Sandy photographed this little spider in the pond. There is a thin skin of ice over most of the pond, but around the shore the water is open and various things can be seen, such as some green frog tadpoles, backswimmers, and this little guy. Speaking of invertebrates... the warm, +17 temperature (yes, it broke all records!) brought out honey bees, the last few Polistes fuscatus wasps, midges, a few flies including one photographed by Sandy in the Ash woods, which is likely a blowfly, but not being able to see it in detail, could also be one of the Tachinids. Various small spiders were seen under and over leaf litter too.