An organelle is a unique part of a cell that has a specific function. The term is a combination of the word organum, which means instrument or engine, and the suffix -elle, which means... Star Gazing
Female redback spider in the nest showing off her red back. The nest contains a few hundred eggs and is about 12 mm (1/2) in diameter. Female redback spider smiling to the camera, ready to protect her nest.
The red widow spider, Latrodectus bishopi Kaston or RWS, is restricted to xeric, fire-maintained sand pine scrub and scrubby flatwoods found on ancient, sandy ridges in Central and Southeastern Florida (Kaston 1938, 1970; McCrone & Levi 1964; McCrone & Stone 1965; Edwards 1994; Carrel 2001; Levi & Levi 2002).