View Full Version : Some pictures of a busy girl in my garden.
Sid Squid
30-09-07, 07:40 PM
I watched her while she was building the web, she works quick.
http://www.bureaunet.com/FTP/SidSquid/Spider/DSC_0299-1.JPG
http://www.bureaunet.com/FTP/SidSquid/Spider/DSC_0307-1.JPG
http://www.bureaunet.com/FTP/SidSquid/Spider/DSC_0309-1.JPG
I took another look this morning and the web seems to have been damaged and repaired a number of times - it's not as neat in the centre as when it was first constructed.
http://www.bureaunet.com/FTP/SidSquid/Spider/DSC_0323-1.JPG
Fizzy Fish
30-09-07, 07:44 PM
nice pics!!
DarrenSV650S
30-09-07, 07:49 PM
That's really cool
Big bugger isn't she!
Dave The Rave
30-09-07, 07:54 PM
Actually it's a boy :-)
Pretty Pretty! Nice shots matey!
Samnooshka
30-09-07, 08:15 PM
Very nice shots!! :D Love macro photography :D although i wouldn't do spiders as i don't like getting that close and personal with them lol.
Luckypants
30-09-07, 08:55 PM
Did you step on it after?
Wow, briliant pics Sid, looks like a real pro job!
Yeah Dave The Rave is right, it's a male.
Looks like a Cross or Garden Spider (Araneus diademetus).
Not a 100% sure as I can't see the markings on its back, if it has/had a white cross-shaped mark on the top of it's abdomen then that's what it is.
You can tell it's a male due to the Palpi it has.
Pedrosa
30-09-07, 09:29 PM
Man what fantastic piccies. Sid you are indeed a man of many talents.;)
philipMac
30-09-07, 10:03 PM
Impressive stuff there sir.
Ever tempted to throw a wasp in to see what happens?
Dave The Rave
01-10-07, 07:40 AM
Wow, briliant pics Sid, looks like a real pro job!
Yeah Dave The Rave is right, it's a male.
Looks like a Cross or Garden Spider (Araneus diademetus).
Not a 100% sure as I can't see the markings on its back, if it has/had a white cross-shaped mark on the top of it's abdomen then that's what it is.
You can tell it's a male due to the Palpi it has.
Palpi or not I just looked at the mess in the middle of the web and I cn tell it's a male. Just wants to get the job finished and then sit a chill :-)
BTW what is the Palpi?
philipMac
01-10-07, 01:00 PM
Palpi or not I just looked at the mess in the middle of the web and I cn tell it's a male. Just wants to get the job finished and then sit a chill :-)
BTW what is the Palpi?
I think its the plural of something near the spiders gob. Like a pointy bit near its fangs / eyes.
I think.
Sid Squid
01-10-07, 04:06 PM
Actually it's a boy :-)
Yes, I wondered about this, (it seemed rude to ask :lol:), so I had a nose around and the internet said that it is indeed a Cross or garden spider, Lat; Araneus Diadematus, and also suggests that, considering the size of said Spider, I was photographing a girl. See here. (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/insects-spiders/spiderbites/cross-or-garden-spider-araneus-diadematus.html)
I estimate the length of the body to be approximately 15mm, couple this with two other spiders in the area being very similar but somewhat smaller would seem to confirm that she's a girly spider.
Did you step on it after?
Now that would have been bad manners. :lol:
Now that would have been bad manners. :lol:
Yes it would have... PJ loves the "incy'es", even goes to sleep with two.
John 675
01-10-07, 05:25 PM
that is some mint macro work there mate, which lens?:eek:
BTW what is the Palpi?
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/4612/dsc02991ck9.jpg
Male spiders generally have lager/swollen Palpi towards the ends than females.
They're just like little hands, for feeding, mating, manipulating stuff etc..
Men have so much in common with male spiders lol.
I guess I was wrong regarding the spiders gender, thought Dave The Rave knew his stuff about spiders and swayed my decision, didn't know he was just going by it's man-like untidyness lol.
Looking at the pics again, then yeah, the Palpi don't look swollen enough for a male spider, some people compare them to boxing gloves they're that much more bigger than the females.
As you can see in Sids pics the Palpi are very slender,plus Sid had some of the same species to compare them to (which wasn't fair! lol).
Though with regards to Sids pics, they do look like real pro shots, very nice work, you should do more!!
You've got some nice skills with a camera mate!
The best thing I've ever seen with my own eyes (not photographed) was a Humming Bird Hawk Moth, in our back yard in Liverpool believe it or not, will never forget the day, nor the next day it returned.
Watched it feeding off the flowers, had a really long tongue, or Probosis (i think it's called) easily 2-3 inches long.
I love sitting outside studying insects, just watching them doing their stuff, sad I know lol.
That's cool that is. :cool:
JediGoat
01-10-07, 07:56 PM
Wow! Cool pics - even though I'm not a big fan of spiders.
Having said that though, I do allow one to live in the offside wing mirror on my bike - I get treated to a new web there every morning. You just gotta love a spider that chooses a motorbike for a home :D
Jo
brill pix Ian, i normal catch a fly and chuck it into the web:D,
i recon you could take some cool action pix of that:smt071
Sid Squid
01-10-07, 09:44 PM
Thanks all for the kind words, but it must be said that I just pointed the camera - Lady Spider did all the hard work.
that is some mint macro work there mate, which lens?:eek:
Nikon D80, Nikkor DX 18-70mm (@70mm). Focusses to about 4", DOF is very short at that distance though, (as can be seen in the pics), I would have preferred to stop down to about F11 or so for a bit more DOF, light wasn't great though so at those sort of apertures the necessary shutter speeds were then to slow as the web moves a surprising distance even on a still day. Anyway, I'm pleased with the results.
Great pictures, really sharp.
I love spiders, they're absolutely fascinating. One day I'll set up a time-lapse on my car's wing mirror, because I swear the little fella that lives in there is a record breaking web weaver.
Very nice shots!! :D Love macro photography :D although i wouldn't do spiders as i don't like getting that close and personal with them lol.
It is zoom baby, this one is close, that one is faaar away...
Sorry couldn't resist :)
Amanda M
03-10-07, 11:01 AM
Amazing shots!!! Those are stunning. I'm not a big fan of spiders but they still fascinate me.
Thanks all for the kind words, but it must be said that I just pointed the camera - Lady Spider did all the hard work.
Nikon D80, Nikkor DX 18-70mm (@70mm). Focusses to about 4", DOF is very short at that distance though, (as can be seen in the pics), I would have preferred to stop down to about F11 or so for a bit more DOF, light wasn't great though so at those sort of apertures the necessary shutter speeds were then to slow as the web moves a surprising distance even on a still day. Anyway, I'm pleased with the results.
Personally I love short DOF shots, really makes you concentrate on the "important" bits of the image. Can you remember what aperture you were at? Just trying to envisage how much DOF you could have got; that background looks very abstract!
In fact, looking back at them again, the first one's my favorite and that has the least DOF of all of them. The legs in front of the abdomen are slightly soft as are the forelegs waving in the air: great composure and a sense of movement there.
Very nice!
Somehow I feel my Sony Ericsson K800i is outclassed in this company. I'd have got a blury shot of the garden fence with a smudge in front of it....
Note to self, buy decent camera this year!
Really very nicely done Ian!
Quiff Wichard
07-10-07, 06:08 PM
its ace that-
I lay on my hammock a few days back and watched the very same thing-
just I couldnt be arsed to get up and get my camera.
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