For EVER food chain

 Happy Thanksgiving Weekend!  Here’s one from my sketchbook.  Welcome to the Everglades, where the wild animals can eat each other in peace.

 

A spider-web forged from string and glue

 

Here is a temporary exhibit that I made for the Everglades featuring our eight-legged friends. I'm still hoping to see an ogre-faced (net-casting) spider in the bush at night, but they are pretty elusive.

Originally posted on Facebook Everglades National Park and Instagram @evergladesnps:
 

"At the Shark Valley Visitor Center, Ranger Ross made a temporary exhibit appropriate for the month of October: The Amazing Spiders of Everglades National Park. The exhibit features the real-life superpowers of these eight-legged hunters—including the super-strong webs of the golden silk orb weaver, the mighty leaps of the regal jumping spider, and the Okefenokee fishing spider’s ability to walk on water!

The tremendous biodiversity of the Everglades includes spiders, and Florida has the greatest number of species of arachnids (spiders and their relatives) of any state east of the Mississippi.

Come check out the exhibit and all that the Shark Valley area has to offer: www.nps.gov/ever/planyourvisit/svdirections.htm

NPS Photos by Ross Studlar

Alt Text Photo 1: Table with Everglades National Park green tablecloth featuring colorful photos and narrative text about five types of spiders native to Florida.
Alt Text Photo 2: Close-up of one aspect of the exhibit, a string and cardboard sculpture of a spider-web attached to tree branches.

#WildlifeWednesday #EvergladesNationalPark #Everglades"