How we walked there (and to McDonalds and then to home)
Yu Hyun and I started about 8:30. Since last week I managed to spook a sleeping crab spider - I decided to look for another and here she is with arms wrapped around her. Last week I thought she was a piece of debris - and realized after the debris developed 8 legs that it must have been a sleeping crab spider
This time I carefully spooked here and she slowly moved to another petal - arms beginning to unfold
A yellow flower
Morning glory
Melastoma
Another crab spider - fully awake and in the capture position
A Cyrtophora web - dry
I gently sprayed with with water mist to highlight the structure
Waited and she returned
ANother crab spider to the side - but one pair of arms is compromised by the yellow petal
Back to Cyrtophora
Her face - with a drop of water
Another view
A nearby dragonfly
Then a surprise - Melastoma with a crab spider
We coaxed her to another petal
Closer view
Yu Hyun and her photos
Febryary 25, 2012:Yu Hyun and Spiders
Me
A funnel web with morning dew
Another of me
Yu Hyun trying to catch a crab spider (a year ago she was totally afraid of nature - now she is quite comfortable with nature
A butterfly - focused. She is practicing focus
C. Frank Starmer