This morning was quite eventful - A WeChat video with Fu Ying En in Singapore, - and enough clouds to make a warm red sunrise. Paul and I often share the sunrise bench - and this morning we (mean I) were talking about macro photography and my spiders. I pointed out the many night hunting spiders hid during the day - often under leaves and with twigs. I have a CREE torch that is quite useful for discovering hiding spiders - by shining the light under the leaf - you see the spider's shadow. To demonstrate I used the light on a few grape leaves and sure enough - there was a Tetragnatha hiding under the leaf - see below
Tetragnatha hiding
Female Tetragnatha
Walk back toward home, I passed a few magnolia trees and I looked for something under the Magnolia leaves and sure enough, there was a Lyssomanes viridis - not as prevelant as in the spring.
Dew drops on Lantana
Daisy with male crab spider hiding
Leucauge venusta
Pink flower, Urena lobata, and dew drop lenses
Stick insect eating
I usually see stick insects mating - maybe 90% of the time. Nice to know they are capable of decoupling and eating from time to time
Walking home - sunlight touched the head of this limpet
C. Frank Starmer