wolf spider (Hogna brunnea?) - Montezuma, Costa Rica

Mariposario Montezuma Gardens

10mm-ish

Curtis' longjawed orbweaver (Metellina curtisi) - Snoqualmie, WA

Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National forest at Boardman Lake
7mm


ID by Joot (DCP)

bonus rat-tailed maggot

red-margined stink bug (Edessa rufomarginata) - Montezuma, Costa Rica

Mariposario Montezuma Gardens - 25mm

hopper nymph (Ricaniidae) - Bali, Indonesia

 Sidemen, Bali, Indonesia
Homoptera: Ricaniidae nymph
ID: Geert Goemans

The waxy plumes are distasteful to predators, and the nymph secretes them constantly as it drains nutrients from the plants with a mouth shaped like a sharpened straw.

Nordmann's orbweaver (Araneus nordmanni) - Snoqualmie, WA

Boardman Lake, Mt Baker/Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington
15mm
Araneus nordmanni

ID: Joot (DCP)

Vancouver-area berries

Arlington, WA Whovian

Just on a road trip along WA530, stopped for Thai food in Arlington, and ka-blammo!