#Arachtober 7: can't go wrong with a classic, the photogenic bold jumping spider (_Phidippus audax_). In my experience they are shy at first, but if you take a little extra time and are patient, they become curious and friendly.
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#Arachtober 8: these small, delicate dish-shaped webs are made by mesh-web weavers, family Linyphiidae. Look for a small smooth spider with thin tapered legs hanging upside down, waiting to size any small insects that fall onto the web.
The maker of the web, at the edge. It has faint white markings on the underside of its dark brown abdomen, and dark brown bands on its thin, pointed brown legs. The bulbous but still simple and undifferentiated pedipalps indicate this is a juvenile male.
Another sheet web, in a tiny hollow in grass, resembles a spiral galaxy. The drops of dew, catching the afternoon sun far above, have faint rainbow hues.
A flat round sheet web, spread across the leaves of a dandelion, is beaded with tiny drops of dew. The spider, an unremarkable-looking dark brown spider, is in the lower left corner of the picture just at the edge of the web.
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