April 30: With the assistance of Google Images, I have identified her. She is Argyrodes flavescens - a kleptoparasite that feasts on the silk of other spiders. Joseph K H Koh has written a very nice book entitled A Guide to Common Singapore Spiders
Reflections - it was a cloudy day and in the past, with sun, the reflection from her polished abdomen saturated the image. Today I got a much less intense reflection and can see the detail. The perimeter of the reflection is that of the treeline while the middle of the reflection is that of the clouds with a small line of blue sky.
a closer look
She is doing something - as indicated by the blurred front right leg
Here is a closer view
A clear view of her head
Life must be tough. Here is mom but with two missing legs. Last week she only had a single missing leg
The little one with the same golden silk web
Here you can see a small silk thread from her spinneret that connects her to the web
A different position - a closer view
More reflections
Here she is manipulating a small clump of something
The acrobatic positions and whatever she is doing - well the variations are endless
Another position - as if she is simply suspended in mid air
A dew drop and reflections
More reflections
From the side
From a different position
Mom and one of the Argyrodes flavescens , to the right of her left rear leg
and Mom from the side. Note that directly above her is one of the infants and then halfway between her spinneret and the little one is another (out of focus) little one.
C. Frank Starmer