Friday night is date night, and for the past few weeks, Catherine and I have been going out to Iona Beach for outings. Rather than stroll on the sand hand in hand, we move slowly down the beach, scanning the ground and vegetation for spiders and insects.

The evening light was pretty nice.

Here I am trying to shoot a reluctant ant queen. Photo by Catherine Scott.

A very pale Tegenaria.

Catherine investigates a log for spiders.