[Salamander]

Supposedly, we have them here.

I have yet to find one....despite my frantic searching.

Bummer.

Also, I have not seen one of those huge, beautiful Garden Spiders in decades.

No idea why but they seemed to have vanished.

Another bummer.

I must content myself with fussing over the Orb Weavers in the yard and the jumping spiders on my kitchen window sill.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Also, I have not seen one of those huge, beautiful Garden Spiders in decades.

Are you in Northern California? The late 70's drought seemed to render them extinct - along with a while lot of other species like Jerusalem crickets that I used to see all the time when I was growing up in Marin County.

I'm sure the Midwest still has trillions of them, though. :)

[csvset]

Couldn't find my black widow spider pic, but here's a cute white spider that was on a sunflower in the back yard.