Creepy crawlies (spiders, scorpions, slugs, and snails)

Tarantula

2009-02-13T22:52:36Z

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Tarantula

Orb weaver spider (silver argiope) - San Ygnacio, Texas

2009-08-06T01:23:48Z

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Orb weaver spider (silver argiope) - San Ygnacio, Texas

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2009-07-15T09:46:37Z

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Large male tarantula (Aphonopelma)

2009-08-10T13:09:19Z

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Large male tarantula (Aphonopelma)

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2009-08-10T14:05:49Z

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Large tarantula in backyard.

2009-08-10T12:20:40Z

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Large tarantula in backyard.

blackbird's photo

2009-08-10T11:54:42Z

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Unidentified vaejovis scorpion, Comfort Spring (very small -

2009-08-03T22:00:08Z

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Unidentified vaejovis scorpion, Comfort Spring (very small -

Slug - Oak Creek Canyon, West Fork

2009-07-29T20:33:16Z

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Slug - Oak Creek Canyon, West Fork

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2009-02-08T03:47:50Z

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White-banded crab spider (Misumenoides formosipes) - Cienega Creek

2009-02-05T20:37:05Z

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White-banded crab spider (Misumenoides formosipes) - Cienega Creek

Female black and yellow argiope (Argiope aurantia) - Cienega Creek

2009-02-05T20:37:35Z

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Female black and yellow argiope (Argiope aurantia) - Cienega Creek

Female black and yellow argiope (Argiope aurantia) - Cienega Creek

2009-02-05T20:39:53Z

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Female black and yellow argiope (Argiope aurantia) - Cienega Creek

Stripe-tailed scorpion - Altar Valley, west side of Sierrita Mountains

2009-01-11T17:51:04Z

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Stripe-tailed scorpion - Altar Valley, west side of Sierrita Mountains

Stripe-tailed scorpion - Altar Valley, west side of Sierrita Mountains

2009-01-11T17:52:47Z

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Stripe-tailed scorpion - Altar Valley, west side of Sierrita Mountains

Stripe-tailed scorpion - Altar Valley, west side of Sierrita Mountains

2009-01-11T17:52:27Z

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Stripe-tailed scorpion - Altar Valley, west side of Sierrita Mountains

Long-jawed orb weaver (tetragnatha) - Madera Canyon (Proctor Road)

2009-01-06T11:27:10Z

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Long-jawed orb weaver (tetragnatha) - Madera Canyon (Proctor Road)

Long-jawed orb weaver (tetragnatha) - Madera Canyon (Proctor Road)

2009-01-06T11:33:00Z

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Long-jawed orb weaver (tetragnatha) - Madera Canyon (Proctor Road)

Blue Ridge Millipede (Narceus americanus) - Thompson WMA, VA

2009-11-17T12:59:28Z

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Blue Ridge Millipede (Narceus americanus) - Thompson WMA, VA

Rabid wolf spider (Rabidosa rabida) - California Gulch

2008-06-23T05:32:54Z

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Rabid wolf spider (Rabidosa rabida) - California Gulch

Stripetail scorpion - Sycamore Creek at Ruby Road

2008-12-23T13:28:34Z

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Stripetail scorpion - Sycamore Creek at Ruby Road

Cool furry spider with a flattened body for wedging itself into cracks - Sycamore Creek at Ruby Road

2008-06-23T05:35:27Z

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Cool furry spider with a flattened body for wedging itself into cracks - Sycamore Creek at Ruby Road

Lynx spider - Montosa Canyon

2008-12-22T06:45:43Z

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Lynx spider - Montosa Canyon

Looks like a patch of bear fur attached to a large boulder at the bottom of Sycamore Canyon. But this explanation seems unlikely?

2008-12-23T07:09:00Z

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Looks like a patch of bear fur attached to a large boulder at the bottom of Sycamore Canyon. But this explanation seems unlikely?

Here's a hand (Nigel Crook's) for comparison.

2008-12-22T06:45:43Z

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Here's a hand (Nigel Crook's) for comparison.

A closer view. Still looks like bear fur.

2008-12-23T07:09:23Z

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A closer view. Still looks like bear fur.

Closer still, things start to look odd. What are those little round things underneath?

2008-12-23T07:09:53Z

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Closer still, things start to look odd. What are those little round things underneath?

A close look at the edge reveals that the patch of "fur" is actually made up of the legs of thousands of harvestmen (daddy-long-legs). They appear to wedge their bodies against the rock fac ...

2008-12-23T07:15:44Z

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A close look at the edge reveals that the patch of "fur" is actually made up of the legs of thousands of harvestmen (daddy-long-legs). They appear to wedge their bodies against the rock fac ...

Here's an individual on top of the mass. Nigel was the first to try touching the mass when we didn't realize what it was and he got the fright of his life when several harvestmen materializ ...

2008-12-23T07:15:03Z

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Here's an individual on top of the mass. Nigel was the first to try touching the mass when we didn't realize what it was and he got the fright of his life when several harvestmen materializ ...

Jumping Spider (Phidippus carneus) - Pusch Peak, Santa Catalina Mountains

2009-03-26T06:48:25Z

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Jumping Spider (Phidippus carneus) - Pusch Peak, Santa Catalina Mountains

Golden Silk Orbweaver -Waccamaw River, NC. Male and female together in web.

2009-07-07T15:12:26Z

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Golden Silk Orbweaver -Waccamaw River, NC. Male and female together in web.

Small congregation of Harvestmen - Ramsey Canyon, AZ

2009-07-31T15:32:19Z

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Small congregation of Harvestmen - Ramsey Canyon, AZ

Desert Centipede - Tucson, AZ. Quite a small individual, I assume a young one.

2009-07-31T15:44:16Z

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Desert Centipede - Tucson, AZ. Quite a small individual, I assume a young one.

Bark Scorpion - Oracle, AZ

2009-07-31T15:51:23Z

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Bark Scorpion - Oracle, AZ

Bark Scorpion - Oracle, AZ

2009-07-31T15:58:37Z

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Bark Scorpion - Oracle, AZ

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2009-08-20T13:52:06Z

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Jumping Spider (Phidippus carneus) - Florida Canyon

2009-08-20T13:57:27Z

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Jumping Spider (Phidippus carneus) - Florida Canyon

Jumping Spider (Phidippus carneus) - Florida Canyon. About to unsuccessfully pounce on a beetle.

2009-08-20T14:16:59Z

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Jumping Spider (Phidippus carneus) - Florida Canyon. About to unsuccessfully pounce on a beetle.