Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

Larry and I (with Paul Lim) returned to Lower Pierce Reservoir Nature Trail - and had quite good luck with spider hunting after a long dry (literally) spell

Long Legged Pholcid

Another view of the Pholcid

Scorpion with flash illumination

Overlay of flash and UV illumination (365 nm)

Scorpion with 365 UV illumination (1/20 sec, ISO 800, f/8)

Scorpion with 365 UV illumination (1/20 sec, ISO 800, f/8)

This is quite unusual for me - A bifurcating strand managed by Miagrammopes Typically they manage a single strand but this time - a single strand to the right and bifurcating strands to the left

4th legs managing catch-fiber tension (my speculation)

Eyes of Miagrammopes

Miagrammopes controlling tension

Miagrammopes legs

Three strands of a bifurcating fiber

Female Miagrammopes and her triangle capture fibers

Miagrammopes sp. and active legs

Miagrammopes sp.

Telamonia dimidiata

Telamonia dimidiata in under her silk roof

Ventral view of Telamonia dimidiata

Dorsal view of Telamonia dimidiata

Face of Telamonia dimidiata

C. Frank Starmer

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