Marbled Orbweaver Spider

A couple of very pretty Marbled Orbweaver spiders...One enjoying lunch!!
Adult female marbled orbweavers are 9 to 20 millimeters in length with very large abdomens that are mostly orange with brown to purple markings and spots of pale yellow.

Egg cocoons, which contain several hundred eggs, are generally deposited in October and are constructed of white silk formed in a flattened sphere. Immature spiders emerge from the cocoons in spring. Adults are seen from midsummer until the first hard freeze of fall.

It's a Boy!!

Our Spicy will be a handsome buck next year.   You can just see 2 little bumps on his head starting. 

Young Skunk

This little guy came out of the woods around 5:45pm and ran right into the garage. He soon came out  and then went straight to the feeding station in the back yard. He seemed to enjoy getting pieces of suet that the birds were dropping from the suet feeder. He stayed about 40 minutes.

Turkey with youngsters...plus a surprise visitor!!

While filming this video, an unexpected visitor showed up.

Turkey with young

We saw this turkey with her young a couple of weeks ago down the street. Upon returning from our morning workout at the gym, we saw them in our driveway and they ran into the woods. About 30 minutes later, they showed up at the feeding area.

Cinnamon & Clove

Nutmeg's Twins

Bees

Lots of Bees this year. I came upon a yellow-jacket nest while mowing last weekend and got too close. Got a nice little sting on my hand...OUCH!!