A stabilimentum is the patch of non-sticky silk in the center of a web. Orb weavers often use them to hide behind and/or to make their web visible to large animals.

Coginchaug River vicinity; Middletown, Connecticut. April 24, 2011.

Shutter speed: 1/160

Aperture: 4.5

ISO: 800

Neoscona crucifera weaving her web.

Moth disguised as a dead leaf.

- Josh

Coginchaug River vicinity; Middletown, Connecticut. April 24, 2011.

A pair of delicate mushrooms rising from a soft mossy forest floor, surrounded by fresh green leaves. A close-up that captures the beauty of tiny life forms hidden in the woodland undergrowth.

Flower Barleria obtusa

More tele-macro experimenting. (view large)

Yellow Thomisus onustus

From my summer garden in La Veta, Colorado, 2009

Mobile photography || f/1.8 || 3.62mm || 1/422 sec || ISO 50

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Dop: 28/10/25

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