Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


January 21, 2012:In search of spiders

What a surprise - as I was about to step into the tall grass - there was the web of Araneus something - Quite small

jan 21 5751 araneus

Another view

jan 21 5753 araneus

Behind the web was morning dew

jan 21 5758 morning dew drops

Then a friendly crab spider

jan 21 5767 crab spider

Another crab spider

jan 21 5770 crab spider

Then surprise - a gaussian web - but this episode - a bit distorted - from cyrtophoar

jan 21 5771 cyrtophora web

The inner structure

jan 21 5772 cyrtophora web inner structure

The outer supporting structure

jan 21 5774 cyrtophora web outer structure

Another view of the inner structure

jan 21 5777 cyrtophora inner structure

Closer

jan 21 5781 cyrtophota gaussian inner structure

The Cyrtophora hat

jan 21 5784 cyrtophora hat

Cyrtophora looking -from the edge of the Gaussian hat

jan 21 5787 cyrtophora looking

A closer view

jan 21 5789 cyrtophora close

Another view

jan 21 5789 cyrtophora

from the side

jan 21 5792 cyrtophora side

Butterfly

jan 21 5799 butterfly

Black butterfly

jan 21 5803 black butterfly

Melastoma - my favorite

jan 21 5804 melastoma

Another butterfly

jan 21 5808 butterfly

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