Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

What a surprise. This is my first encounter with the orange spider - Larinia (Araneidae - orb weavers). This may be a him, but I'm not sure because I can't readily identify the palps. His / her web was in an area of tall grass. I returned later and her web was absent suggesting she is nocturnal. So I shall try early in the morning again.

Larinia and her web in the long tall grass

Funnel web spider, similar to a wolf spider, Hippasa holmerae (Lycosidae) and morning dew

Another view

And closer

Seems to be feeding herself dew

Plant hopper

Plant hopper and morning dew

Dew magnifiers

Another vew

Beads of glue - note that there are no glue drops on the radial strands

Another view

Another view of the glue drops and dew

And another view

and another view

I like this dew-drop lens

A wet web

ANother dw lens

And another

And another

And a closer view

This Argiope got spooked when I approached her web

And I waited and waited and waited. She refused to cooperate and return to her web - sigh

One last hope - nothing

C. Frank Starmer

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