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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Foxfire@pawb.social to c/bugmenagerie@possumpat.io

A spider I happened to notice a while back while out and about. Its markings and size caught my eye, as it was very different from the spiders I typically see around here. I doubt they are rare, but it was new to me and I wanted to get a close up picture. It might not look particularly close, but it's a phone camera with no optical zoom. I was only a couple of inches from the subject and didn't want to disturb them.

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[-] Geek_King@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I sure do, I won't forget, it scared the shit out of me! They're considered orb weavers, so they weave those flat vertically oriented webs with circles going out radially. The center where the spider sits had a zig zag pattern of webbing going vertically.

Here's a video of the threat display (I didn't take this video, I was just thrilled I found a video of the undulating)

Garden Spider Threat Display

Garden Spider Web with Zig Zag

[-] Foxfire@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

That's impressive they're able to shake like that, that'd freak me out too if I didn't know it was gonna happen! Very cool web design as well, thank you for taking the time to find those visuals!

[-] Geek_King@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Glad to share!

this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2023
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