Thursday, June 29, 2023

Spider

A cabbage white landed on the Solomon's seal.  Later, I saw another on the mountain mint,  joined by leatherwing beetles, bees, and wasps.  A shiny black mud wasp preferred the rue. 

An impressively thick strand of spider silk ran from the top of one of the dragonfly perches into the vegetation where it supported an almost horizontal orb web with an orchard spider at the hub.  Getting that in focus was tricky.  

A male goldfinch divided his attention between the sunflower and the seed feeder.  He gave way to a male house finch but soon found the courage to challenger the bigger finch.  I also saw a skink and a bullfrog but they escaped the camera.


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