Its been a couple of weeks since I visited my spider place. Because I've not seen orb weavers for the better part of a year, I've shifted my attention to crab spiders that appear on flowers and other stuff. Here is a hoverfly - hovering just before harvesting. A lucky shot
Here harvesting
Another shot - note how the legs are all bowed for stability
Here he/she is has moved to the top of the blossom
She left and I chased her - and here she is approaching what I call a micro-orchid (forgot the serious name)
Inside she goes
A closer view
Here is a spider having just caught a moth for breakfast - She is not a crab spider and I was unable to get a clear shot of her
Another view
The color of white
My favorite
A green dragonfly
Another of my favorite
An ant on the prowl
and in she goes - in search of ...
A zebra-like butterfly
Good shot of her eye
Yellow dragonfly
Now for fun - I have a D50, converted for infrared photography - and here are some IR photos. This is Commonwealth, as I walk to my spider place. Note the leaves are white - reflecting lots of incident IR energy
Commonwealth on the other side
The Margaret Drive Food court - where I get lime juice on my way back from spider hunting
My spider place - tallk grass where I look for Cyrtaphora and crab spiders
Looking toward Queensway
A lone tree
Nearby is McDonalds - time for a coke break. Turtles in IR
Looking
Two turtles - sort of kissing
Swirls and a turtle
A fish
Looking
Trees
C. Frank Starmer