Thank you, Spider Observers!

This year’s Spider Fest bioblitz led to more than 200 observations spanning 12 Utah counties, and a great range of genera and species! Here are some of our favorites:

➢ First record in Utah of a potential Aculepeira carbonarioides, a broadly distributed member of Typical Orbweavers (Subfamily Araneinae) that is relatively uncommon (this is the first iNaturalist record of the species in Utah, and 10th record in the US). Great find @cscottgrant!
➢ This Tyrell's Tufted Jumping Spider (Phidippus tyrrelli), our first Spider Fest bioblitz record from Daggett County, by @bryanl

And great photos:
➢ Western Spotted Orbweaver(Neoscona oaxacensis) by @amandabarth82
➢ Western Lynx Spider(Oxyopes scalaris) by @maticus
➢ Juvenile Usofila flava by @tobiashays

Check out Rebecca Ray's mid-blitz highlights for more awesome observations!

Cheers to the 2021 Spider Fest top observers & identifiers: @tigerbb @elleneiriksson @tobiashays @bjnicholls @raised_by_furbies @hypersonicgx @maticus @amandabarth82 @thesplash @marysmilodon @aroe @calebcam