Let's talk about spiders!

James and I spent the morning at Blanco State Park, where I visited with campers about spiders. My main message is always Please don't stomp on spiders! For Ms. Sheryl, at least. Altogether, we had 13 kids and 22 adults stop by and chit chat. It was a bit breezy so we had to hold onto the boards so they wouldn't topple over (which they did once). 

One boy shared his favorite spider book with me. He was VERY in the know about spiders! I think I'm going to get me my own copy. 

Javier, who was at camping with his wife and son (they live in San Antonio), shared his photo with me of a bold jumping spider that he photographed at McKinney Falls State Park. What struck me was the color of the spider's chelicerae (jaws). I don't think I've seen one with this really blue color before. They're usually green or greenish blue. Beautiful!

This was a spiderling that one of the boys from the campgrounds helped me catch at our spider table. I believe she's a juvenile running crab spider.