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Grumpy Old Guy

(3,158 posts) Wed Oct 20, 2021, 12:11 PM Oct 2021

Not for the squeamish

You can't just walk by a perfectly good spider when you own a cool new macro lens.

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Not for the squeamish (Original Post) Grumpy Old Guy Oct 2021 OP

Wow, my dear Grumpy! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2021 #1

Did that spider True Dough Oct 2021 #2

Very Cool Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 #3

Beautiful! StarryNite Oct 2021 #4

How does a spider get the first strand up? The Jungle 1 Oct 2021 #5

They climb up high then drop down. Grumpy Old Guy Oct 2021 #6

My understanding was they just release the strand into the wind. Not sure. The Jungle 1 Oct 2021 #7

LOL! Grumpy Old Guy Oct 2021 #9

Nice butt. I've never seen such detail from that angle. Marcuse Oct 2021 #8

As others have said, this is so COOL! Duppers Oct 2021 #10

WOW! elleng Oct 2021 #11

Squeamish, ha! ShazzieB Oct 2021 #12

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,571 posts)

1. Wow, my dear Grumpy!

Reply to Grumpy Old Guy (Original post)

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 12:14 PM

Oct 2021

What an amazing photo.

I don't much care for spiders, but this one's a beauty. Love the details. Love the narrow DOF too.

Nicely done!

And thanks for the warning!

True Dough

(17,300 posts)

2. Did that spider

Reply to Grumpy Old Guy (Original post)

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 12:17 PM

Oct 2021

sign a photo release?

Nice shot!

Jilly_in_VA

(9,962 posts)

3. Very Cool

Reply to Grumpy Old Guy (Original post)

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 12:18 PM

Oct 2021

We didn't have a "Big Mama" build a web at the corner of our house this year as in past years, maybe because of the cats or something. I miss it. They were fascinating to watch.

StarryNite

(9,442 posts)

4. Beautiful!

Reply to Grumpy Old Guy (Original post)

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 02:00 PM

Oct 2021

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)

5. How does a spider get the first strand up?

Reply to Grumpy Old Guy (Original post)

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 02:20 PM

Oct 2021

Grumpy Old Guy

(3,158 posts)

6. They climb up high then drop down.

Reply to The Jungle 1 (Reply #5)

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 02:23 PM

Oct 2021

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)

7. My understanding was they just release the strand into the wind. Not sure.

Reply to Grumpy Old Guy (Reply #6)

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 02:35 PM

Oct 2021

I just like asking people that question. You get the blank stare mostly. If there is beer involved you get called names.
My new side by side has a roll cage. I was going to take it off but it catches all the spider webs. So that is why they put them on.
I saw a joke the other day and I think it was on this site. It went: I just did 20 minutes of cardio in 5 seconds. Walked into a spider web.
My wife is real afraid of them. Sometimes when you find a dead woods spider ya just have to do something with it. I don't put them on her dash board anymore though.

Grumpy Old Guy

(3,158 posts)

9. LOL!

Reply to The Jungle 1 (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 03:14 PM

Oct 2021

I'm not an arachnologist, but I think they just drop down on the end of their first strand. They anchor that one, then climb back up and do the rest.

Yes, spider are scary. We get them all over the yard this time of year. We have to carry flashlights at night to avoid the webs.

But, you can't let a good one go to waste.