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October 09, 2016: The mating dance of Peucetia viridans at Triple Creek

Beautiful webs this morning - a bit of ground fog that left dew ladened webs. Here is the Cup and Doily spider (Frontinella communis) web

oct 09 1373 web cup doily

Leucauge venusta wet web

oct 09 1380 leucauge wet web

Frontinella communis (Cup and doily spider)

oct 09 1421 cup doily spider

Wet web

oct 09 1424 wet cup doily

Nephila clavipes

oct 09 1428 nephila clavipes

Cyclosa

oct 09 1443 cyclosa

Argyrodes nephilae

oct 09 1446 argyrodes

Argyrodes nephilae

oct 09 1452 argyrodes

Colorful kadydid

oct 09 1479 colorful kadydid

Surprise - three wild pigs in the forest

oct 09 1480 3 pigs

Three pigs

oct 09 1481 3 pigs

Crane fly

oct 09 1505 crane fly

Skipper harvesting

oct 09 1514 skipper harvesting

Skipper harvesting

oct 09 1515 skipper harvesting

Yellow flower

oct 09 1518 yellow flower

Pine trees marching

oct 09 1525 rows of pine trees

Male Peucetia viridans spinnerets

oct 09 1532 male peucetia viridans spinnerets

Male Peucetia viridans dragline

oct 09 1548 male peucetia viridans dragline

Female Peucetia viridans (green lynx), preparing to anchor her suspension strands

oct 09 1590 female extruding prep

Female Peucetia viridans anchor prep

oct 09 1590 female extruding prep close

Female Peucetia viridans extruding silk for suspension

oct 09 1592 female extruding prep

Extruding silk

oct 09 1594 female extruding male waiting

Female extruding while the male green lynx watches

oct 09 1594 female extruding male waiting close

oct 09 1560 male approach

oct 09 1562 female positioning

oct 09 1565 female attaching

oct 09 1566 female suspended

oct 09 1569 male female approach

oct 09 1571 male female embrace

oct 09 1572 male female embrace

oct 09 1574 male female embrace

oct 09 1578 male female embrace

oct 09 1585 male approach female suspended

oct 09 1586 male insertion female suspended

oct 09 1595 suspended female male ritual

oct 09 1596 suspended female male watching

oct 09 1598 suspended female male watching

oct 09 1600 suspended female

oct 09 1601 suspended female male peucetia viridans palps

oct 09 1602 suspended female male peucetia viridans

oct 09 1602 suspended female male peucetia viridans palps

Suspended female and male Peucetia viridans

oct 09 1603 suspended female male peucetia viridans

oct 09 1625 female male peucetia viridans

Male green lynx spider (Peucetia viridans)

oct 09 1631 male peucetia viridans

Mating grasshoppers

oct 09 1645 mating grasshoppers

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C. Frank Starmer

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