his daddy-long-legs is almost three-and-a-half inches across from leg tip to leg tip — definitely male.
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An ant reflects in the pond by the Wilson Hall.
Praying mantis and friend hang out on the side of DAB.
This praying mantis stopped to say hi in the early morning.
Sleek and stealthy, the walking stick can easily disguise itself alongside normal vegetation.
An achemon sphinx caterpillar, looking like a mutant hot dog, crawls along the walking path to Wilson Hall. Someday it will become a moth.
Quite often they blend in with the stem or branch of a small plant, and you would never see them.
This little guy wanted to be part of the action on the third floor of Feynman Computing Center early one morning.
This spider was on the ID reader at the NML building.
The argiope aurantia is known commonly as a black and yellow garden spider or a black and yellow argiope.