Big surprise this morning - I went looking for stick insects (success) but turns out - this must be the mating season - as I found mating moths, mating stick insects and mating Tetragnatha elongata. A fun morning
Tetragnatha elongata and breakfast
Stick bug mating
Stick bug mating - seems like I always find them in this configuration
Stick bug mating
Mating moths
Wet Tetragnatha elongata
Neoscona crucifera
Neoscona crucifera wrapping breakfast
Neoscona crucifera wrapping breakfast
Tetragnatha elongata mating - 16 gangly legs all over the place. Note the elongated male palp with sperm sac at the end
Tetragnatha elongata mating
Male Tetragnatha elongata - note long jaws
Male Tetragnatha elongata - note long jaws
Male (left) engaging the female (right) Tetragnatha elongata
Male Tetragnatha elongata
Male (right) engaging the female (left) Tetragnatha elongata who is enjoying breakfast
Male (right) engaging the female (left) Tetragnatha elongata
Neoscona crucifera waiting for breakfast
Female Tetragnatha elongata
Leucauge venusta
Leucauge venusta and breakfast
Female Nephila clavipes(?)
Female Tetragnatha elongata
Mushroom - Amanita
Mushroom - Amanita
Male Nephila
Male Nephila
Male Nephila
Golden Silk of female Nephila - and a Argyrodes near the tip of her 1st legs
Male Nephila
Male Nephila approaching the mating position
Male and female Nephila
Male mounting the female Nephila
Male mounting the female Nephila
Male embolic conductors - projecting from each pedipalp
Our friend the kelptoparasite - Argyrodes nephilae
Argyrodes nephilae and Nephila dinner
C. Frank Starmer