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Late summer and autumn are great times of the year to find some HUUUGE spiders, like this Araneus sp. (if any spider experts out there know the species, let me know!). I just love how hairy it is - and those light colored hairs kind of remind me of a kind grandparent. I just have a sense of awe when I see these incredible animals making a living in the wild.

A new #naturesarchive #podcast episode has landed! In this episode I take a walk with Denise Lewis of @fontenelleforest through the gorgeous Woodland Raptor Refuge. The refuge houses several raptors, ranging from Peregrine Falcon to Bald Eagle to Swainson's Hawk to Turkey Vulture - and many many more! These birds were taken in due to injury and unable to be released in the wild, so they have a 'second career' as educational birds!

Just a simple shot of a metallic sweat bee in flight, approaching a Vinegar Weed flower (Trichostema lanceolatum). I'm not sure what species this is, however. This was seen in Santa Clara County, CA earlier this month.

Parasitic plants! Why not! This is a Aphyllon vallicola that I found last week in the foothills near my home. In fact, there were three of them all growing under a California Bay (though that might not be what it was parasitizing).

It's the tiny insects that make the world go round. Plants, as you know, convert sunlight into energy (sugars). And herbivores, including little Treehoppers like this Philya californiensis, eat the plants, and thus, help to transfer at solar energy into the food web. There are even other insects who specialize in eating hoppers, such as some assassin bugs and some spiders.

This beautiful Misumenoides sp, a type of large crab spider, is doing what crab spiders do. That is, hide and wait among foliage and flowers for unsuspecting prey to visit.

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