This is not the correct time sequence - but sunrise this morning was amazing
I call this a leaf home spider. She is there every morning. I get one shot at her image and then she jumps back into her home
Leucauge venusta
Face of Leucauge venusta
Female Tetragnatha sp.
Probably Neoscona sp.
Daisy and a moth
Eriphora ravilla and breakfast
Eriphora ravilla and a bee breakfast
Eriphora ravilla face
Eriphora ravilla and a pink flower, Urena lobata - I like the contrast in colors
Eriphora ravilla
Midge caught in a web - soon to be breakfast
E. ravilla and meals
Eriphora ravilla and a midge
Male Tetragnatha sp.
Male Tetragnatha sp.
Female Tetragnatha sp.
Male Tetragnatha sp.
Male Tetragnatha sp.
Male Tetragnatha sp.
Mating - Male, left palp free
Mating - Male, left palp injecting (at least that's my interpretation)
Embrace of love
Tetragnatha sp. Embrace
Laterial view of Tetragnatha sp. embrace
Laterial view of Tetragnatha sp. embrace
Tetragnatha sp.
Colorful fly
Daisy and a moth
Daisy and a moth
Perhaps Dolomedes but very very shy. Usually I see her and get no shots - this morning, I managed to get one
Leucauge venusta
And sunrise. Sunrise was so immersive that I did not arrive at the Argiope web in time to watch her weave her stabilimenta. Tomorrow - I'll forego sunrise and camp out at the Argiope web
C. Frank Starmer