Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


March 26, 2011: Crab spiders hiding in flowers

Its a week since super-moon weekend (last Saturday). Here is the moon at 2am (don't ask why I was wandering about at 2am) -

mar 26 1909 2am moon

Now off to Queensway Secondary School - looking for crab spiders - and my first in a yellow flower

mar 26 1940 green crab yellow flower

One in another flower

mar 26 1948 yellow crab yellow flower

Closer

mar 26 1953 green crab yellow flower

Another crab in another flower - this was was quite green - in constrast to the usual yellow-green

mar 26 1966 green crab yellow flower

Another

mar 26 1980 crab yellow flower

My favorite Melastomataceae

mar 26 1986 Melastomataceae

My favorite Melastomataceae

mar 26 1992 Melastomataceae

What a surprise - a crab spider hiding in a morning glory

mar 26 2006 crab morning glory

Another view

mar 26 2011 crab morning glory

With flash

mar 26 2027 crab morning glory

Without flash

mar 26 2035 crab morning glory

Orange butterfly

mar 26 2060 orange butterfly

I was able to get a good focus on the eye of this butterfly

mar 26 2077 bfly eye

Here is another Melastomataceae before walking over to McDonalds and ice lemon tea

mar 26 2085 Melastomataceae before ILT

After ice lemon tea - it was open

mar 26 2093 Melastomataceae

What I call a micro-orchid - and I wish I could actually identify this

mar 26 2103 no crab micro orchid

Here is another crab spider hiding on the lip of this flower

mar 26 2111 crab outside

Taking a walk-about

mar 26 2117 crab outside

Hiding inside the flower

mar 26 2131 crab hiding

Another view

mar 26 2154 crab micro

Closer

mar 26 2156 crab micro orchid

Even closer

mar 26 2158 crab spider micro

Crab spider on a yellow flower. Note the strand of spider silk joining two petals of the blossom

mar 26 2191 crab spider yellow flower silk

And my favorite again -

mar 26 Melastomataceae

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