southern Michigan hunt

This August
A few friends and fellow non habitat rapers will be on the lookout for a few select species
and here they are
Araneus
-trifolium, many colors of this specie really want to find the white and black colored spider
-cavaticus light and dark
-marmoreus
Argiope
-aurantia , the common is everywhere I have been looking for the banded legged one up here for about two seasons
-trifasciata
Dolomedes
-scriptus
-tenebrosus
and if possible triton, I see only one or two a year.
Misumena
Sphodros affinis [gotta get two for Josh] these will be shortly
Micranthena sagittata and gracilis
For my own eyeballs I want to find something I have not seen since I was a teen Acanthopeira stellata
and of course L variolus
I am sure a lotta stuff will be seen. oddly enough we find P audax on the tops of weeds in the fall and later summer to catch the early morning rays and heat up, of course they are in the silken purses

hehehe, ya finally got out eh john! very nice!

today I will be doing a bit of looking after work just to see what is out there with my youngest son... It will be cloudy and possibly rainy but I tell ya I have early season invert fever