Some backyard critters

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





Steatoda sp. ?



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





Pill bugs on an old rail road tie:



Ants scavenging a dead cricket:




beetle i found dead at work:





Mori
 

Sheri

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Cool Mori.

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

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Sheri said:
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

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Interesting!

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