Eye of the storm...

Of course... of course...

Cornered...

Went up the water spout...

Two different spiders. Three different pictures.

That first one is an itty-bitty thing. That little lip he is on is a PVC cap on a pipe. This critter couldn't have been more than a few millimeters across.


These next two shots are of a spider that I have seen more and more of on the island in recent years. I even had some pictures of one up here last year.


Although this one was quite small, I remember the same type getting quite big. Not "Texas big" mind you... but big enough for my backyard.


Eat those skeeters little fellers. The more the merrier!

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Measured in fear...

I was trimming back my out-of-control holly tree and came face to... um... pincers with this stick-like creature. Upon closer inspection I realized that it looked like a HUGE inchworm. Now, the a inchworms I've seen in the past were cute and would crawl along an inch at a time. This monster was as thick as a No. 2 pencil and about 6 inches long! Do you dare click this image for a desktop sized version???


It was hanging upside own and VERY still with a piece of silk connecting its body to a lower branch. I thought it might be getting ready to spin a cocoon, but it was gone when I checked for it the next day. For that moment where I stared from an inch away... a hint of fear... and a bit of disgust ;)


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Stare back at you...

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Tree beetle...

...or a baby roach in the wild? Really not sure what this is. Looks too "squat" to be a roach... and the fact that it was out in broad daylight doesn't go with the whole skittering in the sewers and staying in the dark. Unless it was rabid! :O Can insects be rabid? Does he have a little foamy mouth? Are you tired of my rambling?

WABBIT season... DUCK season... WABBIT season... DUCK season... WABBIT season...