Purple Martin Arrival 2009
I'ts that time of the season again.....for purple martins! They began arriving on February 21st at my colony site. This will be my 15th year as a purple martin landlord and I'm looking forward to another great year.
I'm sure there will be lots of interesting things for me to tell everyone about. Stay tuned!Labels: gourds, purple martin
posted by Jace Stansbury at 5:30 PM
2 Comments:
Jace, i just found your blog, very cool. I recently moved to Texas (NW Austin) and am an amateur naturalist myself. I found a spider yesterday that i couldn't find any reference to in Jackman--it looked like a medium-small wolf spider with a wide red stripe down the abdomen. It was a fairly bright red, like a black widow but so obviously not a black widow in terms of the body morph. Also the red stipe was on the dorsum rather than ventral side of the spider. I ran to get a camera but it was on the move and under the deck before i could snap a pic. You ever seen these before?
thanks!
Paul
Paul,
thanx for the kudos. It sounds like what you're describing is a "red stripe" spider. (http://bugguide.net/node/view/173551/bgimage) I've also heard them called "red-spotted antmimic" (http://bugguide.net/node/view/39869/bgimage). I've come across these before in the pineywoods of SE Texas. Hope this helps!
Jace
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