Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

This was an interesting adventure after Wednesday's balancing act with camera, tripod and umbrella. I took a different path today and found new colors.

Here is some sort of black orb-weaving spider - possible Leucauge decorata

From the side

and the ventral side (up)

Then a small butterfly decided to take up temporary residence on a leaf. Here is a rather plain brown butterfly

So down I went and here is a very nicely colored eye

Another black orb-weaver - but I think not Leucauge decorata

And an multi-colored butterfly

Another Leucauge decorata - but with a horizontal web - and much more cooperative

A closer view

And some sort of orange insect climbing

An ant walking around a leaf

and climbing up a stalk

Our brown butterfly with the aqua eyes

And suddenly, a damselfly with aqua eyes

From the top

White butterfly

An orange bug - a beetle?

An interesting lizard

And a friendly Nephila

The ventral side

Without flash

From the side

Another interesting butterfly

And here are some red ants

and a few more red ants

And a family monkies

Here is a turtle swimming

a closer view

Here is a dragonfly with reflection in the water

This little guy decided to have some lunch

and this guy was just looking

shile the mom was protecting her new baby from a crazy photographer

Well, the baby is not so afraid now

and this little guy is hypnotized by the clicks of my camera

Then a very interesting purple winged butterfly

Another view

and another lizard

C. Frank Starmer

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