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October 04, 2014: Liprocea and Cantao ocellatus

An early morning at Queensway Sec School (5am). First this interesting something - maybe a moth - but 1st encounter

oct 04 4858 moth maybe

Liprocea fusiformis Lots of them this morning

oct 04 4859 liprocea fusiformis

A white moth

oct 04 4869 white moth

Oxyopes

oct 04 4870 lynx

Caterpillar

oct 04 4873 caterpillar

Caterpillar

oct 04 4880 caterpillar

Liprocea eyes

oct 04 4884 liprocea eyes

She just caught her breakfast and wrapping it for later

oct 04 4885 liprocea wrapping

Wrapping her breakfast

oct 04 4888 liprocea wrapping

Face of Liprocea fusiformis

oct 04 4892 liprocea face

Liprocea

oct 04 4902 liprocea

Mating moths

oct 04 4912 mating moths

From Above

oct 04 4916 mating moths

Male Liprocea fusiformis

oct 04 4922 male liprocea

Male Liprocea fusiformis

oct 04 4924 male liprocea

Another caterpillar

oct 04 4935 caterpillar

Caterpillar

oct 04 4937 caterpillar

An orange something shieldbug? Cantao ocellatus

oct 04 4940 orange shield bug Cantao ocellatus

Face of Cantao ocellatus

oct 04 4943 shield bug face Cantao ocellatus

Cantao ocellatus

oct 04 4951 orange bug

Lynx spider - Oxyopes

oct 04 4964 lynx

Lynx

oct 04 4966 lynx

Ant

oct 04 4993 ant

Talking ants

oct 04 5016 talking ants

Cyrtophora and her web

oct 04 5024 cyrtophora and web

The web of Cyrtophora is a hat - Gaussian surface - and supporting structures

oct 04 5041 cyrtophora web

Invader of Cyrtophora web

oct 04 5044 cyrtophora invader

Another web with egg sacs suspended above. Gaussian mesh-like web is better visualized here

oct 04 5051 cyrtophora web eggs

Cyrtophora web and Gaussian structure

oct 04 5059 cyrtophora web

Mesh structure of the web

oct 04 5061 cyrtophora mesh web

Cyrtophora holding on the the upper surface of her Gaussian web

oct 04 5064 cyrtophora

My favorite crab spider Thomisus guangxicus No T. Callidus this morning, though

oct 04 5067 thomisus guangxicus

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