This is how the web looked during the end of the construction phase.
Obviously she wants to ward off visitors until she is ready.
Almost ready to welcome visitors.
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Hi, spider webs fascinate me, I often look at them and think ‘how on earth did you get from there to there’ and the webs are so strong, good post. Janice
when I was aiming my camera at the web trying to get an image, the spider actually dropped/jumped into the web on a prey …right before my eyes. I was snapping pix, and first the web was unoccupied and the next second the spider was there. Remarkable.
I know it’s amazing, I would like to set up a video cam it would interesting.
I’ll bet it would…
Wow! What an wesome moment for you to see that gradmama!!! 🙂
I know…I actually did get the shot, but it is blurry, and sort of gross, the prey didn’t have a chance all wrapped up in the sticky web.
Uh felt sorry for the prey.
me too…
I know…it is amazing what intricate work goes into the web. I do get the sticky-web thing, ever walk into a web without seeing it?
Oh yes, my hand went into a web the other day and I couldn’t get the tough sticky stuff off me. Makes you wonder what would happen if spiders were as big as us and we fell onto the web, I don’t think we would be strong enough to escape lol.
oh man…how awful that would be. I bet the one that thought it had caught you must have been disappointed. All that work, then something to big to eat wrecks it. lol
That looks like a huge spider. Spiders scare me, especially big ones. And little ones. I’m not proud.
It is a biggun…. I treat it with the utmost respect. It isn’t crazy about the flash from my camera, but it will pose now and then. Its web is in a more or less protected spot where no one walks into it. I have decided in my old age that I want to be a photographer, and spider webs are a challenge. Actually I’ve been shooting pictures for decades, even supported five kids for two years on my pics. Never won any prizes…I need a new camera.
Respect…yeah, that’s a wise move. Wow, you made money with your photos! How great, I would love that. I would love to win a contest (big ego), but I think making a living and supporting loved ones with your art is way more satisfying.
back in the day when working as a reporter I got paid for my photos…not since, though. I was supporting five kids then…yikes!
A reporter…I always wanted to do that, just never got around to trying it. Oh wait, I did write a travel story once that got published, with my photos!
there ya go…I fell into my job with he paper, and lasted 18 years writing features, after two years as beat reporter. That meant just about anything from fires to wrecks, schools and local governments. It was the best gig of my whole life.
they are as afraid of you as you are of them… ha! 🙂
Nice work, Gradmama. To get the actual spider and the sticky web, hard lighting and angles, I’m sure! I do all my photos with my iPhone 6, so I just maneuver it to where I think things will look best, look at the screen for verification, and click away!
thanks Mark, I saw him jump through the camera lens…im not sure if he blurred the photo or if I did…it was surprise to me. he is a blur. In my fiirst part, with the nice web shot, I had not noticed that spider. Totally different areas of the yard.
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