More running around, but I finally got outside around 3pm. The day was perfect for being outside but a bit cooler than optimal for swimming. The Argiope had a fresh web in the same spot. I startled it and it hid on a spent rose. The cobweb spider's progeny had little threads over everything. I found a sizable caterpillar on the rue. The milkweed bug nymphs were bigger and the adults were flying around. I saw a couple of very small butterflies, one yellow-brown and the other white or pale blue. The only dragonfly I saw was in Norfolk.
While in the water I rescued a wasp, a beetle, a very small caterpillar, and then I saw something large swimming. Moth or horsefly crossed my mind but when I fished it out and it refolded its wings I realized it was a huge leaf footed bug. I got out to photograph it in case it left as quickly as the wasp. The breeze felt chilly and I never went back in.
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