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A Tetragnatha for Arachtober, with one of those long jaws showing. It's amazing, the diversity in the spider world. Compare a little round crab, legs outstretched wide, with one of these guys...fascinating...Happy Arachtober!
Apparently this is a species I haven't posted to flickr before.
This genus likes to hang upside down so this view is the underside of the spider. Since she was so close to the leaf, I couldn't get a top view. They are really pretty and interesting spiders either way thought. Wish I saw more of them.
Micrathena sagittata
Ventral view. Lots of detail down there. This one's been sitting in our garden for over three weeks now. I don't think I've managed to find eyes yet, usually one of the most interesting features of a spider...
The orchard orbweaver is a colorful, delicate spider that makes circular webs that are usually positioned horizontally or at an angle to the ground. The spider typically hangs in the middle of its web, its back to the ground. The carapace is yellowish green, with brown stripes on the sides. The abdomen is somewhat elongated. The top of the abdomen (which usually faces downward) is silvery with dark stripes; the belly (which usually faces upward) can be variably colored with silver, greens, yellows, reds, and some blues. There is usually a yellow, orange, or red crescent on the belly. The legs are slender and long. Males are usually only seen when they are in a female's web courting or mating; they are smaller and their abdomens are more silvery-golden.
This Mangora set up a web kind of high in the grass, so I could pretty easily get a shot against the morning sky...
These are very small spiders, and easily missed if you aren't looking very closely. They spin small, open orb webs to trap their prey.
Found a new one this morning, in a pretty good spot for shooting. Love the web colors that show up sometimes...
A big one this time, maybe a furrow orbweaver, under the eaves of the lake house near Eufala, Oklahoma. Spider eyes are so fascinating - the jumpers have headlight eyes that dominate their faces, others have beady little eyes that are hard to find...
I was pleasantly surprised to see this morning that this little spider had set up shop over the purple heart flowers, and the sun was shining on it...
I thought I was going to get skunked this year and not be able to get any good shots of spiders. Well, it took to late Summer to finally see a few of them so I am making quick work in photographing them.
Hate them or love them, they are still fascinating insects.
Southern Alberta, Canada
Maybe Mangora placida, tuft-legged orbweaver, very small. Every time I see one of these webs I marvel at how such a tny brain can engineer such an elaborate structure...