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She was so cute I just had to photograph her :)

In photo 2, compare the epigynum to that of figure 22 in Brady (1964). Oxyopes salticus (see figure 93) would have an epigynum with a peculiar median projection, and O. scalaris wouldn't have the facial stripes that the other Ohio species have. O. scalaris (based on figure 98) would have a median projection similar to O. salticus, except broader. O. aglossus clearly doesn't have any median projection.

Brady, A. R. (1964). The lynx spiders of North America, north of Mexico (Araneae: Oxyopidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 131: 429-518.

I was so excited to see this. It's the first time I've ever seen a male Nordmann's Orbweaver and the only time I've seen a mating ritual in a spider of any kind.

The male tried to impress the female but she was very unimpressed and went back inside her crack after a while of watching and the male sat at the entrance for over an hour waiting.

Found in a pool of saltwater/freshwater mix.

At first I thought it was a dead leech but when I picked it up and put it in a sour cream tub it wriggled and I saw the gill pores and realized what it was.

I found a second lamprey not far from this one. It was dried up laying on the ground and was only slightly alive.

from Hungry Point, exposed during an extreme minus tide, fresh dead but eroded. Aaron Baldwin had first suggested this is the low flat ecomorph of Lottia pelta from SE Alaska, based in part on some riblets that are still evident despite the dorsal erosion. Shell is about 37mm.

After side profile shots were added, the consensus is it is L. scutum.

2 large noticeably white forms can be easily seen. The bottom example appears upside down with a cauliflower shape extending further. The other one is appears not to be feeding but both are good examples gained from the harbor field trip.