Rained last night and early this morning - so I did not know what to expect. My first photo was of the rain drops on Asystasia gangetica
My second photo was of Melastoma - and when I looked carefully, there was a jumping spider hiding near the stamen (Salticidae) probably Cosmophasis thalassina. Why probably, because Joseph Koh's shows her with four posterior eyes and I have only two. A variant? Took lots of photos because the colorful background was simply perfect
Her ladyship, a colorful jumper. Probably Cosmophasis thalassina
On a colorful stage
Green iridescent head
Another view
Close-up of her face - the usual two prominent medial eyes and smaller lateral eyes.
The green iridescent cap, four frontal eyes and I can only locate one posterior eye on each side - a puzzle
Colorful background
Looking at me
Another view of her head - I only see the two posterior eyes.
In this image, there is perhaps another eye behind the posterior eye - I used a flash and there appears to be flash artifact in this structure
Another view
From the side
Hiding
Another view
Thomisus guangxicus
Some seeds maybe?
Here this Thomisus guangxicus is adapting the yellow color of the flower - compare with the green coloration above
C. Frank Starmer