I just came in from a slow row around the lake's perimeter. Much of what I found are just little things. A pretty flower. A tiny frog. They could easily be overlooked. But if they were, so much would be missed.
Below is a glimpse into the world I discovered on my late afternoon row.
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| A pretty flower |
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| A tiny frog, no bigger than my fingernail |
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| Mama spider guarding her spiderlings |
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| Looks like this orb weaver of the genus Neoscona will soon be dining on a dragonfly wrap |
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| This green tree frog looks like he's ready to leap from one pickerelweed leaf to another |
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| Blue on green - A dragonfly that didn't get caught in a spider's web |
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| And finally, this gulf fritillary butterfly looks like it has settled in for the night holding tight to its pickerelweed leaf bed |
Take a look, say in Bugguide.net, at spider genus Neoscona. They are a lot like Argiope except fatter...or should I say Argiopes are thinner?
ReplyDeleteThank you for the correction. I have not determined which Neoscona it is but I see the difference between that genus and the argiopes now that you have pointed it out.
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