Andrew Trundlewagon's photos

Spiders (Araneus diadematus) in a mating dance. The male is on the left, the female above. She was not receptive and chased him away.

Ran into this deer in the woods.

The ripe fruit of a pokeweed proved irresistible to the ladybirds.

The flowers of a button bush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), a small tree or shrub growing in the woods.

A spiderman performer outside the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. There was an exhibition about spiders going on in the museum, so I don't know if he was part of the show, or just taking advantage of the moment.

A barred owl (Strix varia; chouette rayée), It had noticed something below and moved to get a better look at it, but either decided it wasn't worth the effort to hunt down or was a false alarm as nothing else happened. The woods are dark so the lighting is not great.

A barred owl (Strix varia; chouette rayée), perched on a branch in the woods, just looking around. The woods are quite dark and not the best lighting for photography.

A blue heron. It was very focused on whatever it had seen in the water and let me get closer than usual.

An odd one. A pelecinid wasp (Pelecinus polyturator). She is about two, or two and half inches, in length (6-7cm), although it is hard to tell precisely because the abdomen is curled up. She uses her very long abdomen/ovipositor to penetrate the soil and lay eggs in beetle grubs living underground. (This is a very good thing, we have been infested with beetles destroying the flowers this year). Another example of nature's endless inventiveness.

The lawnmower, a small rabbit in the backyard.

A male Cardinal in the garden.

Part of a small swarm of bees that had settled at the base of a rock.

A blue hibiscus. New to the garden, it's supposed to be hardy, so fingers crossed it can make it through the winter.

Frogs on a log. (What I didn't see until I uploaded the image and looked at in enlarged, is a small spider sharing the log on the left hand side under the frogs chin. It looks as if she might be carrying an egg case?)

Frog in a pond, just hanging out.

A Deptford pink (Dianthus armeria), a small wildflower related to carnations. Originally from Europe it is now widespread here.

Same deer as last photo after her meal.

A deer munching on mushrooms. She really enjoyed them.