Weekend Walk-About

Finally got some energy to go shoot

BTW, what kinda spider is that?

AFA I remember the images below have no PP sharpening.

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Very nice captures...esp like the hopper. Sorry can't help on the spider ID.

Great captures. That hopper is excelent.

Nice captures.

That is the garden or corn spider found in a lot of areas where pollinating plants are growing, so they can get to the bugs!

Here is a link to the bio of this spider: http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Argiope_auranti​a

They can get HUGE if left to their own devices and food source!

In Oklahoma, we call that spider a Black and Yellow Argiope - There's one set up right outside my window ( six feet away ) as we speak.

Thanks guys!

Yes, that thing is huge; at least 4" (or more) in length and quite fat in the abdomen. If you look, the exif says I was 510mm from it. I could have gone in closer but I wanted to get all of it in the frame ... and oh, I was chicken