Nephila clavipes
Jun 14, 2018 08:14:06 #
allanwalls
Loc: Fairhope, Alabama, USA
As a general rule, I'm not a huge fan of eight-legged beasts that dangle from trees. Nevertheless, I was taken aback by the glorious colors and otherworldly weirdness of these golden silk orb-weaver spiders I found in an Alabama coastal swamp this week. I believe these are both females but I'll let the experts make that call. Fascinatingly, the tensile strength of a thread of anchor silk from one of these spiders is stronger than that of steel by a factor of eight!
Shot handheld with D850 and Tamron 90mm macro, stopped way down and with a ring flash.
Shot handheld with D850 and Tamron 90mm macro, stopped way down and with a ring flash.
Jun 14, 2018 08:22:21 #
Jun 14, 2018 08:34:40 #
Your camera made something scary/ugly into something beautiful. Thanks.
Jun 14, 2018 08:48:19 #
Jun 14, 2018 09:15:42 #
Never knew spiders could look so beautiful. Well captured and documented, thanks for sharing!! 
Jun 14, 2018 12:04:41 #
Jun 15, 2018 07:50:10 #
I hate spiders.....you captured this one very well. Nice work.
Jun 15, 2018 10:13:57 #
Jun 15, 2018 10:54:41 #
allanwalls wrote:
As a general rule, I'm not a huge fan of eight-leg... (show quote)
Superb....and yes, amazing creatures
Jun 15, 2018 12:38:28 #
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Jun 16, 2018 05:55:21 #
allanwalls
Loc: Fairhope, Alabama, USA
Thanks everyone, for the kind remarks. I didn't expect the spiders to get this much love!
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