The temp this morning was 24C - below the dew point so there was quite a heavy dew when I went out spider hunting. The most obvious effect was that in the high grass, there were Cyrtophora webs everywhere and most inhabited by their mistress. Here is one
And a wider view showing the stuff (dinner) hanging above?
Here is another web - the floor has heavy dew but the Gaussian surface does not. You can see the mistress in the middle right
Here she is, focused
Another view
Here is quite an amazing Cyrtophora web - and the Gaussian surface (tent) also has collected some dew
Next to this web was a cluster of baby spiders -
You can see the egg sac attached under the leaf
Dew drops on Cyrtophora web
There were other small orb webs - that collected dew -
A close look at pearls of dew
Another dew-laden orb web
Here is a dew-laden funnel web with Ms Funnel Web at the entrance to her web
A closer look with dew drops magnifying the web structure
Dew drops everywhere
Unfolding ferns in the low morning sun
A wasp exiting a morning glory
Another stop exiting the morning glory
Here was a snail taking a peak, extending her eye thingy
A hoverfly - not hovering
Same hoverfly - different location
An assassin bug
Different view
A Leucauge web - sagging under the weight of the accumulated dew
Another view
C. Frank Starmer