The first of today's links is the blog of Vermont-based wildbird enthusiast Chris Petrak : "Tails of Birding"
http://tailsofbirding.blogspot.com/
which is an entertaining read.
As an arachnophobe it is rare that I have anything positive at all to say about spiders and I certainly never expected to be encouraging people to look at pictures of them, but here is a picture of a very small (4mm) and extremely colourful spider that is as close as an arachnid may ever get to "cute" or beautiful-
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2749828/Amazing-mating-display-of-the-Australian-peacock-spider.html
- the beast in question is an Australian Peacock Spider- one of a group of highly coloured spider species- you can find a little more information and several more photographs of it here-
http://www.phenomenica.com/2009/11/jumping-peacock-spider.html
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