3. The spinybacked orbweaver, Gasteracantha cancriformis in Florida.

Image 4. Spiderwebs in our yard in Berkeley.

Image 4. Spiderwebs in our yard in Berkeley.

Image 6. This spider has its own swimming pool, suspended in its web.

Image 7. A spiderweb camouflaged with lichens.

Image 8. A mite, on the lichen Heterodermia speciosa, in Arkansas.
The photo is cropped from the original.