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Web Photos |
 Send
in your webs! I have heaps of photos of spiders, but very few of
webs, so send them in!
I'll pick a
"WEB OF THE MONTH "
or maybe year going by the lack of photos at present, and feature it
in larger size. There are 2 types of spiders, the hunting spiders
like the wolf spiders and tarantulas and the web spinning spiders
like the Argiopes and Garden Orb Weavers. All spiders can spin silk
but only the web spinning spiders spin webs for their homes.
Many thanks for allowing me to use these photos. All photos are
copyright to their owners and may not be reproduced without
permission.
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AUGUST,
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Very
hard to decide this months winner - I liked Dave Neu's webs from 19
August and the sliver argiope's web from 14 August. For sheer volume
of photos of webs, Eddie has done a great job and thanks to
all the other contributors.
However, I think this month it will have to be Dave Neu's
lovely web. Congratulations Dave!! |
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Reply: This is a garden orb weaver.
20 August, 2005:
Can you tell me what kind of spider this is ?, we love
watching him
Russell
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20 August, 2005:
Some more webs from Eddie
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This is a silver argiope. Click for a
larger view.
20 August, 2005:
Greetings! This is a spider's web I encountered while I
went hiking in Kythira island, Greece. The first shot shows the
spider with a cicada in its web. The second photo, shot two days
later, shows the same web and spider. There was no trace of the
cicada.
Yorgos |
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19 August, 2005:
this is a spider web that popped up in my back yard the other
day... i have no idea what kind of spider it is.... i live in
Minneapolis Mn. if you know what kind of spider it is let me
know..... attached is a picture of the web that i was talking
about...
put it in the ""Web of the Month" contest
Alex Vella
alexv@earthlink.net
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19 August, 2005:
I'm in central Indiana, USA, and we're at the peak of orb
weaver, mosquito, cricket and cicada season right now. I figured I'd
share a couple shots of their webs with you (apologies for the
excessively large images, better too much data than not enough. Feel
free to crop and/or resize). The first two: orb_web_on_sign.jpg and
orb_web_on_sign_spider.jpg are located on a street sign about a
block from my apartment. The web stretches from the sign itself,
about 8 feet high and sticking out about 3 feet, to the signpost
near the ground. The spider is hiding right at the base of that
large support strand, and has probably a good 3/8 of an inch
diameter abdomen. The second two are right outside my apartment,
another garden orb weaver. This web is REALLY impressively large,
with two big support strands that go up to a tree branch about 14
feet high, and anchoring to the bushes about 1 foot off the ground.
He sits here about 3 and a half feet across the ground, at about 10
pm. orb_near_apartment_overexposed is overexposed for the spider
himself, of course, but really highlights the web. Of course, the
spiral structure of the web is about two times wider than the image
captures, which is
just dang impressive. The last one captures a LOT of detail for the
spider, and gets some of his web too (thanks to 5 megapixels and
optical zoom). Just thought I'd share with you. Love the site.
- Dave Neu. Click for a larger view. |
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18 August, 2005:
Hi Glen,
Another web for you. and Web, sideways on.
Eddie |
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16 August, 2005:
This spider started out making small webs in the spindels on
my deck...she has now come to make these huge webs right outside my
front door. She is a beauty and I look forward to seeing her new
creations every night. She usually doen't make the webs until after
dark....hard to get a great pic! Enjoy, Brooke
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16August, 2005:
Hi Glen,
I have found some more for you.
Cheers,
Eddie
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Reply: These look like a funnel
weaver's web. Yes I am in Australia. Click for a larger view.
15 August, 2005:
Hi Glen, Well as you will have realised now I have sent you a
few pictures of spiders and webs that I have, hope they are of some
use to you. I have recently taken up photography in that I walk out
On Dartmoor, one of our national parks and I am interested in taking
pictures of wild flowers, insects, etc. and consequently I do see
the occasional spider, the web one with water caught my eye because
I am going to enter a photo competition with "water" as the theme
and the webs with water caught my eye. Are you in Australia? I was
out there when I was in the army, many years ago.Take care, let me
know if the photos are any good. Regards, Eddie. |
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14 August, 2005:
Hi there,
Came across your site and noticed you wanted photos of webs, I have
a few more like this taken in the rain, if you would like them then
let me know and I can send them on. Hope it is of some use to you.
Regards, Eddie Barber.
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14 August, 2005:
How do you pronounce Argiope?
I took this photo of a spider in our rosemary bush..... it's only a
little one... slightly larger than a nickel.
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August, 2005:
Here is a spider we found in front of our house last night weaving a
huge web that stretched from a tree, in front of the front door,
ending at the side of the house. He was light tan in color with
markings on the underside of his abdomen. We are in San Jose, CA. We
suspect it is an orb weaver and here is a photo for your website.
Regards,
The Alejandros
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August, 2005:
The Spider in this picture (graden orb weaver I think) made a
3 foot web right outside my back door. Sadly, it'll have to be
moved away if I'm going to leave the house.That web is almost
3 feet across in the big picture (which didn't turn out so
well)
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August, 2005:
Here's another spider I found outside my window, it's Neoscona
crucifera an
orb weaver that comes out in the beginning of fall.
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August, 2005:
Hello, You have a very nice spider site. Here is a picture of a web
I have NEVER seen before. This photo was taken from above the web. I
have never seen a net pattern like this before and was truly in awe
of the work the spider must have done to create it. The picture was
taken in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania on August 5th, 2005. It was on
the outer edge of a bush and used the limbs & needles to secure it.
The netting was horizontally in the middle of a larger web that
seemed to be just randomly placed strands. It appeared to almost be
a catch for any insect that flew into the upper webbing and then
dropped onto the net, almost like a net below circus performers.
Thanks, Bob Kurtz
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