What a surprise this morning. I was sort of waiting to go to Changi for a photo shoot in Krabi Thailand and realized I could do a bit of spider hunting. So off I went. First I found a small Gaussian web of Cyrtophora here are the support strands. Oh - also I'm experimenting with using a polarizing filter with flash to minimize burnout.
Here is the mesh of the Cyrtophora web
And here is the owner - Cyrtophora moluccensis
Then I found a large mound of sand - constructed by a colony of ants
Here is moving sand - one grain at a time
Building a sand pile
Then a real surprise. A stationary moth - that when I approach, turned out to be a jumping spider, Telamonia dimidiata having caught the moth
Another view
And another view
Caught
And Parawixia silk. There is some apparent motion artifact and its either the CP filter causing this or my pressing the shutter
C. Frank Starmer