Araneus diadematus.
Paul Iddon
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Go to bed, or wake up to a spider. Taken at around 11pm on Wednesday night, this is a female orb spider/cross spider - Araneus diadematus. These spiders can range from dark brown to almost yellow. This one was orange - helping her to blend in no doubt with the plant leaves and the maybe even nearby house bricks...
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Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK
Camera: Canon EOS 70D
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Exposure: Manual exposure, 1/250 sec, f/10, ISO 125 to 200
Paul.
Exif:
Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK
Camera: Canon EOS 70D
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Exposure: Manual exposure, 1/250 sec, f/10, ISO 125 to 200
Paul.
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Why did it stay and pose? You bribed it? Spiders that I do spot....even if they sense me, they are long gone....
Thanks SB
It stayed because I suppose it wanted to. I had to move a few of the leaves occasionally to clear a straight view for the lens of course...
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I photograph spiders regularly in my garden, many of them this species. I recently found one in this pose and it let me take a series of shots, one of which was good enough to post. I then accidentally disturbed it and it went back to the middle of the web.
This is the only instance where I have seen this and had a camera in my hands, including for the same individual.
Harold
I had just one extension tube on for these (31mm) SB - I like to shoot using this or the 21mm tube.
Thanks Brian - so do I which is why it is at the top of the queue
You can see the web strand in one - but she wan't anywhere near her web itself in the main - it was a good 18 inches across to the left hand side.
She was quite helpful in sitting where she did, and abseiling along the way.
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Thanks Phil
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Thank you Ian - the viewpoint is winning a fair few in it's favour. :ivar
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