Face - _TNY_9942

Here is a very close (4.3:1 magnification) portrait of a male European garden spider (Araneus diadematus) which I found near a fallen log on the east side of the Näsudden nature reserve outside Åkersberga, north of Stockholm, Sweden, on a visit in late August (of 2024).

 

A shot a bit further away here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54234288410/

 

And one showing the same guy from above here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53954332049/

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