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After much effort I have narrowed down the identification of this Spider.What I can definitely say is that it is one of the Linyphiidae or Money Spiders However in Britain and Northern Europe there at least 18 of these. This one was seen on an Oak sapling.
The Collins Field Guide to Spiders has pictures of these but they all show the back of the spider so I still can't specific.
Here is some info about Money Spiders
"Money spiders make sheet webs to catch their prey, consisting of horizontal sheets of silk with guide threads above and below the web. These guide threads deflect their prey into the web where the spider waits patiently. One of the larger money spiders found in the garden is Neriene montana. This makes its sheet webs in any herbage it can find in the garden, but the outsides of dense shrubs and dwarf conifers are particularly popular."
All of the above fits the spider I photographed.
With all the webs that I came across yesterday, almost all the spiders were well hidden. Since it was misty, foggy, and damp, I didn't feel like crawling around looking for them. However, this one lady was sitting in the middle of her web cleaning the drops off her legs. She had beautiful color bands on her back. If anyone can tell me what she is, I'd be happy to know. She built an orb web and her body was about 2cm long (not including legs). I love the fuzz around her abdomen.
She's a banded argiope, thanks to Beeblecat for the ID.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny_orb-weaver
Very hard to expose correctly. Pure white back and jet black body.
Found on the Pongamia tree in front of my house.
Lynx spiders ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_spider ) are hunting spiders. I often find them hiding under leaves in my little garden.
I failed to get a shot of this Lynx spider last week. This weekend, I was lucky to find it on the same plant. It had grown a bit and it wasn't as jumpy. Got a good number of shots of this one.
My first macro of a jumping spider! Not so easy- hats off to the true experts and artists of macro that teach me so much!
Here's inspiration for you…Thomas Shahan is the master of macro!
www.flickr.com/photos/opoterser/
My photo was taken with a Takumar 50 mm f4 macro and a small extension tube.
DOF is thin as I have yet to figure out focus bracketing/ stacking etc.
If I were a spider, this is exactly how I would look if I was about to pounce on a freshly cooked crispy juicy Ginabot with Vinegar,Soy sauce with lots of white onions hehe
I have caught this particular species of flower crab spider all over the Pacific North West. They come in two colours, yellow and white, both with a red stripe around the large abdomen. The yellow and white varieties are actually one and the same, the spider can change colour to yellow or white, depending on the colour of the flower it hides in. The colour change takes a couple of days. It is most effective, as the spider waits motionless, ready to spring into action when a meal shows up,
These spiders catch bees more than any other group of insects. Bees, of course, come to get nectar and do some pollinating in the process. Suddenly the spider flashes its front four legs out which they use to snare their victum. Unlike other spiders, these ones don't use silk in the feeding process; they finish with their prize, drop it, and prepare for the next one. I have seen many a bee become victum to their effective technique.
I shot this using my 55 mm Nikkor D micro lens and macro flash mounted on the end of the lens. The 55 mm is a nice focal length when using weak flashes as you can get very close to the subject, usually within a few inches, which means you can keep a very small aperture. the small aperture, often around f/45 or smaller, gives enough depth of field that often you can get all or most of your minute subject in focus.
This lovely lady's web spanned a 2.5-3 meter space between two trees, yet she's only about 1.5 cm long and moved quite slowly when disturbed.
I need to work on lighting but this was the best I got out of maybe 200 shots so I thought I'd post it.