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October 27, 2007:Miagrammopes and Leucauge

It rained quite hard for about an hour before I started my photos. Here you can see small rain droplets on his leg - a male Leucauge decorata

oct 27 7910 male raindrops

A high wire act

oct 27 7944 male leucauge

More drops of rain (on his abdomen - and a good view of his palps

oct 27 7949 male leucauge rain drops

Another good view of his palps

oct 27 7956 male leucauge

Just sort of chillin' out

oct 27 7970 male leucauge

Now next door was a Miagrammopes

oct 27 7983 miagrammopes home

I disturbed her strand and she released silk, moved toward "me" and then started reeling the silk back in. Here you can see the curavture in her 1st legs and the strand of tensioned silk

oct 27 7987 miagrammopes tensioning

Then she slowly moved back to her chillin' position

oct 27 7989 miagrammopes strand

A closer view and her back leg

oct 27 7990 miagrammopes leg

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