Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


January 25, 2013: Queensway Secondary Schools

After no rain for a week, I did not know what to expect. No female crab spiders but I found a male. By the time I set up, he moved behind a petal as show here

jan 25 7213 fly male crab

And here

jan 25 7215 fly male crab

My favorite - Melastoma

jan 25 7226 melastoma

A profile

jan 25 7228 melastoma

Thought this was a male, but its a female. I had spooked her and she ran away to hide - but not so hidden

jan 25 7233 male leucauge decorata

Back in her web

jan 25 7243 leucauge decorata

In a different position

jan 25 7253 leucauge decorata

And a small moth caught on a single strand of spider silk

jan 25 7272 caught

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C. Frank Starmer

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