a little wild   (a small slice of wildlife)

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I was working from home, and this Salticid was nice enough to come by and give me some company.

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His name is Duke. This was a large stately grass spider we found in our basement, and he very graciously posed for some closeup photographs. The genus is Agelenopsis.

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An ichneumon wasp:

Agrilus ruficollis, the red-necked cane borer:

A tiny little wasp on my laptop screen. Note the individual pixels.

There’s no such thing as “just a fly”.

I’d been seeing these little webs all around the bushes, almost always on the higher branches. Didn’t realize who lived in them until I took some photos.

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Tiny fly, not a great photo but very cute! Genus Chlorops, according to Facebook entomology group.

This beetle was backed into a little niche in a boulder, hanging out on the lichen. Hairy click beetle, in Elateridae.

Here’s a closeup — it was pretty hairy.

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