Orb Weaver Spider on a Mountain Bike Trail
A nature photographer encounters the harmless Spotted Orb-weaver Spider while hiking and captures photos of the spider in its large orb-shaped web.
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Banded Garden Spider at Ben Geren Park
I photographed a Banded Garden Spider at Ben Geren Park in Arkansas. Read my Wildlife and Photography Notes from this fall encounter.
Doe and Button Buck at First Light
An early morning encounter with a Whitetail Doe and her button buck fawn at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.
Garden Spider’s Grasshopper Feast Captured
I photographed a garden spider wrapping a grasshopper in silk at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. Learn how and why these orb-weavers hunt.
Spotting a Horsefly at the Wildlife Refuge
A wildlife photographer describes encountering and photographing a large horsefly while doing a photo walk at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.
Encountering an Unidentified Chrysalis
Wildlife photographer Steve Creek describes finding an unknown chrysalis during a photo walk at Sequoyah NWR, which he believes is a Viceroy butterfly.
An American Robin Soaking Up the Rays
Wildlife photographer Steve Creek recounts seeing an American Robin sunbathing in his backyard and reflects on the tranquil nature of birds sunbathing.
Fox Squirrels and Ticks In Arkansas
This afternoon, I wanted to share an image from another tick encounter I captured some months ago – this time with a fox squirrel.