Spider Family
Jan 24, 2019 18:08:57 #
Geezer Bill
Loc: San Diego County, CA
I was checking our milk weed plants for Monarch eggs when I found a Green Lynx spider along with the egg I was looking for. I thought it might make a good conversation piece, spider guarding butterfly egg. This is the first image below. When checking the plant a few days later the spider was still in the same location, but dining on a hapless Honey Bee, image #2. I thought it might be preparing to lay eggs and after a few days I found it guarding a kind of rough egg cluster, image #3. In image #4 the cluster is taking a better shape. This was located at the top of a three foot or so milk weed stalk and living in So Cal the East Wind decided to interrupt my photo project. The next time I checked the adult was nowhere to be seen, but the cluster, or what was left of it, was covered with tiny spiders. I was able to jury rig a brace on the milk weed stalk so that I could get twenty or thirty images from which I chose #5. I hope some of you will enjoy them!
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Jan 25, 2019 06:52:26 #
That is a nice series and images, now you have lots of spiderlings to follow.
Jan 25, 2019 08:43:53 #
Geezer Bill
Loc: San Diego County, CA
Thank you Dook and English Brenda. The little guys are scattered and the milk weed is cut back for the winter.
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DOOK wrote:
These are excellent shots, Bill--great detail. 
Absolutely!!
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Jan 26, 2019 00:35:38 #
Geezer Bill
Loc: San Diego County, CA
I want to thank all of you who have taken the time to make comments about my images. At my advanced age I really don't like to type things out, so as a group, I hope that you will understand my not recognizing each individual response. They are all appreciated!
Bill
Bill
Jan 26, 2019 20:47:46 #
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