Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


June 12, 2016: Four Friendly Raccoons

Early morning rendezvous with my raccoon family. This morning, they were waiting for me.

jun 12 2449 waiting raccoons

Friendlyl but web - sort of impatiently waiting

jun 12 2452 4 friendly raccoons

Grumpy peter looking at me

jun 12 2454 grumpy peter

Sweet Susan looking somewhere

jun 12 2455 sweet susan

Eating

jun 12 2459 4 hungry raccoons

Eating

jun 12 2460 4 hungry raccoons

Eating

jun 12 2470 3 raccoons eating

4 friendly raccoons eating

jun 12 2470 4 eating raccoons

Susan and grumpy peter

jun 12 2483 susan peter

White Egret

jun 12 2529 white egret

Sunrise colors and reflections

jun 12 2532 sunrise colors

Gallinule

jun 12 2539 gallinule

Gallinule swimming

jun 12 2540 gallinule

June 05, 2016: Exploring the McNeil trail at Green Swamp west tract

Nephila clavipes and exoskeleton

jun 12 3613 nephila cavilipes exoskeleton

Twinflagged Jumping Spider: Anasaitis canosa

jun 12 3633 phidippus regius

Possibly an assassin bug

jun 12 3639 stinkbug

Possibly an assassin bug

jun 12 3640 stinkbug

Possibly an assassin bug

jun 12 3652 stinkbug face

Nephila clavipes

jun 12 3654 nephila clavipes

Twinflagged Jumping Spider: Anasaitis canosa

jun 12 3688 jumping spider

Twinflagged Jumping Spider: Anasaitis canosa

jun 12 3694 jumping spider

Twinflagged Jumping Spider: Anasaitis canosa

jun 12 3701 jumping spider

Nephila clavipes

jun 12 3716 nephila clavipes

This was fun to watch - A kadydid harvesting pollen from a small flower - then came along an iridescent bee

jun 12 3731 kadydid alone

The bee alights

jun 12 3732 kadydid fly

As the bee harvests pollen, the kadydid watches

jun 12 3734 kadydid fly

The bee inspects the kadydid

jun 12 3736 kadydid fly sharp

and the Kadydid make a hasty retreat

jun 12 3739 kadydid departs

Well - not so hasty

jun 12 3740 kadydid departs

The kadydid thinks she is are enough away - and the bee continues harvesting pollen

jun 12 3744 kadydid departs

Nearby, a green tree frog

jun 12 3750 green frog

Eye of a green frog

jun 12 3774 green frog

Nephila clavipes and golden silk

jun 12 3779 nephila web

Hanging on a strand of silk

jun 12 3791 nephila clavipes golden silk

Skipper

jun 12 3814 skipper

Purple flower

jun 12 3846 purple flower

Some sort of stink bug

jun 12 3858 brown bug

jun 12 3862 brown bug

Golden silk

jun 12 3865 golden silk

Nephila clavipes on a strand of golden silk

jun 12 3866 nephila clavipes golden silk

N. clavipes in her web

jun 12 3876 nephila clavipes golden silk

Dragonfly

jun 12 3882 dragonfly

Possibly a fishing spider, Dolomedes sp or funnel web spider, Aglenopsis sp.

jun 12 3885 maybe dolomedes

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C. Frank Starmer

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