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FloridaMolle's Web.

      The famous spider from Charlotte's Web is a barn orb-weaver spider,  Araneus cavaticus. Orb weaving spiders produce the familiar flat, ornate, circular webs usually associated with spiders. Orbweavers come in many shapes and sizes, but the brightly colored garden orbweavers, Argiope spp., are the largest and best known.

 

      The species is found in many parts of the world and is seen along the southeast coast of the United States and in California. The spiny orb weaver spider lives on the edges of woodlands and shrubby gardens. They frequently live in nurseries as well as citrus groves.

 

      The spiny orb weaving spiders look like plant seeds or thorns hanging in their webs and are easily distinguished from other spiders. The male is smaller (1/16"-1/8") than the female (3/8") and seldom noticed.

 

      Spiny orb weavers do not invade the indoors unless carried in while residing in a potted plant. Spiny orb weavers are not dangerous—they are beneficial animals. They should not be killed, if at all possible.

     This was a hard to catch spider.....not for that it is running away, not even for that it's just 1/2 inch (12mm) across, but for it's huge web. It spanned between two trees, about  ten feet (3m) apart, and every little movement in the air pushed the spider several inches back and force. With a D.O.F of about 1/4 inch (6mm), it was a lot of  "film" waste :-). From about 300 captures, this is what I got.
COMMENTS
Pkeener said at 1:00 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
you are the man, Anders! "SOME PHOTOS"!
AdSR said at 1:01 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
Wow, this would be amazing even without knowing how much effort it took you to capture these. It's funny too, with that yellow/black "bicycle helmet" :)
Wlk68 said at 1:08 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
It looks like its wearing a bright yellow helmet with horns. I've never seen anything like it.
Tishfish said at 1:10 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
Neither have I , and I'm glad. Great shots!!!
Bcmom said at 1:22 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
Great job. Thanks for the pictures and the information. I don't think I've ever seen one of these.
Margaretshoemaker said at 1:41 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
Awesome captures and thanks for the info. Your pictures are wonderful as always. Great way to start a new season.
Akeke said at 1:53 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
coool tabblo! as always!
Umauma said at 2:01 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
Amazing photos and really informative too. Great Tabblo Anders (as usual)!
Rheap said at 2:10 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
Excellent tabblo, very informative and some great shots of this wonderful little beast..
Flinkfar said at 2:43 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
amazing shots, you have the eye AND the patience..........
Ejmccartin said at 2:50 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
these are great! I've never seen a spiny one like this. wonderful job here.
Perryandtina83 said at 2:53 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
awesome to catch nature like that in photos to share. thanks!
Whya said at 3:11 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
i dont like spiders, but i like ur photos.. they r amazing!!
AliDar said at 3:30 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
Thank you for spending so much time and effort to capture these amazing spider and web shots! I've not seen a spider like it before so your informative text was a pleasure to read as well. The dof is perfect, especially in the ones that show the web on an angle! Great Tabblo Anders; straight to my favourites! :)
Chiloedream said at 4:12 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
Joli joli Anders
EMA said at 5:56 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
This is great! Have you noticed a kind of smiling cat's face on the yellow spider's back?
Floridamolle said at 6:10 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
Thank you everyone for your comments. Tammy LOL!!
Mashpee_Paula said at 6:17 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
Fascinating info Anders~ you certainly have a lot of patience! Superbe pictures! Thank you! :)
Nmat said at 6:59 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
Very cool tabblo, Anders!
Shampoo said at 7:26 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
Fantastic job!!! We sure don't get anything like that around here!!
DVP said at 8:07 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
Lovely new bugs there Anders. Unfortunately to qualify for weekend best, you have to whittle this down to ONE photo.
Floridamolle said at 9:23 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
OK DVP. I removed me:-)
OscarDaniel said at 9:42 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
Great shots Anders!!
Xtine said at 11:20 p.m. on Sep 9, 2007:
Thanks for the reminder not to kill them, Anders. I used to see them or the likes of them near my grandpa's garden, and I enjoyed killing them for fun. Now I regret I did it...
Paul said at 3:56 a.m. on Sep 10, 2007:
Thanks for the lesson, Anders. Very interesting creatures.
Leftofcenter said at 6:56 a.m. on Sep 10, 2007:
"if at all possible" is vague thx for that, if there indoors i kill them even if they look pretty in yellow which i didn't know until your tabblos! :))))
DEE-Trow said at 10:02 a.m. on Sep 10, 2007:
Wow, what a cool looking insect. Great pics Anders. Love the water droplets on the web!!!
Noe said at 11:33 a.m. on Sep 10, 2007:
Amazing spider!! Fantastic captures Anders...! =)
Love2laugh said at 9:10 p.m. on Sep 10, 2007:
Anders - these are just SPECTACULAR. How in the world do you do it?????? You put the rest of us to shame. I LOVE SEEING YOUR WORK !!!!!
Zippywinds said at 9:39 p.m. on Sep 10, 2007:
WOW another awesome critter find. spectacular web captures, brilliant :)
TeresaAnn said at 11:23 p.m. on Sep 10, 2007:
Cool looking spider!
Decoy said at 7:19 p.m. on Sep 11, 2007:
The web is fantastic! Jättefina bilder, o spindelnäten har du fångat sååå bra! Jättesnyggt! =)
Gerardfotografeert said at 4:13 a.m. on Sep 12, 2007:
Wow and bravo, what a great job you've made for this tabblo. Excellent done and thank you for the interesting text.
Loes said at 4:33 p.m. on Sep 12, 2007:
What an interesting story and great pictures, never seen or heard of such a spider before.
Wahoogin said at 9:48 p.m. on Sep 14, 2007:
Awesome shots, love the last one especially.
Nakedeast said at 12:05 p.m. on Sep 16, 2007:
Cool!!
Thebeautifullife said at 1:11 a.m. on Sep 29, 2007:
i hate spiders...my house looks perfect for halloween...we have a spider invasion here in TX...overnight, everything is webbed (munster effect) LOL Euuuu...spiders haning around everywhere...it's something!
Jantheempress said at 9:24 p.m. on Nov 6, 2007:
love the web shots
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