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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Michael Erlewine on September 06, 2015, 16:56:03

Title: She is the Orb Weaver
Post by: Michael Erlewine on September 06, 2015, 16:56:03

Nikon D810, Zeiss Otus 55mm APO, Zerene Stacker

Also, a crop one-to-one

Title: Re: Orb Weaver
Post by: Andrea B. on September 06, 2015, 23:42:26

Wow !!  the second close-up is amazing with the dewdrop (or raindrop?) accents.
These pretty weavers fascinate me.

Title: Re: Orb Weaver
Post by: Michael Erlewine on September 06, 2015, 23:58:34

These are big spiders. My favorites. They only appear here just at the end of the season, before frost.

Title: Re: Orb Weaver
Post by: Andrea B. on September 07, 2015, 02:13:03

Same here. I begin to see them in late August. Not sure where they are before that?!

Title: Re: Orb Weaver
Post by: Michael Erlewine on September 07, 2015, 02:26:47

Well, they are late bloomers. They start as tiny spiders floating in the air on silken parachutes. It is the larger females that we see at the end of summer. Often a number of smaller males live around her nest, hoping to get lucky. These large spiders don't make it past the first frosts. This is the Common Garden Spider.

Title: Re: Orb Weaver
Post by: Peter Connan on September 07, 2015, 06:57:22

Lovely Michael!