Dragonfly Visitor

A very special visit from this lovely creature. He hung out on the grapevine for several minutes, posing for me.

Camera Critters meme

Today's Flowers: 02-28-10 - Daphne and friend

Today's Flowers hosts can be found here.






The daphne is in full bloom and this little guy didn't waste any time finding it. I was informed this is NOT a ladybug, but an Asian beetle - still good for eating the aphids, but threatening the true ladybug population.

Macro Monday 09-21-09 Spidey

Macro Monday - hosted by Lisa







I got up close and personal with this spider the other day. Aren't her markings spectacular?



She seems to be repairing a hole in the web...



...which is such a fascinating bit of architecture.



This is her underbelly - can't see the web because of the white background. I think this is a common cross spider, Araneus diadematus .