These bees are a bit garish.
The spiders are more somber, but still pretty flashy.
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These bees are a bit garish.
The spiders are more somber, but still pretty flashy.
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In my block at Springton I had thousands of these around Xmas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austracantha
(Definitely not more somber)
That’s a lot of pollen. The bee must have been busy. 🐝
John Morales @ 1 those are very pretty spiders, thanks for sharing.
The Gaillardia is blooming here too. Awesome pic of the bee. The spider’s abdomen is quite rotund.
Earlier today outside I observed a Eastern Tiger swallowtail butterfly on a flower that was not moving for an unusually long time, on closer inspection I saw that the butterfly was being fed on by a large Flower Crab spider.
Miscellaneous spider facts:
“Devoted dads and citizen science: The evolution of parental care in harvestmen spiders is uncovered”
.https://phys.org/news/2026-06-devoted-dads-citizen-science-evolution.html