Monday in Nature Weekly Photo Oct. 5, 2015

[Laura Weishaupt]

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<p>Monday Morning Greetings,<br>

This orb weaver was one of many with a large web across a trail right at face level. I can't say that I missed them all. The cloudy skies and deep canopy of the forest made the webs hard to see. Spotting the bright colors of their spinners was a little easier.</p>

<p>What tales from nature is your camera weaving? They all form a tapestry for Monday in Nature.</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>Death in the sun (part, of course, of nature's rich tapestry; perhaps the part called 'recycling'?)</p><div></div>

[paul_de_ley]

<p>A rockhopper aka rock jumper aka bristletail aka archaeognath on the shore of Aberlady Bay Local Nature Reserve in Scotland. Note the just-about-visible tapestry of multicolored scales on its back.</p>

<p>Even more exciting for the land & sea bug-o-philes among us, see those white hairy pegs protruding from between the legs? Those are now interpreted by some experts as rudiments of so-called exopodites (aka "outer leg halves") of so-called biramous (aka "two-branched") appendages. They're not supposed to occur in insects and are typical of crustaceans instead.</p><div></div>

[Bill J Boyd]

<p>Found a<em><strong> Killdeer</strong></em> at White Rock Lake in Dallas.</p><div></div>

[colin carron]

<p>One of my favourite places for sea and rocks - Hartland Point in Devon, UK.</p><div></div>

[sallymack]

<p>Rock tapestry.</p><div></div>

[Charles_Sumner]

<p>A soggy good morning from the southeast usa! One from several years ago, I have no idea what it is!</p><div></div>

[andy_szeto]

Pink.<div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>Charles - it's a lichen, possibly a <em>Cetraria</em> sp.</p>

[Edwin Barkdoll]

<p>Paul, nice capture of the rock hopper and its story. We have them by the millions along Maine's (USA) rocky coast. I'll look at them more closely now. I always thought they were little crustaceans but I see they're insects. Or post crustacean, pre insect...</p>

<p>Colin, very inviting cave under the fold. Explored it?</p>

<p>John, I like the "Alien-esque" capture of the spider and its prey. Difficult to not blow out the highlights in a sun shot like that.</p>

[dcstep]

<p><strong>Shake, shake, shake...</strong></p>

<p><a title="Shake, shake, shake" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/602/21928546421_c50d51bf23_c.jpg" alt="Shake, shake, shake" width="800" height="534" /></a></p>

[biomed]

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18102701-md.jpg" alt="_MG_0003" width="680" height="453" border="0" /></center>

[Jon Eckman]

<p>This is a section of a fungus that I cut off one of the very old maple trees in my yard recently. Looking around online I found a number of pictures of <em>laetiporus sulphureus, </em>chicken of the woods, that resembled this mass, but it appears that it is usually found near the base of a tree where this growth was at least 30 feet up. Can anyone shed any more light on this? </p><div></div>

[RickDB]

<p>A colorful spiny orb weaver - Micrathena sagittata I think.</p><div></div>

[Matthew Currie]

<p>Jon, I don't think your fungus is a chicken of the woods unless your white balance is way off, because that one is quite yellow in color. It's also pretty soft and tender. </p>

<p>Well, anyway, here's a dragonfly I saw last month. </p><div></div>

[ShunCheung]

<p>cactus</p><div></div>

[Laura Weishaupt]

<p>Rick,<br>

<em>Laetiporus sulphureus</em> can be found high in trees, but I don't think this is <em>Laetiporus</em>. It looks to have teeth rather than pores on the underside. The color isn't good for any species of <em>Laetiporus</em>, even in age. There are a few other details that lead me to the genus <em>Climacodon</em>, specifically <em>C. septentrionale</em>. Where I get a bit uncomfortable is that species is generally more northern in distribution. Most books say from Tennessee on north, however Miller's most recent book simply says eastern North America. It is found on the wounds of trees and can be high up. Take a look at as many references as you can find and compare your sample. Here are a few to start.<br>

<a href="http://www.mushroomexpert.com/climacodon_septentrionalis.html">http://www.mushroomexpert.com/climacodon_septentrionalis.html</a><br>

<a href="https://www.messiah.edu/oakes/fungi_on_wood/teeth%20and%20spine/species%20pages/Climacodon%20septentrionale.htm">https://www.messiah.edu/oakes/fungi_on_wood/teeth%20and%20spine/species%20pages/Climacodon%20septentrionale.htm</a><br>

<a href="http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5781.asp">http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5781.asp</a></p>

[Laura Weishaupt]

<p>Rick,<br>

Also check <em>Climacodon pulcherrimus. </em>It is more southern in distribution.<br>

<a href="http://www.mushroomexpert.com/climacodon_pulcherrimus.html">http://www.mushroomexpert.com/climacodon_pulcherrimus.html</a></p>

[gordonjb]

<p>While photographing some oyster mushrooms ( Pluerotus dryinus ) I noticed this little spring peeper ( Psuedacris crucifer ) on the same log and I could not resist moving him momentarily onto the fungus for a photo op.</p><div></div>

[Laura Weishaupt]

<p>Jeez, I mixed up Rick DuB and Jon's names. Oops.............mushrooms remain the same. Disregard the problem with southern distribution.</p>

[Edwin Barkdoll]

Jon, I have found chicken of the woods that high however I completely agree with Laura about its likely being a northern

tooth or the southern species. Alas, not edible.

[fgorga]

<p>Removing spider webs from one's face (or one's lens shade!) is part of the nature photography game!</p>

<p>Keeping in the arachnid theme... here is one from a couple of years ago.<br>

<img src="http://gorga.org/blog/wp-content/gallery/12-aug-2011_1/dsc6233.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="481" /><br>

Writing Spider with Prey (damselfly) -- Nikon 70-300 mm VR ED with 36 mm extension tube on a Nikon D300 </p>

<p>Observing spiders preying on damselflies or dragonflies (odes) is not uncommon when you spend as much time in wet lands photographing odes as I do! My wife says "At least is keeps him off the streets and <em>mostly</em> out of trouble."!</p>

[Edwin Barkdoll]

<p>This is from the "prey" side of predator-prey relationships</p>

<p>Moth wing at 20-30x magnification. Sorry can't recall the moth.</p>

<p>Velvia converted to B&W</p><div></div>

[thadley]

<p><img src="/photo/18099278" alt="" />Mine in a way is a tapestry of leaves. I went apple picking in Rougemont Quebec yesterday and took a break to photograph the limited fall colors available. This time last year, we would have been almost peak colors but having the warmest September has had an impact according to some experts. It was mostly green colors with some reds. </p><div></div>

[bnelson]

<p>Had to go back a few years to retrieve an eight legged spidery thing</p><div></div>