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Sandwiched between butterflies and moths, skippers have the bulky bodies of moths, but have smaller wings than most butterflies.
This species, the White-spotted Skipper, is probably the most widespread and recognized skipper in the U.S.
They are called Skippers because of their fast and erratic flight pattern, seemingly skipping and bouncing along in the air.
I found this individual on the leaf a milkweed plant, one of the plants whose flowers they like to feed on.
I like its pose here, giving me a nice profile view :)
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A 3am visit to the garden revealed a Sac spider ( Clubiona Comta ) devouring one of the Large White butterfly caterpillars. I had been wondering where they were all disappearing to and this clears it up!
This Bald-faced Hornet was just about to lift off from a Trumpet Vine flower. Photographed at my house
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Lacewing portrait. I have found several adult Lacewings in the house recently. I have managed to catch a few and put them outside, but it has now turned very cold. Instead, I grabbed the macro lens and got a few shots as this one sat on a wall at the top of the stairs. A short while later the cat was sat right by where the Lacewing had been. I can only hope it flew off, but I have a sneaking suspicion it might have become a cat snack.
Bees sip honey from flowers and hum their thanks when they leave.
The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him.
~Rabindranath Tagore
First shot from this years summer/holiday album.
While in France I noticed these creepy fairly large spiders making haunting webs around the windows in an old barn. This one was tucking into one of his friends!!
I have been informed it only takes a day or two to make a web like this.
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Lynx spiders are hunters specialized for living on plants. This species does not use a web to capture its prey. It pounces on its prey in a cat-like manner, which is the reason for the name lynx. It is active during the day.
The body of the female may be as much as 22 millimeters (0.87 in) long. The male is smaller, being more slender and averaging 12 millimeters (0.47 in) in length.
The green lynx spider very seldom bites humans, and when it does, its venomous bite, though painful, is not deadly.
The species is primarily of interest for its usefulness in agricultural pest management, for example in cotton fields.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peucetia_viridans
Columbia, South Carolina, USA