At breakfast, I glimpsed a snowy egret on the bulkhead and got just one photo before it flew. A monarch was duped by the bright red of the dogwood berries, but found no nectar. A red spotted purple found a resting spot under an azalea branch. Now there are three sacks of spider eggs and three chrysalises to monitor. A bluebottle fly was sitting on my chair, all gorgeous metallic teal on an absolutely icky body.
The orchard spider was in the same spot, as were the Argiopes. Rather than venusta, it better fit mabel orchard orbweaver,
Leucauge argyrobapta. Something had taken down the big org web across the pool. A
red-banded leafhopper sat on one of the moonflower leaves. Passing cclouds and a Northeast wind muted the sun's warmth. The water was not warm and the wind was chilly but worse were the mosquitoes. Not a dragonfly was to be found.
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