Impaled Spider

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Alleghany Co., NC 1 July 2006 This spider jumped/fell off of a flower and landed perfectly impaled upside-down on the spine tip of a thistle leaf! — Alleghany Co., NC1 July 2006This spider jumped/fell off of a flower and landed perfectly impaled upside-down on the spine tip of a thistle leaf!

Alleghany Co., NC 1 July 2006 — Alleghany Co., NC1 July 2006

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.

Created on ... Sep 15, 2006 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com