Dave: is this spider with web or web with spider?

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Originally Posted by JBW

today the sun has been shining through a different web showing off the golden colour of spiders web. Sadly with my equipment and skills it was not capturable.

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Did you make any attempt to capture it?

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Originally Posted by Ndukes

Did you make any attempt to capture it?

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only in my mind. 15 feet up, a 6" spider on a web that stretches 4 meters but is only 4 strands wide except for the very center and shooting almost directly into the sun. Not going to work with my skills or equipment.

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Originally Posted by JBW

only in my mind. 15 feet up, a 6" spider on a web that stretches 4 meters but is only 4 strands wide except for the very center and shooting almost directly into the sun. Not going to work with my skills or equipment.

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My good wife says you did not capture it on camera but you captured it in your mind. She's right, you know.

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Originally Posted by Ndukes

My good wife says you did not capture it on camera but you captured it in your mind. She's right, you know.

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she's right. in ther old days when most cultures were polygamous politeness would have me ask what your bad wives think. :D

Good one Brian. Those female orb weavers are HUGE. Whenever I am in Asia one of the first things I ask is are they back? Are they around? hehe

Next opportunity try to find the pin-sized males along the fringes. Never managed to get a macro shot of them with the female towering behind. Maybe with your buddy you could ?

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Originally Posted by Bobobird

Good one Brian. Those female orb weavers are HUGE. Whenever I am in Asia one of the first things I ask is are they back? Are they around? hehe

Next opportunity try to find the pin-sized males along the fringes. Never managed to get a macro shot of them with the female towering behind. Maybe with your buddy you could ?

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Do you mean the tiny reddish spiders? I believe they are parasites rather than males?

No those are the males. After the mating they become useless for that function and the huge one will end their depression.