Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

I went out about 5 am to look for Oxyopes guarding nests and perhaps your spiders. I found a female (below) and a male (spooked him before I could get a photo

A yellow something. I frequently see these moth-like insects but yet to identify

Female Oxyopes

Juvenile Thomisus guangxicus trying to hide behind one of the yellow petals. Note her green color - below is an adult that has fully adapted to the color of the petals

A closer view

A colorful butterfly

There was a small something on this blade of grass - that disappeared but I liked the twist and lighting of this blade of grass

Two mating moths - with a mite on the left antenna of the upper moth

A closer view of the mite on the left antenna

Parawixia sp. wrapping a black beetle

A different view - note the globules of glue on the wrapping silk. Also seen is a cluster of 4 eyes

Wrapping the beetle with glue laden silk

A white moth with extended proboscis

A white moth with retracted proboscis

A colorful fly

Tiger moth

ANother colorful butterfly

Crab spider, Thomisus guangxicus adapting the colors of the flower

Hover fly harvesting pollen

Hover fly

Close view of the hover fly

C. Frank Starmer

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