<p>A couple of days ago my daughter came to find me because she found “a cool spider eating a bee!”. It’s a crab spider, in particular a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misumena_vatia"><em>Misumena vatia</em></a>, and has been hanging out on an orange poppy in our front yard ever since.</p>

<p>My daughter and I photographed <a href="/2008/09/21/spiders-mushrooms-harvest-fair-fall/">more spiders</a> spinning their webs this morning. When the sunlight hits the yard just right concentric forms glisten and shimmer just about everywhere the eye lands.</p>

<p>A face-full of spider webs as I hunt for a carpet of mushrooms confirms fall’s arrival.</p>