In The Garden

A later instar larvae of the Orchard Butterfly Papilio aegeus on a lemon tree.  I thought it must be introduced but it is actually a native species that just really likes lemon trees. We check on him every day.  He spends a lot of time very still, sometimes on a narrow pad of silk. If we come by and catch him eating he will stop.

Garden Orb Spider Eriophora transmarina in her web just after dusk.She is re-using the same web from yesterday. Hard to see but she has a great white stripe down her abdomen.