Andrew Trundlewagon's photos

Yellow, silver and black striped Argiope trifasciata spider.- This spider and the photo next to it were found in webs that had been hung side by side in long grass.

A black and yellow argiope spider hiding in the long grass.

A black and yellow argiope spider. The zig-zag ornamentation on the web is very characteristic.

A swamp milkweed beetle

A couple of swamp milkweed beetles, one on the high road and one on the low road.

A tiger resting on a wooden platform in a tiger park, Harbin, Northern China.

A pair of monkeys out for a Sunday drive. Seen at a car show in Prince Edward Island (on the East Coast of Canada).

I found this cicada already dead which was a pity, but it gave a chance to look at it close up. It looks rather prehistoric.

This is a pumpkin spider against the sun. (Sometimes it is also called a shamrock spider).

"Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. " (Dylan Thomas)

A well hidden frog has its eye on you. A Northern leopard frog. Une grenouille bien cachée vous regarde

A clear-winged moth on glass (it was originally vertical, I rotated the image to make it easier to look at). It is probably a lesser peach tree borer- ID'ed through bugguide.com.

A couple of common cabbage white butterflies - they were on my way to work one morning, so I photographed them with my cell phone.

A small dragonfly or meadow hawk in flight across a flower. I have been trying to photograph a dragonfly in flight for a long time, this is the first picture to be even marginally successful, although the insect is a little smudged. Une petite libellule en vol à travers des fleurs. J'ai essayé de photographier une libellule en vol depuis longtemps, il s'agit de la première image soit même partialement réussie, même si l'insecte est un peu flou.

This is a spider called Uloborus, or the feather legged spider (only the female has the feathery front legs). Uloborus are unique among spiders as they have no venom glands and cannot poison their prey, which they kill by wrapping in silk and crushing. These are 'cribellate' or hackled orb spiders- the silk of the web is pulled out over a special organ called a calamistrum which makes the silk “wooly”. Insects become stuck on the fine wooly fibres rather than on glue globs that are found on most webs.

This is a spider called Uloborus, or the feather legged spider (only the female has the feathery front legs). Uloborus are unique among spiders as they have no venom glands and cannot poison their prey, which they kill by wrapping in silk and crushing.

A tiny dwarf spider on grass

A pinkish red crab spider (Misumenops, also called Mecaphesa)