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July 30, 2015: Early morning - Mating Tetragnatha elongata, mating moths and mating stick insects

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

jul 30 5355 tetragnatha breakfast

Stick bug mating

jul 30 5357 stick bug mating

Stick bug mating - seems like I always find them in this configuration

jul 30 5358 stick bug mating

Stick bug mating

jul 30 5367 stick bug mating

Mating moths

jul 30 5370 mating moths

Wet Tetragnatha elongata

jul 30 5374 wet tetragnatha

Neoscona crucifera

jul 30 5375 araneus

Neoscona crucifera wrapping breakfast

jul 30 5378 araneus wrapping

Neoscona crucifera wrapping breakfast

jul 30 5381 araneus wrapping

Tetragnatha elongata mating - 16 gangly legs all over the place. Note the elongated male palp with sperm sac at the end

jul 30 5384 tetragnatha mating

Tetragnatha elongata mating

jul 30 5385 tetragnatha mating

Male Tetragnatha elongata - note long jaws

jul 30 5386 tetragnatha male

Male Tetragnatha elongata - note long jaws

jul 30 5388 tetragnatha male

Male (left) engaging the female (right) Tetragnatha elongata

jul 30 5389 tetragnatha engaging male left female right

Male Tetragnatha elongata

jul 30 5391 male tetragnatha

Male (right) engaging the female (left) Tetragnatha elongata who is enjoying breakfast

jul 30 5393 tetragnatha engaging female left eating male right

Male (right) engaging the female (left) Tetragnatha elongata

jul 30 5395 tetragnatha engaging

Neoscona crucifera waiting for breakfast

jul 30 5396 araneus waiting

Female Tetragnatha elongata

jul 30 5398 female tetragnatha

Leucauge venusta

jul 30 5400 leucauge venusta

Leucauge venusta and breakfast

jul 30 5403 leucauge venusta breakfast

Female Nephila clavipes(?)

jul 30 5407 female nephila clavipes

jul 30 5414 male tetragnatha

Female Tetragnatha elongata

jul 30 5416 female tetragnatha

Mushroom - Amanita

jul 30 5421 amanita

Mushroom - Amanita

jul 30 5426 amanita

Male Nephila

jul 30 5436 male nephila

Male Nephila

jul 30 5439 male nephila

Male Nephila

jul 30 5441 male nephila

Golden Silk of female Nephila - and a Argyrodes near the tip of her 1st legs

jul 30 5468 nephila golden silk

Male Nephila

jul 30 5471 male nephila

Male Nephila approaching the mating position

jul 30 5480 nephila mating

Male and female Nephila

jul 30 5485 male female nephila

Male mounting the female Nephila

jul 30 5493 male nephila mounting

Male mounting the female Nephila

jul 30 5495 male mounting

Male embolic conductors - projecting from each pedipalp

jul 30 5502 male injectors

Our friend the kelptoparasite - Argyrodes nephilae

jul 30 5534 argyrodes nephilae

Argyrodes nephilae and Nephila dinner

jul 30 5572 argyrodes nephilae dinner

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C. Frank Starmer

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