Focus Stacked Image Spotted Orb Weaver
Jan 11, 2021 16:38:09 #
This is the female Spotted Orb Weaver spider that I keep preserved in the freezer. I brought her out to see how she was holding up and while out I staged her for a focus stacking session.
This specimen was gifted to my by my son. I don't collect spiders although I do find them floating in the outdoor dog water bowl from time to time. The Spotted Orb Weaver is one of those that I enjoy watching for they build their web in the evening and take it down in the early morning when they find a place to hide until it is time to start all over again. Although they may look intimidating they are truly harmless and highly beneficial controlling flying pests.
This specimen was gifted to my by my son. I don't collect spiders although I do find them floating in the outdoor dog water bowl from time to time. The Spotted Orb Weaver is one of those that I enjoy watching for they build their web in the evening and take it down in the early morning when they find a place to hide until it is time to start all over again. Although they may look intimidating they are truly harmless and highly beneficial controlling flying pests.
Jan 11, 2021 16:43:29 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is the female Spotted Orb Weaver spider that ... (show quote)
Great portrait!!!Gary
She would have been very happy with it had she survived.
Jan 11, 2021 16:50:09 #
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Jan 11, 2021 17:40:48 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Great portrait!!!Gary
She would have been very happy with it had she survived.
She would have been very happy with it had she survived.
Thanks for viewing and for the reply. There are very few spiders in our area that can do us any harm and that is only when they feel threatened. I mean no harm to any spider that I encounter other than the Brown Recluse which are abundant around our property for some reason. The problem with them is that they are ambush predators and hunters and they hide to make their living. That's why when someone does get bit it's likely that they picked something up that one was hiding on.
The ones that I see are not the problem, it's the ones that I don't see so when I see them...they got to go. All others are welcome.
Jan 11, 2021 17:41:41 #
UTMike wrote:
This is a beauty, Gary!
Thanks, UTMike. Many spiders can be identified by the pattern arrangement of their eyes.
Jan 11, 2021 17:42:06 #
JeffDavidson wrote:
Beautiful!
Thanks for dropping by and taking the time to reply.
Jan 11, 2021 17:50:58 #
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Jan 12, 2021 11:12:05 #
Jan 12, 2021 11:53:01 #
Earnest Botello wrote:
Yuck, yuck, yuck, Sippy, great macro, but ugly to the bone.
Thanks, and Oh Yeah...no beauty was wasted on her looks although her beauty is how she plays her part in nature.
Jan 12, 2021 16:24:51 #
Wow! I hope your missus doesn't have to wait in the freezer with the steaks and insects until you need somethingš¤
Jan 12, 2021 17:01:23 #
joecichjr wrote:
Wow! I hope your missus doesn't have to wait in the freezer with the steaks and insects until you need somethingš¤
Thanks, her and I have reached an agreement where she "allows" me to have a corner of the freezer for my storage.
Jan 12, 2021 22:42:46 #
We have many more black widows than brown recluses here in SoTx
But Neither are welcome in my yard and are terminated upon discovery.
Along with red head centipedes and rattle, coral, copperhead, and cottonmouth snakes.
Non-venomous snakes and most other spiders are very welcomed.
Any helpful spiders found in my house are gently transferred outdoors - -
Where they will hopefully spin webs and eat mosquitoes.
But Neither are welcome in my yard and are terminated upon discovery.
Along with red head centipedes and rattle, coral, copperhead, and cottonmouth snakes.
Non-venomous snakes and most other spiders are very welcomed.
Any helpful spiders found in my house are gently transferred outdoors - -
Where they will hopefully spin webs and eat mosquitoes.
Jan 13, 2021 11:16:25 #
Merlin1300 wrote:
We have many more black widows than brown recluses here in SoTx
But Neither are welcome in my yard and are terminated upon discovery.
Along with red head centipedes and rattle, coral, copperhead, and cottonmouth snakes.
Non-venomous snakes and most other spiders are very welcomed.
Any helpful spiders found in my house are gently transferred outdoors - -
Where they will hopefully spin webs and eat mosquitoes.
But Neither are welcome in my yard and are terminated upon discovery.
Along with red head centipedes and rattle, coral, copperhead, and cottonmouth snakes.
Non-venomous snakes and most other spiders are very welcomed.
Any helpful spiders found in my house are gently transferred outdoors - -
Where they will hopefully spin webs and eat mosquitoes.
Thanks for viewing and for the reply. Cottonmouth, Copperhead and Rattlesnake are the ones that we have here although the Rattlesnake is not widespread. We also have Black Widow spiders yet they are very seclusive and seldom found and to be bitten by one here is very, very rare. Copperheads are the most common ones to encounter.
Wasps and Yellow Jackets are the most troublesome and there are many folks that have serious reactions which could even be fatal to their sting. I get tagged by those darm paper wasps a few times a year for they believe that our home is theirs and that we don't belong here.
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