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Tiny spider in the middle of a large web. I often get these in my shrubs. This is a baby one, they do get a bit bigger.
Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta)
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You know summer is waning when the large Yellow Garden Argiope spiders move higher among the grasses to feed on larger insects for the upcoming egg laying process. A perfect spotting feature of this large spiders web, is the zigzag pattern, known as the Zigzag stabilimentum. Research has shown that the zigzag pattern may reflect ultra-violet light and attract insects, while helping camouflage the spider. These are amazing spiders and if you happen to see one, take the time to take a close look and enjoy one of natures most amazing creatures. This healthy female waits patiently in the center of her web waiting for a dinner guest. I visited the web again about an hour after this photo was taken and she was dining on a small grasshopper.
Yellow Garden Argiope
Argiope aurantia
Richwood, WI.
Summer 2020
Always a treat to see these. The web did not move too much in the wind, so I could get a shot with a natural-lit background. Happy Arachtober 4th!
Gasteracantha cancriformis
Location: Abbeville County, South Carolina
I found this lovely spider four days ago. I thought she would die overnight, as she had lost two legs on the right side of her body. She has been our "house guest" four days now! I made a little habitat for her within a small kiwi fruit box that has holes in the lid and the bottom. It is lined with bits of plants from my garden. Now she is on my desk where I can see her move around, spinning silk wherever she moves. I offered her a small house spider, but she didn't seem interested. Tomorrow it will be warn outside, so maybe I'll be able to catch a moth or fly to offer her.
Interestingly, this lovelySpined Micrathena actually squeaked when I plucked it from its web by its abdomen. I had to hold the thing up to my ear to hear it, but it's definitely the first time I've ever heard a spider squeak. It seemed to be rubbing something together, in the position below.
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At first glance I thought this ARANEIDEA ORBWEAVER was a button mushroom. Then it moved. Interesting art work on its body. They make a flat web and only hunt at night. Each morning the orbweaver eats its web to get moisture and to avoid attracting birds, a natural enemy. Seen at Kope Nature Preserve in Levanna, Ohio.
Aka Larinioides cornutus hanging around the dock. This species is often found near bodies of water. With the legs relaxed it was a little bigger than a nickel. Not the greatest shot, but I like how he is using some thread to get around.
Arboreal orbweaver spider
Berwyn, IL USA
Taken in the backyard vegetable garden. She builds a new web every night between the two rows of tomato plants, about 4 feet across. She takes the web down every morning and eats it(!), like spaghetti I would imagine.
Golden Orb Weavers are very large spiders, so large I wanted to create the impression of a spider too big to fit into a photo frame, yet determined to have her photo taken.
This Spotted Orbweaver has taken up residence in the edge of one of my deck lights.....trying to stay warm, I guess. With the temperatures dropping at night, I wonder how much longer she'll make it.....
This female made her web between a telephone pole and the guide wire coming down from the top of the pole. This web was about 3 feet across. These guys are big!
Located in the Richloam Wildlife Management Area along SR50.
I found this lovely spider four days ago. I thought she would die overnight, as she had lost two legs on the right side of her body. She has been our "house guest" four days now! I made a little habitat for her within a small kiwi fruit box that has holes in the lid and the bottom. It is lined with bits of plants from my garden. Now she is on my desk where I can see her move around, spinning silk wherever she moves. I offered her a small house spider, but she didn't seem interested. Tomorrow it will be warn outside, so maybe I'll be able to catch a moth or fly to offer her.
chuuuuung on iNaturalist wrote "Probably something in this group of ichneumons - compare to some of the images that BugGuide has filed under the 'Polysphincta genus group' within Ephialtini."
"One thing that often perplexes people is how spiders get their web from one place to another. The answer is simple – the air carries it. When the spider is ready to build a web, it moves to a high vantage point, puts the tip of its abdomen in the air, and releases a steady flow of silk from its spinnerets. The silk is so light that the slightest breeze will carry it, and it will float on the wind until it snags against a solid object. The spider continues to do this until is has a line attached to a suitable site. Once the spider has this initial line in place, it can move out along it to build the rest of the web."
So, let's pretend that you are me. You are just as terrified of spiders as I am. You are out walking in the words when you suddenly encounter a spider that you were not expecting to see in the least. If it weren't for the fact that some primal part of your brain kicked in and said that you should stop dead in your tracks and you do so before you run right into a giant spider web, you wouldn't have known it was there at all.
So, now what do you do? You have a camera. You were hoping for flowers, mushrooms, some cool shadows, but now you're face-to-face with a tiny monster.
If you are me (and you are in this scenario), you start shooting and try to keep the camera from being disturbed by your shaking hands.
The "debris" I had ignored while trying to photograph a tiny cobweb weaver turned out to be a Star-bellied Orbweaver, Acanthepeira stellata. Kansas Wetlands Education Center, Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area, Kansas, USA, October 17, 2021.
Gasteracantha cancriformis - in my yard, one of the few times I can recall seeing one there. They seem to be more common in the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas than in the Piedmont.
I have been trying to photograph this spider off-and-on for a week, but I keep missing calm weather. I got a last few shots before Hurricane Matthew came in. I hope she survives and reconstructs her web!