Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

Shawn and Laura visited us for a week. Though today is Saturday and my usual spider hunting day, we took them to the Singapore Botanic Garden. I was a bit reluctant to be hauling my camera and tripod around but Shawn insisted. So I did - and am I ever glad I did. At SBG, mating damselflies, first time seen by me in Singapore. Then we went to Henderson road and walked the Henderson wave to Hort Park- There a family of monkeys - with a playful baby.

Here is a lotus with a dragonfly nymph under one of the leaves

Pink lotus

Male damselfly on a fern

Mating damselflies - Male above, female below

After mating, the female deposits the fertilized eggs in the water - Here is an example of depositing eggs by a dragonfly I saw in Florida last fall:

The light, clouds and leaves did not cooperate. As I tried to get closer, the background was not right and a cloud appeared and excuse after excuse. Here are a couple of other shots

Different orientation

Slightly improved position relative to the leaves

Then Shawn found a Nephila web - with a male approaching the female - clearly love is in the air

Looking along the plane of the web. The male is clearly seen to the left

Sunlight on ferns

A male Nephila

Female Nephila

And big surprise - An Argyrodes busy stealing dinner

From behind

Gathering silk

Curved buildings

Mom and little one

A pedicure

Say ahhh

Checking her foot

Mom

Eyes of the little one

Tongue

Mom's eyes

The walk

Our team

The walk

The Alexandra Arch

And Laura and Shawn

C. Frank Starmer

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