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Old 7 Legs
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A real sign Autumn is upon us, a Garden Cross Spider (Araneus diadematus) one of the most recognisable of the orb-Weaver Spider. At 16mm long when fully mature like this female seen here like the ones I posted last year in one tunnel at the top of the nursery.
This one seems to have only 7 legs having lost one of the long rear ones, but she seems to be copping with-out it OK.
The Garden Cross easy to know by the cross of white dots on its back is usually seen sat at the middle of her classic picture book web strung between any available surport such as twigs of a tree or rails of a fence to capture unwarry flying insect even large moths and dragonflies are taken but more usually houseflies and hoverflies.
Do not expect to spot a male so easily as he will be hidding porbably in a corner of the web waiting for her to be off gaurd to seank a meal from her leavings, as he done not seem to make his own web.
A spider with a one year life cycle with the youngsters hatching and emerging from the yellow silk egg sack attached to a sheltered spot. this is guarded by the female who after they are laid stops eating and just sits and guards the eggs till ether starvation or the cold weather kills her.
A question somebody might know the answer to, what is the little stick like organ at the point where the body joins the abdomen?
Here are last years efforts at capturing the beautiful creatures.
Garden Cross Spider LP
Would Madame Like it Warped
Ready to lay
worth a look as they all have different notes and observations.
Adjustments
levels
Crop to size
Sharpen with USM
Darken a couple of bright areas on the white parts of the legs with burn tool.
Save As to preserve the Exif Data
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Hi Robert,
An excellent shot. Very good detail, colors, and composition. The OOF backround is perfect for this shot. This POV is great because you can see where he lost that leg. It makes you wonder how and where that happened. Your notes are superb as always! Thanks
Scott
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