Golden Orb Weaver

She lives in my Pergola so if you come over for a BBQ watch where you walk because the web is right in the middle of the pergola.

No.1

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That's cool how you can see her spinning a web in the first one, like you can see it comign out of her! Also, why is the webbing a golden color?

grphx wrote in post #2820758
That's cool how you can see her spinning a web in the first one, like you can see it coming out of her! Also, why is the webbing a golden color?

Thanks for the comments. The web is naturally a golden colour with these spiders. It's about a metre in diameter and she decided to start to repair it as I was watching. Its a very strong web but not overly sticky. The spinnerets seem to extend when she was actively spinning web.

wah #3 looks like she posed for you there was one of these in my yard damn fascinating watching her weave and wrap up the flies her web caught for the day, she was so fast it was scary

Lovely shots but #3 is a stunner.
never seen a golden web before- thought your WB was off until I saw your comment.
Brian V.

CIDER wrote in post #2822713
wah #3 looks like she posed for you there was one of these in my yard damn fascinating watching her weave and wrap up the flies her web caught for the day, she was so fast it was scary

thanks Michael. You right they move fast. At first I had the camera on the tripod but this just didn't work - I wasn't quick enough. I ended up just setting following the spider and snapping off a few.

LordV wrote in post #2823156
Lovely shots but #3 is a stunner.
never seen a golden web before- thought your WB was off until I saw your comment.
Brian V.

Thanks Brian. The web is almost the same colour as the Silk from Silk worms.

I had real trouble with all of the white hairs on the body. I ended up having to mask these off when I sharpened the shot as they just went ballistic.

What a colourful looking spider, The third pic looks great

Good shots Greg, I've never noticed a golden web with these guys before (must go check this out tomorrow).

Dave

great shots greg. no3 my fav.

hidden forms wrote in post #2823479
What a colourful looking spider, The third pic looks great

Thanks

dpastern wrote in post #2823674
Good shots Greg, I've never noticed a golden web with these guys before (must go check this out tomorrow).

Dave

Thanks Dave. They make great subjects.

catsith wrote in post #2823798
great shots greg. no3 my fav.

Thanks Tina

great shots greg, I want to see one of these golden webs!

1 metre web sounds scary, beautiful creature.

Greg
great series of shots I like # 3 the most.

Beautiful shots. Very sharp images. The golden web is just amazing.......and it's big

How big is the spider? A couple of inches?

justin carpenter wrote in post #2823849
great shots greg, I want to see one of these golden webs!

thanks Justin, time to walk your garden!!

racketman wrote in post #2823930
1 metre web sounds scary, beautiful creature.

thanks

Samdiver74 wrote in post #2824013
Greg
great series of shots I like # 3 the most.

thanks

Leorooster wrote in post #2824526
Beautiful shots. Very sharp images. The golden web is just amazing.......and it's big

How big is the spider? A couple of inches?

thanks for the comments. yeh 2-3" would be about the right size.