Spotted Orbweaver (Araneidae: genus Neoscona) with silk-wrapped prey.
Velvet mite, Trombidiidae, from Iowa.
A pair of mating long-jawed orbweavers, Tetragnathidae, from Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Spiders have evolved a very unique method of reproduction; mature males inject sperm into small webs, then transfer them to special structures called palpal bulbs. They then use these turkey-baster-like appendages to transfer sperm to the female's abdomen.
