The wonderful folks at Crystal Springs Nature Preserve provided a fascinating morning for spider hunting
Mist of Crystal Springs
Morning halo
Morning halo around me
Boiling Sand - as water percolates up from the aquifer - watch the upper right region - good detail for the turnover of sand and silt
An iris
Little Blue Heron standing in the spring water
Leucauge venusta
Leucauge venusta
Tetragnatha viridis
Tetragnatha viridis
Eyes of Tetragnatha viridis
Eyes of Tetragnatha viridis
Very long first legs
Eyes of Tetragnatha viridis
Crab spider: Mecaphesa celer
Crab spider: Mecaphesa celer
Orientation of a Crab spider: Mecaphesa celer
Leucauge venusta
Mecaphesa celer eyes and the flower home
Blackberry blossom
Wild Iris
C. Frank Starmer