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February 2, 2013:Nephila, Thomisus, Leucauge and a Bee

What an amazing morning. I found a crab spider (Thomisus guangxicus) trying to catch a bee. Here she is below the blossom, to the right - and out of focus

feb 02 8304 crab bee

Approaching the blossom

feb 02 8305 crab approach

Approaching

feb 02 8306 crab approach

Then as she jumps over the petals, the bee escapes

feb 02 8307 bee escape

And a bit of crab spider despair

feb 02 8308 thomisus dispair

Another crab

feb 02 8314 morning thomisus guangxicus

Open arms

feb 02 8318 thomisus open arms

Staging for the attack

feb 02 8321 thomisus staging

Faceoff with me

feb 02 8322 thomisus faceoff

Hiding

feb 02 8323 thomisus hiding

A video segment of this young lady emerging from hiding

Another faceoff

feb 02 8329 thomisus faceoff

My favorite - Melastoma

feb 02 8350 melastoma

An ant and Melastoma

feb 02 8356 ant melastoma

Argiope

feb 02 8362 argiope

Leucauge

feb 02 8369 leucauge

Leucauge

feb 02 8372 leucauge

Leucauge

feb 02 8374 leucauge

Maybe male Leucauge - from the palps

feb 02 8392 new spider

Maybe male Leucauge - from the palps

feb 02 8392 new spider

Maybe male Leucauge - from the palps

feb 02 8403 male leucauge maybe

Melastoma

feb 02 8414 melastoma

Melastoma and a small bug

feb 02 8418 melastoma bug

Melastoma and a small bug

feb 02 8426 melastoma bug

Delicate yellow flower

feb 02 8431 delicate yellow

Delicate yellow water drops

feb 02 8456 dainty yellow dew

More water droplets

feb 02 8466 water droplets

Melastoma

feb 02 8476 melastoma

And back to our Nephila and her male partner

feb 02 8481 female male nephila

And back to our Nephila and her male partner

feb 02 8484 female male nephila

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C. Frank Starmer

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