Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

Saw this on the top of a fern. Thought it was a male - but not sure. Joseph identified it as possibly Araneus mitificus

Looking at his face - not the balloon palps of a male - and a bit hairy

The eye configuration is a puzzle - seems a cluster of 4 eyes on a nodule - first time I've seen this

Oxyopes waiting for breakfast

Oxyopes

Liprocea fusiformis

Oxyopes and a large dew drop on her leg

Thomisus guangxicus hiding in a fern

Fluorescing legs of Thomisus guangxicus under UV light

Juvenile Oxyopes

Dew laden butterfly

Oxyopes and a moth breakfast

Oxyopes and breakfast - she was startled by me and moved - but did not drop her prey

Parawixia and a dew laden web

Wet ant - I'm trying to learn how to photograph black on black - to bring out features - like the eyes

Face of an ant

More black on black images

Butterfly or moth? I think Butterfly because the antennae are not feathered

Butterfly

A small flying insect

Thomisus guangxius hiding in her usual yellow flower