by Rich Leighton | Jun 20, 2022 | Arachnids, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Spiders, Texas
It’s so strange that I’ve spent so much of my life traveling around the United States and have never seen a tarantula in the wild. I even owned a tarantula-breeding business for zoos and collectors in the 90’s, yet somehow finding one in the wild...
by Rich Leighton | Sep 5, 2020 | Arachnids, Florida Nature Photography, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
A single strand of spider silk is thinner than a human hair, but also five times stronger than steel of the same width. A rope just 2 inches thick could reportedly stop a Boeing 747. MORE PHOTOS OF SPIDERS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a...
by Rich Leighton | Aug 31, 2020 | Arachnids, Florida Nature Photography, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
The green lynx spider has an appetite for insects belonging to the Lepidoptera family (moths and their larvae) that are known to be enemies of crops like corn, cotton, cabbage, etc. Although their importance in the controlling of pests is counteracted by their...
by Rich Leighton | Oct 30, 2017 | Arachnids, Invertebrates, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Spiders, Washington
Recently I was out on a day off from the photography studio, working on a side project that involved foraging of lots of wild apples in one of my favorite recreation places in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. While I did have a camera with me (just in case,...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 2, 2017 | Arachnids, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest
Ok, ok…. I’ve learned my lesson from a previous spider post: Don’t use a spider in the thumbnail image that gets posted to social media. I really freaked a lot of you out. That said, I’ve got a really cool post about a very cool little invasive...
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