Denise's Photos : Popular Photos : Jewel, Crab or Spiny Spider (Gasteracantha cancriformis or Gasteracantha elipsoides) My backyard is never without these spiders. I was lucky to be able to get this photo . . . I believe I was quite annoying to this little critter and it spun itself around giving me this wonderful capture :) (October 22, 2005)

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Denise > Javan Cochoa (Cochoa azurea) (Miami MetroZoo - February 23, 2007)

Denise > Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) (Dallas Zoo - March 9, 2007)

Denise > Green Heron (Butorides virescens) (November 11, 2007)

Denise > Dahlia (Newbury, MA - May 2006)

Denise > Pink Quill (Tillandsia cyanea) (December 31, 2005)

Denise > Frangipani (Plumeria rubra var. acutifolia) (May 13, 2005)

Denise > Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii)

The Blue-winged Kookaburra is one of the largest members of the kingfisher family. It has a streaked head and blue wings and rump and a characteristic extended manic laughing call. This forest-dwelling bird is common throughout most of northern Australia and southern New Guinea.

The call is loud and maniacal and ends abruptly. Morning and evening songs by the family group announce territory.

Kookaburras mate for life. (Miami MetroZoo - January 24, 2004)

Denise > Florida Softshell Turtle (Apalone ferox) [The genus name of North American soft-shells has "changed" from Trionyx to Apalone (Amyda has also been used).]

. . . one of the residents at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (April 14, 2006)

Denise > Jewel, Crab or Spiny Spider (Gasteracantha cancriformis or Gasteracantha elipsoides)

My backyard is never without these spiders. I was lucky to be able to get this photo . . . I believe I was quite annoying to this little critter and it spun itself around giving me this wonderful capture :) (October 22, 2005)

Jewel, Crab or Spiny Spider (Gasteracantha cancriformis or Gasteracantha elipsoides)

My backyard is never without these spiders. I was lucky to be able to get this photo . . . I believe I was quite annoying to this little critter and it spun itself around giving me this wonderful capture :) (October 22, 2005)