Nov 10, 2023
hi friend,
heres a few creatures ive stumbled upon throughout these last couple of years
(unsure as to any of their species, but all of these pictures were taken in western North Carolina)
Lovely friends! RIP to the jumper's meal, but a spider's gotta eat. The first fella appears to be a broad-headed bug, which is a plant-feeding true bug related to leaf-footed bugs. The second is of course a mosquito and the third is a Phidippus jumper (probably a bold jumper, Phidippus audax) eating what I think is a two-lined spittlebug :)