ARACHNOPHOBIA WARNING - the subject of photo 8 is a golden silk orb-weaver spider 1 - flower of airplane plant (Chlorophytum comosum) 2 - orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva) 3 - unripe fruit of porcelain-berry (Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata) 4 - winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum) 5 - nodding spurge (Euphorbia nutans) 6 - peppervine (Nekemias arborea) 7 - basal leaves of a thistle (Cirsium horridulum) 8 - banana spider, or golden silk orb-weaver (Trichonephila clavipes) we have a lot of these, and i held one the other day :D (i wouldnt recommend picking them up if you have venom allergies) 9 - more winged loosestrife 10 - flower of a vitex tree (Vitex agnus-castus) 11 - head of horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) 12 - muscadine leaves (Vitis rotundifolia) 13 - river birch leaves (Betula N|gres) 14 - more nodding spurge 15 - lanceleaf frogfruit (Phyla lanceolata) 16 - giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) 17 - pretty butterfly (Unknown species) 18 - turmeric inflorescence (Curcuma longa) 19-20 - flower arrangement we had on our table ;~; 21 - mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)
all photographs were taken by and belong to me i swear these are much higher quality scratch just eats quality for breakfast yknow :') code - colorsnatch