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018 (4) Opposites
Macro Mondays: Opposites.
It has often intrigued me that a spider's webbing is stronger than steel of the same diameter. So, the opposites are as follows: Strong-Weak (or as I couldn't find steel of the same diameter as the web, perhaps Weak-Strong), Flexible and Elastic-Brittle, and Natural-Man Made.
This is the Sierra Dome Spider (Neriene litigiosa), in the family of sheet web weavers (Linyphiinae). Their range extends from BC, south to Northern Mexico. Called the Dome Web Spider on southern Vancouver Island, they are readily found in great numbers in the lower stories of our temporal rain forests. Often several domes will be sporadically 'stacked' like condos in the same bush. They typically wait in a central position, upside-down on the underside of the dome shape web while awaiting prey.
Fastidious house cleaners; whenever debris lands on their dome from the forest canopy above, they quickly inspect it and remove it by pulling it through to the underside of the web and letting it fall. It was no different when I carefully placed this piece of small metal wire on the dome. This was taken a mere 2-3 shots before the spider successfully removed this 'debris' from her web.
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs, etc. without my permission.
018 (4) Opposites
Macro Mondays: Opposites.
It has often intrigued me that a spider's webbing is stronger than steel of the same diameter. So, the opposites are as follows: Strong-Weak (or as I couldn't find steel of the same diameter as the web, perhaps Weak-Strong), Flexible and Elastic-Brittle, and Natural-Man Made.
This is the Sierra Dome Spider (Neriene litigiosa), in the family of sheet web weavers (Linyphiinae). Their range extends from BC, south to Northern Mexico. Called the Dome Web Spider on southern Vancouver Island, they are readily found in great numbers in the lower stories of our temporal rain forests. Often several domes will be sporadically 'stacked' like condos in the same bush. They typically wait in a central position, upside-down on the underside of the dome shape web while awaiting prey.
Fastidious house cleaners; whenever debris lands on their dome from the forest canopy above, they quickly inspect it and remove it by pulling it through to the underside of the web and letting it fall. It was no different when I carefully placed this piece of small metal wire on the dome. This was taken a mere 2-3 shots before the spider successfully removed this 'debris' from her web.
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs, etc. without my permission.