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July 5, 2008:Nephila are back and mating?

An interesting day of insect behavior. Argyrodes here appears to be stripping a wrapping of silk from an underlying strand and eating it

jul 05 0059 stripping silk jul 05 0060 argyrodes stripping

Perhaps eating glue drops?

jul 05 0062 argyrodes glue drops

Mating shield bugs

jul 05 0070 mating shield bugs

Asystasia gangetica

jul 05 0079 Asystasia gangetica

Colorful wings

jul 05 0079 fly wing colors

Another perspective

jul 05 0081 fly wing colors

Male Nephila pilipes and a matrix of web strands

jul 05 0084 nephila male matrix

Male

jul 05 0094 nephila male

Male and female

jul 05 0099 nephila male female

Two males

jul 05 0103 2 male nephila

Orientation of male and female

jul 05 0104 male female nephila

Two men and a woman

jul 05 0105 2 males female

Female and golden silk

jul 05 0113 golden silk nephila

Having a fly for dinner

jul 05 0114 nephila dinner

Approaching male

jul 05 0115 male nephila close

Closer view

jul 05 0120 male

Male and female and and HDB building in the background

jul 05 0123 male female hdb

Another view

jul 05 0124 male female hdb

Displayed against the sky

jul 05 0127 male female sky

First (left) leg missing

jul 05 0140 nephila missing 1 leg

Two males and the sky

jul 05 0143 sky 2 males

and the lonely female

jul 05 0146 nephila close

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