After a sprinkle fell in the morning, the sky cleared. During my swim I rescued a green metallic tiger beetle, a mama spider, and two azalea caterpillars, Datana major. I didn't do well at photographing the guests on the mountain mint but there were bees, wasps, and skippers. One skipper was a pale duskywing that had me fooled. A black swallowtail and a monarch passed by. A variegated fritillary drank milkweed nectar. And right below it was a monarch caterpillar.
The big Argiope spider fed well but the smaller ones went hungry. I was collecting money plant seeds and disturbed a bold jumping spider, Phidippus audax, all tucked up in a silk bed. It hustled across the patio and into the violets.
Blue jays noticed the barkbutter balls. Hummers rejected the feeder so I need to change it tomorrow. The rain finally fell around 5:30pm.
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