Circle of Life…

A spider and a skipper (butterfly). Submitted to BugGuide, in case the spider’s markings are diagnostic.

So I submitted it to BugGuide.
  » An editor suggested I recrop the photo.
    » Once I did that, I thought I’d let Seek have a crack at ID’ing it.
      » Seek suggested three species in the Phidippus genus.
        » Then I went back to BugGuide and genus Phidippus.
          » I looked at the data for Illinois in September.
            » Huh, there’s an observation from Jackson County.
              » Wait, this is my observation!

It wasn’t my 365 post for that day in 2013, but I referred to my spider submission at BugGuide (which was also a “circle of life” photo). I wish I could remember all these insect, plant, and 365 posts!

» ID’ed as Phidippus audax or “Bold Jumper”/“Bold Jumping Spider”: [ BugGuide ] [ iNaturalist ]
» Species pages: [ BugGuide ] [ iNaturalist ]

September 20 posts
  1 year ago: “Windmill, selective coloring [Filler]”
2 years ago: “Reassembled”
3 years ago: “Pandemic Puzzle #18”
4 years ago: “Apparently, it’s now the Painted Lady time of year”
5 years ago: No post
6 years ago: “Using all available space [Filler]”
7 years ago: “Grace”
8 years ago: “Nailed”
9 years ago: “‘Green-bar’ paper, anyone?”
10 years ago: “Only subject of the day…”
11 years ago: “When your Mac needs recharged…”
12 years ago: “Butterfly bush”

[ IMG_4142_LE15tm :: 60mm ]