Some Flora but Mostly Fauna of the Front Yard, Vilcabamba, Ecuador

We're getting along well with the neighbors, except perhaps for the mosquitoes which we're initially a problem but now seem to have simmered down.



Giant spider. The color of the thick web is an incredible yellow-orange.



Wasps' nest. We evicted them with a broom, but they promptly began to recolonize. So far, no stings.



Passion flower (aka, the Tilt-a-Whirl)



The fruit of the flower's (and the bee's) passion, the Passion Fruit. Tart, tangy and seedy. We haven't quite figured out how to properly consume it.



Cool Mr. Stick Bug (aka, Phasmatodea).



Mysterious insect eggs on the kitchen window.



Dos mariposas on the raspberry bush. Not sure what kind... (David S., do you know?)