Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

This flower (daisy?), Bidens alba is home for this crab spider - her she is on the front porch

She has pulled two petals together to make a roof to protect her

A closer look (she is upside down) at her shelter. I want to start counting these shelters each day and recording the temperature. Do they disappear with warm weather?

Our crab spider on the roof of her home

A daisy - I think - Spanish Needles Bidens alba

Mecaphesa celer on the front proch of her Bidens alba home

A closer view: Mecaphesa celer on the front proch of her Bidens alba home

Leaf-footed nymph

Dorsal view: Leaf-footed nymph

Lateral view: Leaf-footed nymph

Leaf-footed nymph on Spanish Needles - Bidens alba

A different Mecaphesa celer hiding under a petal. Is she thinking about making a home?

Another view of this crab spider

Another view of this crab spider

Bee

Bee

Posterior of bee

Pollen on the bee leg

Anterior view of the bee. Clearly seen a ball of pollen harvested from Bidens alba

Harvested pollen on the opposite leg

Cotton Stainer, Dysdercus suturellus

C. Frank Starmer

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