Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

This is not the correct time sequence - but sunrise this morning was amazing

I call this a leaf home spider. She is there every morning. I get one shot at her image and then she jumps back into her home

Leucauge venusta

Face of Leucauge venusta

Female Tetragnatha sp.

Probably Neoscona sp.

Daisy and a moth

Eriphora ravilla and breakfast

Eriphora ravilla and a bee breakfast

Eriphora ravilla face

Eriphora ravilla and a pink flower, Urena lobata - I like the contrast in colors

Eriphora ravilla

Midge caught in a web - soon to be breakfast

E. ravilla and meals

Eriphora ravilla and a midge

Male Tetragnatha sp.

Male Tetragnatha sp.

Female Tetragnatha sp.

Male Tetragnatha sp.

Male Tetragnatha sp.

Male Tetragnatha sp.

Mating - Male, left palp free

Mating - Male, left palp injecting (at least that's my interpretation)

Embrace of love

Tetragnatha sp. Embrace

Laterial view of Tetragnatha sp. embrace

Laterial view of Tetragnatha sp. embrace

Tetragnatha sp.

Colorful fly

Daisy and a moth

Daisy and a moth

Perhaps Dolomedes but very very shy. Usually I see her and get no shots - this morning, I managed to get one

Leucauge venusta

And sunrise. Sunrise was so immersive that I did not arrive at the Argiope web in time to watch her weave her stabilimenta. Tomorrow - I'll forego sunrise and camp out at the Argiope web

C. Frank Starmer

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