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This spider, as far as I am concerned, has been identified, as a
Western Spotted Orbweaver (Neoscona oaxacensis): That's lunch
hanging from its face...
Some bug 'expert' suggested gender identification couldn't be certain without
genital opening examination of this spider. NOT going to happen here!
Explore #491, Sept 10. Common orb weaver. Male visible in upper right corner. View large or original if you aren't squeamish about spiders.
Still rainy and mild, 58 deg. at night. No salamander at the backdoor tonight, but wow! I got this fantastic Orb Weaver spider! She is only the second of her species I've seen, the first was about eleven years ago. Her body length measures a conservative 20 mm long (I couldn't get the ruler over her back because of her pronounced back-humps), with an estimated 40 mm leg-span. Backdoor. October 27, 2022
Regretting the whole day that I missed this spider in the morning hauling in some prey, she finally came out again after sunset. This one is really huge and probably the same spider that built the beautiful droplet net that I posted last week.
Edit: this is an Orb Weaver spider.
A Giant Lichen Orbweaver (Araneus bicentenarius). I found several of these giagantic spiders. Easily 3 inches including legs, giant indeed. They wove huge webs extending over the hiking path and stowed away in a tree branch like this, ready to pounce on any prey that hit their webs.
Raynox DCR-150 mounted on my Panasonic FZ8.
A large lady living down on my bridge for a few weeks now . . . I am surprised some kid hasn't destroyed her web.
This male Orbweaver spider just wrapped a honeybee in a snare of highly-reflective silk. Notice the enlarge pedipalps, adjacent to the red fangs.
Photographed at the South Coast Botanic Garden.
Hand-held Nikon D800e at ISO 200, with Nikkor 105G macro lens, 1/250-sec at f/16, Nissin Di866 speedlight at 1/8 power, with 6x8-inch FotoDiox softbox diffuser.
The Hertz Orbweaver (Naoscona crucifera) is one of the largest spiders that I find around the house. This large female was nearly as large as my thumb. The Hertz Orbweavers spin their huge webs at night only to eat their all night web in the morning. They then go into hiding during the daylight hours. I share the deck at night with at least one of these spiders every night during the late summer when I observe under the stars. Columbia environs, Maryland
Working on the center of her web. They are my favorites - building elaborate webs every night and tearing them down (eating them) before sunrise. They hide during daylight hours in little web hut the construct under a leaf.
An interesting spider which has built a nest with a hinged door which it can pull shut when feeling threatened. Found during a night hike in Iwokrama rainforest reserve.
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