Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


December 20, 2014: More Early Morning Insects near Queensway Sec School

Early morning - about 6am. Lots of dew. Here is a male Oxyopes

dec 20 0679 male oxyopes

An orange something (wasp?)

dec 20 0696 orange wasp

Female Oxyopes

dec 20 0707 wet oxyopes

Oxyopes (left) and Liprocea (right)

dec 20 0709 liprocea oxyopes

Another dew laden Oxyopes

dec 20 0729 oxyopes dew

Mom Oxyopes guarding her egg pouch

dec 20 0774 oxyopes holding grass

Another view

dec 20 0792 mom oxyopes egg pouch

And another view

dec 20 0793 mom oxyopes egg pouch

HSe is guarding here eggs - maybe a crab spider? Thomisus

dec 20 0804 mom egg pouch

Her spiderlings

dec 20 0816 many eyes

Melastoma

dec 20 0822 melastoma

Black ant

dec 20 0832 black ant

Argiope

dec 20 0836 argiope planar web

Skipper

dec 20 0843 skipper

Through a looking glass

dec 20 0847 grass

My spider garden. Queensway Sec School behind me

dec 20 0851 my spider garden

Telomonia (female)

dec 20 0865 telamonia

Then she caught breakfast

dec 20 0866 telamonia dimidiata

Red ant

dec 20 0874 red ant

Asystasia gangtica

dec 20 0876 asystasia gangetica

A plume moth - an elegant flying machine

dec 20 0880 flying machine

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