tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1295330224497015785.post2425172278996235088..comments2024-03-28T06:01:50.501-04:00Comments on AEIOU...and Sometimes Why: Easy-Macro and the Alien SpiderDexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438741309061958350noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1295330224497015785.post-5102571467017952952017-09-21T21:24:07.390-04:002017-09-21T21:24:07.390-04:00Hmm... Maybe you'll have some baby orb-weavers...Hmm... Maybe you'll have some baby orb-weavers crawling about? I think these garden spiders are great. They take care of so many pests. The big one that hung around last summer was in this area the mosquitoes like to go, so that was appreciated! I've heard that they'll come back to the same place year after year.Justine’s Halloweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04036212957533234176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1295330224497015785.post-25117092905609011232017-09-21T16:26:41.329-04:002017-09-21T16:26:41.329-04:00It wasn't very large, probably around the size...It wasn't very large, probably around the size you mentioned.<br /><br />With the web, I did figure out there were remnants of previous webs hanging around which made it look multi-leveled. I'm not sure if she's still around. She had moved her main web a couple weeks ago and last week I thought I saw an egg sac in that web but I haven't seen her around when I go out to the trash.<br /><br />Thanks for the compliments :)Dexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06438741309061958350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1295330224497015785.post-51895785650634820542017-09-21T16:06:05.427-04:002017-09-21T16:06:05.427-04:00I've meant to write to you about your spider p...I've meant to write to you about your spider pics for a while! I was able to read this blog post while in Colorado, but I was using a little tablet that isn't so easy to type on. So I thought I'd wait until I got home to leave you a comment. <br /><br />Fantastic photos! Looks like that little macro lens is a good buy. It looks kind of like a little goggle for a cyclops. :) Or one of those minion critters. <br /><br />That is a beautiful spider! I've definitely never seen one like it. And to think that it's an orb-weaver! It's so much more colorful than the garden spiders around here. About how big was this spider? Our orb-weavers are pretty large, probably an inch long (counting the legs). <br /><br />It's interesting about the web, that it looked vertical at one point and horizontal at another. One came around here last summer and stayed in the same spot for months. This year, an orb-weaver stayed only a few days in the same web. Is this one of yours still around?<br /><br />Congrats on the amazing photos! You did a great job with this. And the spider was a good model too. :) Justine’s Halloweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04036212957533234176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1295330224497015785.post-4496898498365462942017-09-05T14:57:31.918-04:002017-09-05T14:57:31.918-04:00Went to link on long-jaw weaver... interesting rea...Went to link on long-jaw weaver... interesting read.Dr. Thedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16437013120611829846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1295330224497015785.post-45101096439217496382017-09-05T14:55:16.080-04:002017-09-05T14:55:16.080-04:00Well fed spider and does it hang on the under-side...Well fed spider and does it hang on the under-side of webbing..?<br /> thought it odd that it built its web as a "flat-surface"...Dr. Thedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16437013120611829846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1295330224497015785.post-84085847511534710112017-09-05T14:52:41.280-04:002017-09-05T14:52:41.280-04:00Very similar to a Green Lynx Spider... (nasty bite...Very similar to a Green Lynx Spider... (nasty bite)... <br />Part of the common garden spider type... we used to have many of the black and yellow ones (less venomous bite) till the mocking birds ate them all for the last many years....<br />... and the Owls came and got all of the neighborhood cats about 5 years ago...<br />... normally the remains (of previous webs) are often left as a 1st line defense from what-ever destroyed the last one... and the spider (Female in your picture ... Males are much smaller) would have eaten its other webbing is in need of food to spin new web...<br />A pleasant week to you and yours...Dr. Thedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16437013120611829846noreply@blogger.com