Bob's home is in the middle of the jungle overlooking a river. The thick undergrowth provides a great place for observing spider behavior. His home from the river
Looking out the window
The dining room
The living room
The kitchen
Morning Porch
Morning stairs
Looking out from the bedroom
The pool by day
The evening pool
Evening reading
and dinner
Meanwhile, back in the morning - an early morning walk
Walking past a rice field
Walking down a hill, then to the river and looking up the steps
Then back to Bob's and a bit of spider watching. Here is an Argiope sometimes known as a writing spider because of the way they decorate their web.
This little guy is an unknown
From Google Images, this appears to be a day flying moth
Nephila does many interesting things, but this was the first time I observed her decorating her web. The zig-zag patterns are know as stabilimentum - and it is rare to find this in a Nephila web. Note the golden color of her silk - characteristic of her family
This was fun, though I almost tumbled down a steep hill. Looking up into her web. There is a little kleptoparasite to the left - nibbling away at her web
From a slightly different angle - so see more of her abdomen
Not to be outdone, here is an Argiope with a small stabilimentum.
This guy was crawling around on the ground. No identification yet
and above, a very interesting damselfly
Looking at our lady from the side, with the Argyrodes to the left. These little kleptoparsites just add a bit of color to the already colorful web
And then there was evening of the first day and a full moon
C. Frank Starmer