Some backyard critters

[moricollins]

Biggest jumper I've found locally (about 1" in size):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/moricollins/Field%20Pictures/DSCF1741small.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/moricollins/Field%20Pictures/DSCF1766small.jpg

Steatoda sp. ?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/moricollins/Field%20Pictures/DSCF1759.jpg

Looks like Araneus trifolium (found several females with egg sacks on the side of our shed):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/moricollins/Field%20Pictures/DSCF1754.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/moricollins/Field%20Pictures/DSCF1755.jpg

Pill bugs on an old rail road tie:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/moricollins/Field%20Pictures/DSCF1749.jpg

Ants scavenging a dead cricket:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/moricollins/Field%20Pictures/DSCF1750.jpg


beetle i found dead at work:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/moricollins/Field%20Pictures/DSCF1738small.jpg



Mori

[Sheri]

Cool Mori.

That jumper, I believe, is Salticus scenicus which is not native to canada but came over from Europe. I think. :)

[lpw]

Cool Mori.

That jumper, I believe, is Salticus scenicus which is not native to canada but came over from Europe. I think. :)Actually, I believe it's Phidippus audax, always a welcome visitor in my yard...

[Sheri]

Interesting!

I will have to doublecheck the species I have here that looks similar. :)