Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

Larry and I went to the Lower Pierce Nature trail - in hopes we might see a scorpion - We did and even a mom with zillions of kids hanging on. There is one in UV light

An flash

This is a house centipede - Thereuopoda longicornis - but possibly Scutigera coleoptrata

Thereuopoda longicornis

A mom scorpion - carrying many juvenile scorpions

Many baby scorpions

From the side - a tangle of legs

And in UV light - note the juvenile scorpions don't fluoresce

Better view of the eyes of mom

A jumper (Saltisadae) - just caught a cockroach

From the side

Front view of our jumper

A large ant carrying something - larvae?

Two tailed spider

Eyes of a two tailed spider

Nursery web spider - poised to pounce on dinner

C. Frank Starmer

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