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Green Lynx Spiderlings
A few days after noticing a female Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) guarding an egg sac on the Texas Mountain Laurel tree, I found baby spiderlings! I think there may be about 50 of them, and they are staying in the vicinity of the egg sac. When it’s colder in the mornings I find them huddled Continue reading
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Green Lynx Spider With Egg Sac
I regularly check my Texas Mountain Laurel tree for Genista Broom Moth caterpillars, which can eat a lot of tender new foliage if they get out of control. On this particular morning I did see a couple of caterpillars, which were plucked off and flung away. The Texas Mountain Laurel tree is a common resting Continue reading
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What Happened To The Spider Egg Sacs?
Readers from last year may remember that a large Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) built an impressive web above the garage door in the fall season of 2024. In mid-September she created an egg sac and hung it in a corner of her web. I relocated the egg sac to a nearby oak tree. Two weeks Continue reading
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Garage Spider Has Made Another Egg Sac
For weeks there has been a large Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) living on a web that is at a corner of our garage opening. At some time in mid-September she made an egg sac and attached it to a corner of her web. Spiders are useful residents in the garden, but I didn’t relish Continue reading
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Giant Spider Has Made An Egg Sac
A few weeks ago the biggest Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) I have seen made a web in front of our garage door. She wasn’t in the way and so I left her alone, taking photographs every once in a while. Recently I was out of town for ten days and when I returned I Continue reading
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Wolf Spider With Egg Sac
I often see Rabid Wolf Spiders (Rabidosa rabida) in the Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora) behind the house. It must be a good place for them to live. They don’t build webs to trap food; instead, they hunt at night. And despite their name, they do not carry rabies! Recently I was trimming back the Frogfruit and Continue reading
About Me
Nature Lover.
Inquisitive Observer.
Student Gardener.
I invite you to join me on my journey to convert my sterile (from a nature point of view) new house lot to a healthy and diverse ecosystem, as I make discoveries, mistakes, and hopefully progress. I am not an expert or professional. The project started in February 2023 and the location is Seguin, Texas, USA.
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