Pity the arachnophobes out there, it won’t have escaped your notice it’s spider season in northern California.

This beautiful photo was taken by “Merriweather”, aka the father in the Berkeley family known as the Derringdos who chronicle their everyday adventures on the Derringdos blog.

Tracey Taylor is co-founder of Berkeleyside and co-founder and editorial director of Cityside, the nonprofit parent to Berkeleyside and The Oaklandside. Before launching Berkeleyside, Tracey wrote for...