#Arachtober 29: didn't have time for a proper spider outing, so hopped over the garden wall to see what I could find in the yard—and almost walked right through this cross orbweaver's web strung between the dead coneflowers and columbines! As you can hopefully see in the close-up, her jaws are full of a big lump of mushed-up bugs.
#Arachtober 29: didn't have time for a proper spider outing, so hopped over the garden wall to see what I could find in the yard—and almost walked right through this cross orbweaver's web strung between the dead coneflowers and columbines! As you can hopefully see in the close-up, her jaws are full of a big lump of mushed-up bugs.
#Arachtober 27: late October, we're getting frost warnings, but the orbweavers just keep on trucking. Taken just a few hours ago on a grocery run; the supermarket's large windows attract a lot of midges and are great scaffolds for the ubiquitous _Larinioides_ orbweavers.
#Arachtober 9: a very cool orbweaver, _Gea heptagon_! Named because of its seven-pointed abdomen. So far I have only found them low among the grass in a particular marshy meadow. The juveniles have similar circular web decorations as young _Argiope_.
i had to break out the fancy camera to get a night shot but here is ms. window orbweaver.
approx. 12-15mm body length, maybe?
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Window orbweaver update: all quiet tonight. I felt bad for her meagre haul, so earlier today I captured a greenbottle fly, then later when she came out I carefully removed the window-screen and held the fly against the web with tweezers until she sensed and captured it. She has spent the past few hours feeding on it.
i had to break out the fancy camera to get a night shot but here is ms. window orbweaver.
approx. 12-15mm body length, maybe?
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