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Treebeard: Spiders in love - maybe Sheetweb Spiders (Linyphiidae)
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Treebeard: Crab Spider (Salticidae) has unfortunate fly
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Treebeard: Crab Spider (Thomisidae) waiting for prey on a new flower cluster of a native California Bay (Umbellularia californica) tree
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Treebeard: Tick (Ixodoidea, Arachnida) on grass stem
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Treebeard: Odd Garbage Line Spider (Cyclosa, Araneidae)
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Treebeard: Little spider sitting in an "open boat" seed capsule of Bush Monkey Flower (Mimulus longiflorus, Scrophulariaceae)
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Treebeard: Cute little Jumping Spider (Salticidae) perched on Aloe flowers
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Treebeard: Crab Spider (Thomisidae) waiting for prey on new flowers of a California Bay (Umbellularia californica) tree
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Treebeard: Tiny Crab Spider (Thomisidae) on a flower of Chaparral Nightshade (Solanum xanti, Solanaceae)
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Treebeard: Cute little Jumping Spider (Salticidae) on a leaf of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae)
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Treebeard: Little spider with March Fly (Bibionidae, Diptera) prey
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Treebeard: Gorgeous little Orb-Weaver Spider in the family Araneidae - it's tiny!
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Treebeard: "Garbage Line Spider" (genus Cyclosa) in the Orb-Weaver Spiders (family Araneidae)
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Treebeard: Another tiny Tick (Ixodoidea, Arachnida) - maybe a Western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus)?
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Treebeard: Interesting spider - maybe a Coneweb Spider aka Desertshrub Spider (Diguetidae)?
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Treebeard: Crab Spider (Thomisidae) waiting for prey on flower of native Prickly-Phlox (Leptodactylon californicum, Polemoniaceae)
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Treebeard: Crab Spider (Thomisidae) on a fading flower of native Wild Blackberry (Rubus ursinus, Rosaceae)
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Treebeard: Cute little spider on a leaf of Bush Monkey Flower (Mimulus longiflorus, Scrophulariaceae) - an Orb-Weaver Spider (Araneidae)?
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Treebeard: Little spider on an old leaf of Wild Blackberry (Rubus ursinus, Rosaceae) - maybe a Wolf Spider (Lycosidae)?
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Treebeard: Tiny "Garbage Line Spider" (genus Cyclosa, Araneidae) perched on its "stabilimentum"
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Treebeard: Different tiny "Garbage Line Spider" (Cyclosa, Araneidae)
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Treebeard: Tiny Orb-Weaver Spider in the family Araneidae
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Treebeard: Crab Spider (Thomisidae) waiting for prey on Wild Blackberry (Rubus ursinus)
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Treebeard: Tick (Ixodoidea, Arachnida) - maybe a Western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus)
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Treebeard: Cute little Jumping Spider (Salticidae) perched on a leaf of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae)
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Treebeard: Sheetweb Spider (Linyphiidae) finding shelter from the storm
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Treebeard: Cute little Jumping Spider (Salticidae)
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Treebeard: Crab Spider (Thomisidae) waiting for prey on a Bush Monkey Flower (Mimulus longiflorus, Scrophulariaceae)
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Treebeard: NOT a Jumping Spider but a Lynx Spider (Oxyopidae) - maybe Oxyopes scalaris
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Treebeard: New flower of Chaparral Clematis (Clematis lasiantha, Ranunculaceae) - with a little Crab Spider (Thomisidae)