Wed Oct 20, 2021, 12:11 PM

Grumpy Old Guy (2,211 posts)

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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12 replies	Author	Time	Post
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

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Wed Oct 20, 2021, 12:14 PM

CaliforniaPeggy (145,020 posts)

1. Wow, my dear Grumpy!

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!

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Wed Oct 20, 2021, 12:17 PM

True Dough (15,065 posts)

2. Did that spider

sign a photo release?

Nice shot!

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Wed Oct 20, 2021, 12:18 PM

Jilly_in_VA (7,629 posts)

3. Very Cool

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.

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Wed Oct 20, 2021, 02:00 PM

StarryNite (8,680 posts)

4. Beautiful!

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Wed Oct 20, 2021, 02:20 PM

The Jungle 1 (3,905 posts)

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

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Wed Oct 20, 2021, 02:23 PM

Grumpy Old Guy (2,211 posts)

6. They climb up high then drop down.

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Wed Oct 20, 2021, 02:35 PM

The Jungle 1 (3,905 posts)

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

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.

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Wed Oct 20, 2021, 03:14 PM

Grumpy Old Guy (2,211 posts)

9. LOL!

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.