Urban environments are not just concrete jungles devoid of wildlife; they are their own ecosystems where humans and animals coexist. A recent study published in the Journal of Urban Ecology sheds light on how city residents perceive the presence of various animals in their immediate surroundings. T he study provides valuable insights into urban residents […]
Tag: spider
![Hunter and Hunted - Judah Hunter and Hunted – Judah](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/20211128-110451.jpg)
Hunter and Hunted – Judah
Whilst searching for scorpions we found a very small Black-sting Scorpion or possibly a Deathstalker in the ultraviolet torchlight. When we got closer a spider was in attendance and it became clear the scorpion was entangled in the spider’s web and was in fact already dead. It appears the spider had killed the scorpion or […]
![Argiope lobata Argiope lobata](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SUSqMMXPEVc/VAIBYyCIp6I/AAAAAAAAqBs/gpIJpF6tXrc/s1600/ARAIG-D5200H-3997_140814.jpg)
Argiope lobata
This spider has a wide distribution encompassing the whole of Africa and stretching to southern Europe and into Asia. Without the legs, it reaches 25 to 30 mm in length. The female’s characteristic lobes distinguish her from other spiders of the araneidae family. The web is loose and the threads are very thin. I found […]
![Central Winds Park, 9/2/2013 Central Winds Park, 9/2/2013](https://scottsimmons.smugmug.com/DailyShoots/2013/09-02/i-Fm7gSK8/0/L/_MG_5984-L.jpg)
Central Winds Park, 9/2/2013
A friend of mine found a Hooded Warbler and a Cerulean Warbler at Central Winds yesterday. Of course, I wasn’t there. I think that all the Hooded Warblers got together and decided to stay away from me whenever I’m in Seminole County–I can’t seem to get that one on my Seminole County list. So of […]
![My Favorite Florida Spiders My Favorite Florida Spiders](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/IMG_4764-L1.jpg)
My Favorite Florida Spiders
Since moving to Florida, I’ve had the opportunity to see some pretty enormous spiders. Golden-silk Orbweavers and Black and Yellow Argiopes are pretty large, and they’re spectacular-looking as well. Of course, not all our spiders are huge. But whenever I have the chance to get close enough to them for photographs, I’m always struck by […]
![Butterflies, Bugs and other Insects Butterflies, Bugs and other Insects](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-holh6RSA1G0/Ubc6DM38k9I/AAAAAAAAlow/oilQq3d050A/s1600/Swallowtail_8343.jpg)
Butterflies, Bugs and other Insects
Weather dominates the lives of all living things and changing weather patterns have an effect on the life cycles of most species on the planet. We talk about the weather all the time and European weather, if not global weather are going through changes. In south-west Spain we are feeling and experiencing unsettled and abnormal […]
![Canyon Wrens! Canyon Wrens!](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PPdo6NG9HW8/UaT-0UxDw-I/AAAAAAAAKOg/YxCsS6wv-jc/s1600/canyonwren13.jpg)
Canyon Wrens!
It’s been a bit of a bullshit week for a few different reasons, so I’m in the mood for something cute. I mean, I am generally always in the mood for something cute, but right now especially. So I’ll share these ridiculously adorable canyon wrens with you. They fledged a couple days later (5 of […]
![Twig-Mimic Caterpillar Twig-Mimic Caterpillar](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/twig-mimic-caterpillar.jpg)
Twig-Mimic Caterpillar
I was walking on the path that circles Pakim Pond in the Brendan T. Byrne State Forest in New Jersey last week. I walked into a gossamer thread that I thought was a spider web. I turned out to be a caterpillar’s silken support line. I looked down and saw a “twig” sticking out of […]