Spiders and things caught in the Web of Life

Spiders , Insects, things I find, in Southeast Kentucky. All the pictures I post are mine. I have no formal training on spiders or insects, learning as I go. I am on a mission with my 7 year old Granddaughters help to document the Spiders and insects and living things, that are in my little corner of the world. I document my finds on BugGuide for Kentucky and have added several new species pages for BugGuide.. She has also found new species pages for BugGuide all by herself.

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Bridge the way home for my mother., organized by Cynthia Isaacs

Hi, my name is Cynthia Isaacs. I am trying to raise funds for a permanent bridge to… Cynthia Isaacs needs your support for Bridge the way h

My mother is in the last stages of Altzimers. We desperately need help so we can get her home. This is my sister, She set up the Gofund.me account.

Anything will help.

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This is where the bridge was and the colverts that were washed away in the second flood. They had to be removed.

The bottom picture is the bar in the down stairs. It was completely under water.

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My sister Cynthia is in Tennessee taking care of our mother. My mom is in the last stages of Altzimers. The first flood flooded the basement 9ft, came up the stairs to the Den where my mom slept in a recliner. Then proceeded halfway up the kitchen stairs. We had no communication, all cellphones and home phones were not working. I didn't know they were alive for 3 days because all colverts and bridges were washed away or still covered. We finally got to them and brought them out on side by sides. Colverts were finally put in by the county. The second flood washed them out. They were destroyed. I now am stranded unless I walk through the creek or walk for 10 minutes down the railroad tracks to be picked up by friends to take me to doctor appointments or to the grocery store. The supplies to fix the Den are in the house and I can't just walk away and let them be stolen. So as bad as I hate to ask, we desperately need help. Fema or the State will not help with a bridge because it's the only home on the property, and they will not build to what is considered by them as private property. We have covered every base and this is the last resort. Thanks so very much.

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My reason for being absent for a while.

I am from a very small town in Southeast Kentucky. On July 28th our county and surrounding counties were hit by a devastating flood.

My county completely lost over 2500 homes. We are still struggling to get homes repaired, torn down and getting help from Fema. We, me and my boyfriend, and 5 of our neighbors have been volunteering every giving away everything from food, cleaning supplies, toothpaste and brushes every thing that is needed to just to survive at a Distribution center that started out under canopy tents on my property . We are now in a building beside my house.

I can't tell you in words exactly how this feels. My mother's house had 9 feet of water in the basement, which is a very large room, the water came up the stairs to the Den which is another large room, to the fireplace mantle which is over 5 feet high, then went another 4ft up a staircase to the kitchen..

Our bridge which was 70ft long made of steel washed completely away. The car was carried away along with everything outside.

After pumping the water out there was 2 feet of mud. All of the furniture, dad's tools and all mom's Christmas stuff, clothes , and a lifetime of our family history. All the furniture, pictures just completely everything is in the front and back yard, after 5 cleaning crews came. Mold was a huge problem. The garage which was big held which held lawnmowers freezers, wood working tools, garden equipment and so much more was washed out.

HOPEFULLY soon we can manage to piece together our lives and move forward.

To date we still don't have a bridge, furniture or water. But surviving.

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❤️ Such a beautiful Wolf spider with her egg sac. Doing a little rescue, relocating.

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates) Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)

Genus Rabidosa

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Mother Nature was showing off this weekend. Live, love, laugh.

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My neighbor called and said he had something for me. May try to whole mount it, if not it will be tanned

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My lovely Female.

She was saved from certain death.

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Pisauridae (Nursery Web Spiders)

Genus Dolomedes (Fishing Spiders)

No Taxon (fimbriatus group)

Species vittatus (Dolomedes vittatus

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Sharing my grape lifesaver with a Butterfly. Odd time in Southeast Kentucky for Butterfly to be here at the end of December.

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies) Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs) Infraorder Nepomorpha (Aquatic Bugs) Superfamily Ochteroidea Family Ochteridae (Velvety Shore Bugs) Genus Ochterus Species banksi (Ochterus banksi)

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No Taxon possibly undescribed species!

Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Coleoptera (Beetles) Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles) No Taxon (Series Elateriformia) Superfamily Elateroidea (Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles) Family Lycidae ( Kingdom Animalia (Animals)Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)Class Insecta (Insects)Order Coleoptera (Beetles)Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)Superfamily Elateroidea (Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles)Family Lycidae (Net-winged Beetles)Subfamily ErotinaeGenus LopherosNo Taxon possibly undescribed species) Subfamily Erotinae Genus Lopheros No Taxon possibly undescribed species

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New Species  page !, (Axima zabriskie)

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies

)No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)

Superfamily Chalcidoidea  (Chalcidoid Wasps

)Family EurytomidaeSubfamily Eurytominae 

Genus Axima

Species zabriskiei (Axima zabriskiei)

https://bugguide.net/node/view/1391942

#Insects #Wasp # New species page, # BugGuide # Axima zabriskiei #Kentucky Insects #Southeast Kentucky #I love bugs 

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😢Found this beautiful girl just hanging on a thread, no web. She has laid her egg sac and left it . I tried to give her a drink but she refused and her life ended in my hands.

AKA

Yellow Garden Spider

Yellow Garden Orbweaver

Writing Spider

Zipper Spider

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)

Genus Argiope (garden orbweavers)

Species aurantia (Black and Yellow Argiope)

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❤💜💛 When you find your perfect Halloween decoration,

Relocation for my sister. 🙄

Species: Araneus marmoreus - Marbled Orbweaver

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)

Genus Araneus

Species marmoreus (Marbled Orbweaver)Other Common Names. Marbled Orb Weaver, Pumpkin Spider

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Sharing my grape with a honey bee. It just flew right to me. Sugar overload ❤

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❤Not her first Rodeo.

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Pisauridae (Nursery Web Spiders)

Genus Dolomedes (Fishing Spiders)

No Taxon (tenebrosus group)

Species tenebrosus (Dolomedes tenebrosus)