What Spider??

IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
edited August 31, 2010 in Holy Macro
OK, I know this is not macro, and I actually thought about posting over in Wildlife, but there's no critter in the shot either. Someone here must know what kind of spider built this beauty. It was shot on a 45f, foggy morning in Canaan Vally, West Virginia, and about 3400 ft (1000 m) elevation in a marsh.

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  • jpcjpc Registered Users Posts: 840 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2010
    Not that I have any clue what made this, but about how wide is the web structure?
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2010
    I'd say 8 to 10" across. It was not small.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2010
    Lovely capture - looks like a circus safey net :)
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2010
    I wish I'd shot from a tripod. There's too much camera shake for my liking.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • GOLDENORFEGOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator
    edited August 31, 2010
    looks great, superb web! could hold a large family in thererolleyes1.gif
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2010
    It was quite the feat of engineering. I'd love to know what the capture strategy is, the target, and of course the builder. I saw many webs that morning, of many designs, but not a single spider. Perhaps they wait 'till the dew burns off before venturing out??

    Thanks for the comments!
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
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