Long-Jawed Orb Weaver This pretty lady picked a good spot for her eggs on this leaf next to a mountain creek. The background here is actually sand, but it looks blue because I enhanced the existing blueish hue of the riverbed sand one often finds in the mountains of the San Bernardino National Forest. It almost looks like the sky. I was surprised to see this scene almost exactly like you see it here: a spider laying eggs on the top side of a leaf exposed to the sky. It se...

Long-Jawed Orb Weaver This pretty lady picked a good spot for her eggs on this leaf next to a mountain creek. The background here is actually sand, but it looks blue because I enhanced the existing blueish hue of the riverbed sand one often finds in the mountains of the San Bernardino National Forest. It almost looks like the sky. I was surprised to see this scene almost exactly like you see it here: a spider laying eggs on the top side of a leaf exposed to the sky. It se...