Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


January 1, 2011: Crab Spiders and Tiger Moths

What a way to start the new year. Over the past 6 months or so, I have noted that almost always I find crab spider hiding in flowers. Makes sense - as they must capture dinner and what better place to capture dinner where flying insects frequent. So here is today's fun

jan 01 1256 crab spider

Clearly this flower was a favorite of something - including the crab spider

jan 01 1260 crab spider

Pretending I'm not there

jan 01 1261 crab spider

A hoverfly - hovering

jan 01 1262 hoverfly

Looking at me

jan 01 1264 crab spider close

Waiting for me - arms in the receiving position

jan 01 1264 crab spider

Interesting colors

jan 01 1265 crab spider auto levels

Arms up

jan 01 1265 crab spider close

Just looking

jan 01 1276 crab spider close

Looking at me

jan 01 1282 crab spider

Ready to launch. A much better position to see her eyes

jan 01 1287 crab spider looking

I tried to coax her into a more photogenic position - she decided to drop down to this leaf of grass and pretend she was hiding

jan 01 1297 crab spider hiding

My favorite - Melastomataceae

jan 01 1307 Melastomataceae

My favorite - Melastomataceae with shadows

jan 01 1309 Melastomataceae

Some sort of plant hopper

jan 01 1316 plant insect

Another view

jan 01 1318 plant hopper

A prospecting bee

jan 01 1321 bee prospecting

A colorful bee

jan 01 1341 colorful bee

A black butterfly

jan 01 1348 butterfly

Tiger moth harvesting

jan 01 1351 tiger moth harvesting

Sort of prospecting and harvesting

jan 01 1354 tiger moth harvesting

Front view of her proboscis inserted into the small flower

jan 01 1363 proboscis harvesting

Proboscis from the side

jan 01 1365 tiger moth proboscis

Proboscis from above

jan 01 1368 proboscis close

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C. Frank Starmer

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