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Solly Mack

(90,775 posts) Sun Oct 4, 2015, 06:21 PM Oct 2015

Argiope aurantia

You can see her silk coming out

I watched her for a bit. She didn't seem to mind.

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Argiope aurantia (Original Post) Solly Mack Oct 2015 OP

Spectacularly caught! Mira Oct 2015 #1

Thanks. Nothing special. A Kit lens. She was in arm's reach. Solly Mack Oct 2015 #2

What can I say, my dear Solly Mack? CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #3

I feel the same way about snow. I enjoy it in a photo. Solly Mack Oct 2015 #4

I went rushing out the door to the deck mnhtnbb Oct 2015 #5

I would have screamed too. Solly Mack Oct 2015 #6

very good images. CAAFB alfredo Oct 2015 #7

The spider did it. Solly Mack Oct 2015 #8

Define "it." alfredo Oct 2015 #9

it - pronoun - used to refer to a thing previously mentioned or easily identified Solly Mack Oct 2015 #10

So in this instance, "it" is the web. alfredo Oct 2015 #11

Yes. Kinda like pulling teeth init? Solly Mack Oct 2015 #12

You were too big to eat, and didn't look hungry. alfredo Oct 2015 #13

I'd've let her take a nibble. I'm sweet that way. Solly Mack Oct 2015 #14

You might itch for a few days, but it is worth it to help momma nature. alfredo Oct 2015 #15

Easy for you to say. Solly Mack Oct 2015 #16

Mira

(22,380 posts)

1. Spectacularly caught!

Reply to Solly Mack (Original post)

Sun Oct 4, 2015, 06:26 PM

Oct 2015

Tell a little how you got this - you're right the silk streams right out of the body.
Special lens?

Solly Mack

(90,775 posts)

2. Thanks. Nothing special. A Kit lens. She was in arm's reach.

Reply to Mira (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 4, 2015, 06:32 PM

Oct 2015

I stayed long enough for her to need more silk, I think.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,642 posts)

3. What can I say, my dear Solly Mack?

Reply to Solly Mack (Original post)

Sun Oct 4, 2015, 07:44 PM

Oct 2015

Wonderful!

I'm glad to see her in a photo and not in real life. I know they're beneficial, but I'd rather not encounter them.

Solly Mack

(90,775 posts)

4. I feel the same way about snow. I enjoy it in a photo.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 4, 2015, 10:00 PM

Oct 2015

mnhtnbb

(31,395 posts)

5. I went rushing out the door to the deck

Reply to Solly Mack (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 12:36 AM

Oct 2015

about a week ago and forgot some cousin of this little one had spun a web right
over the door.

You should have heard me scream. They are all over the place--it's fall!--all of a sudden.

Nice shot!

Solly Mack

(90,775 posts)

6. I would have screamed too.

Reply to mnhtnbb (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 02:21 AM

Oct 2015

We had one at the top of the front walk arch. I'm short enough, so I could walk under it. Everyone else had to duck or go around from the back. I wouldn't allow anyone to tear it down.

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

7. very good images. CAAFB

Reply to Solly Mack (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 09:41 PM

Oct 2015

Solly Mack

(90,775 posts)

8. The spider did it.

Reply to alfredo (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 10:35 AM

Oct 2015

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

9. Define "it."

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #8)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 11:20 AM

Oct 2015

Solly Mack

(90,775 posts)

10. it - pronoun - used to refer to a thing previously mentioned or easily identified

Reply to alfredo (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 11:35 AM

Oct 2015

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

11. So in this instance, "it" is the web.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #10)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 12:12 PM

Oct 2015

Solly Mack

(90,775 posts)

12. Yes. Kinda like pulling teeth init?

Reply to alfredo (Reply #11)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 12:17 PM

Oct 2015

The spider was nice enough to build a large web close enough to my short stature that I could get a shot of her producing silk without much effort on my part.