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Big spider.  Huge spider! - Araneus nordmanni
Big spider. Huge spider! - Araneus nordmanni
Soquel, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
January 2, 2012
6 of 6 images of this specimen.

Big spider.  Huge spider! - Araneus nordmanni
Big spider. Huge spider! - Araneus nordmanni
Soquel, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
January 2, 2012
5 of 6 images of this specimen.
First of a couple new views

Polix coloradella ? - Polix coloradella
Polix coloradella ? - Polix coloradella
San Isabel National Forest, 5 miles north of Lake Isabel, Custer County, Colorado, USA
June 24, 2011
2 of 2 images of this specimen.

Polix coloradella ? - Polix coloradella
Polix coloradella ? - Polix coloradella
San Isabel National Forest, 5 miles north of Lake Isabel, Custer County, Colorado, USA
June 24, 2011
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
attracted to UV

Snakefly - Agulla - female
Snakefly - Agulla - Female
Mount 5040, Alberni Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
August 30, 2011
Found in alpine.

Snakefly - Negha - female
Snakefly - Negha - Female
Summerland, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
May 22, 2011
3 of 3 images of this specimen.

Snakefly - Negha - female
Snakefly - Negha - Female
Summerland, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
May 22, 2011
2 of 3 images of this specimen.

Snakefly - Negha - female
Snakefly - Negha - Female
Summerland, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
May 22, 2011
1 of 3 images of this specimen.

beetle - Corticeus thoracicus
beetle - Corticeus thoracicus
Dixie County, Florida, USA
July 1, 2011
Size: 3 mm
light trap in wet woods

Wood borer?
Wood borer?
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
July 11, 2011
Size: one inch
2 of 2 images of this specimen.
I've never seen one of these before but I came up with wood borer caterpillar. Is this so? Can you determine species without a host?