Nature Photos

Image 1. Araneus diadematus, called the European garden spider, diadem spider, orangie, cross spider
or crowned orb weaver. in its web in an abandoned dumpster in a forest in western Oregon.

Image 2. A spider in our Honda in southern France

Image 3. The spinybacked orbweaver, Gasteracantha cancriformis in Florida

Image 4. Spiderwebs in our yard in Berkeley

Image 4. Spiderwebs in our yard in Berkeley

Image 6. This spider has its own swimming pool, suspended in its web.

Image 7. A spiderweb camouflaged with lichens

Image 8. A mite, on the lichen Heterodermia speciosa, in Arkansas.
The photo is cropped from the original.

Image 9. Ants on Euphorbia sp. in southern France

Image 10. Ants on Euphorbia sp. in southern France

Image 11. Ant mounds in the Sahara Desert, Tunisia

Image 12. These millepedes covered an embankment along a logging road in Oregon.
There were thousands of them. They play a role in the forest ecosystem similar to that
of earthworms in the garden, but not much is known about how that really works.

Image 13. A centipede

Nature Photos