I thought I'd post a few pics that I've taken recently. The spider and the Praying Mantis were in my backyard. The frog was at my brother's house in South Carolina.













Anybody know what kind of spider that is? I don't know too many spiders.

 

Grilled frog? Very nice pictures, super sharp.

 

I agree......those pics came out super nice!

 

i've been seeing a lots and lots and lots of praying mantis's every where (mostly at work) even a walking stick i've takin pictures of 'em will post 'em later when i get the time too work on 'em

 

Its a writing spider. Pretty common where I live.

 

Thanks guys! I'm no photographer, but I do enjoy palying around with my camera.
A Writing Spider, huh? Never heard that name before. I'm not as freaked out by spiders as I am by snakes, but I still felt uncomfortable getting that close to the spider for that pic. It looks mean.

 

Good Pics. Here is a thing about writing spiders.

http://www.cs.utk.edu/~plank/plank/pics/spider.html

 

Cool! Yep, that's what is is alright. *shivers

 

I always liked writing spiders. I used to work on a survey crew(in the woods). The writing spiders are one of the few webs you can see before you walk into them.