Lov in the air - Several love bugs loving
The mating game in action - caught in spider silk - position #1
Position #2
Position #3
Phidippus regius - note the black fangs and unusual palps - a male?
Dorsal view - note the mite on the posterior part of his cephalothorax
Posterior view with mite
The context - Saw palmetto leaves and spider silk with P. regius in the center and a love bug caught on the right
Specimen #2 - a female?
A lone tree
Pink flower and lovebug
Two pink flowers
Love bugs mating in the pink flower
A green tree frog hiding in the palmetto leaves
Another view
Saw palmetto, Serenoa repens
Phidippus regius and mite
Map of Blackwater creek nature preserve
C. Frank Starmer