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Wasp spider & Bumble Bee


Wasp spider & Bumble Bee
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Copyright: Christian POURRE (TAZ) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-07-23
Categories: Spiders
Camera: Canon IXUS 400, Canon 36-108mm équiv
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/400 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Spider, Araneae (Spiders) II, Argiope bruennichi [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-09-14 1:48
Viewed: 2133
Points: 70
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
Note : On the web of the Wasp spider their was also a Bumble Bee. The Bee was strong and she had enough time to escape because she was behind the web.
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English name : Wasp spider - Scientific name : Argiope Bruennichi - Family : Argiopidae.
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Description : Striped Argiope is one of most beautiful and largest Orbitèle of France (the body of the female reaches 25 mm length, and 6 mm for the male). We can find it in all the country, but it is more frequent in West and South.
It attends the zones of low vegetations, but marks a preference for the wetlands. In all the case, it appreciates an important sunning.
This one has been taken in meadow. It generally weaves its web close to the ground. The individuals I met here eat almost exclusively locusts. The victim on this picture throwns in the web at my approach. Regularly (but not always, we can see on the trap made of a sticking silk a stabilimentum, a silk cross reinforced in the center of the web).
The spider is generally in the center of the web, gather its legs two by two, and when a prey is caught there, it is agitated in order to better imprison it.
Disturbed, it has exactly the same reaction, and if the danger is specified, it drops on the ground at the end of a rope of silk.
Very quick, it is able to control imposing preys, such of large locusts and the dragonflies.
As often with spiders, the male is smaller than the female and stops hunting with web when it looks for a mature female.
Several males can gather around the web of their fiancée, and there steal sometimes small preys which she forsakes.
The coupling takes place in summer, and the female gathers its eggs in a papyraceous silk cocoon (with paper aspect) of approximately 3cm of diameter and she protects it.
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Photo : Resized and framed in 800x600 for TN. Camera IXUS 400 - Focal 36mm - Macro mode auto - Iso 100 - Aperture f7.1 - Speed 1/400 - No flash - Handheld.

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Fantastic shot!
Excellent composition, sharp and detailed, very nice colour and frame.
TFS!

Bravo christian, au bon moment pour cette jolie prise de vue. Parfaite composition, bien nette, on apperçoit même la célèbre signature de cette araignée sur sa toile.
TFS, Laurent

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3102 W: 233 N: 6304] (21553)
  • [2005-09-14 2:52]

That is an incredibly sharp and clear shot of the spider, Christian. The colors on it are beautiful. The light is fantastic, and so is the composition, with the bumble bee and all. Well done and TFS. : )

Hi Christian, a very good macro shot.
The spider is beautiful with lovely colour. Well composed and good POV. The details and sharpness are very good.
Well done.

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  • Eko Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 187 W: 10 N: 38] (121)
  • [2005-09-14 4:13]

Hello Christian!
Wonderful capture.Sharpness,POV and framing are perfect.I liked composition very much.Thanks for posting.

Salut Christian,
Vraiment sympa comme photo.
Les couleurs de l'araignée sont magnifiques, un superbe jaune et noir.
Ouf ! Le bourdon s'en est sorti, de toute façon ça doit etre plus dur a digérer qu'une mouche.
Nico.

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3317 W: 148 N: 6136] (18716)
  • [2005-09-14 4:49]

Hurrah! A happy ending for the Bumble Bee.
Taz, your sharpness is terrific, and the spider looks so sharp and clear. Great colours too. Well done. Very, very good!

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  • sway Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 303 W: 85 N: 308] (1224)
  • [2005-09-14 4:55]

HI Christian,
I am glad the bumblebee escaped.
Nice shot. The details on the spider are wonderful.
Great work
Nice composition.
:)

Hi Christian!
Very nice shot.Colors,POV,lighting,sharpness and composition are perfect.Thanks for sharing.

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  • Toni Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 403 W: 2 N: 316] (2034)
  • [2005-09-14 5:43]

Salut Christian
Excellente prise de l'araignée avec sa proie. Superbe nettété et très bien composée.
Salutations Toni

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  • Phoki Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 48 W: 0 N: 21] (284)
  • [2005-09-14 6:33]

Terrific sharpness,very nice colour of the spider-a very good macro shot!

Hi Christian,
Excellent composition! Beautiful colors, very sharp detail. This is superb work, and great notes...Thanks
Scott

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  • optic Gold Star Critiquer [C: 322 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-09-14 7:45]

Bon matin Christian,
Vous avez réussi un petit chef-d'oeuvre de macro, la lumière est bien dirigée et la définition est parfaite, comme toujours la présentation est impécable et la note bien détaillée,

Bonne journée :-)
Christian

Very nice capture Christian. Perfect deatil and great POV and DOF.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4635 W: 248 N: 4025] (13237)
  • [2005-09-14 8:18]

Hello Christian!
Wonderful capture.Details,POV,lighting,colors and composition are excellent.TFS...:-)

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 852 W: 23 N: 942] (5113)
  • [2005-09-14 10:10]

Bonjour Christian, joli tableau bien mis en valeur avec cette belle Argiope et sa proie. Félicitations Didier.

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2009 W: 122 N: 2581] (8426)
  • [2005-09-14 10:20]

I like the shot Christian,
very good capture, the details are super even as the colours and the dof, very good job,
gr. Jaap

Hi Christian!
I don't have enough time to write a decent comment ;) but the big smiley is, no doubt, well deserved here :)

//Beuatiful shot with nice bumble-bonus//

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1575 W: 5 N: 2195] (12384)
  • [2005-09-14 12:44]

Belle macro Christian, les couleurs et la netteté sont parfaites.

Félicitations !

Nice shot Taz, Thank You!

Hi Christian - good macro of a nice spider. ;-) Beautifull colors, good DOF and we can see many details. Well done.

Exellent capture Christian,
Very good exposure, nicely composed, good colours and well detailed. Good POV and notes. Very well captured, thanks for posting

Bonjour Christian,
Jolie macro de cette araignée colorée! Belle netteté et bonne composition. TFS
Hélène

A perfect shot! What colors! Very vivid! And the macro focus is fantastic! TFS!

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 755 W: 31 N: 20] (5032)
  • [2005-09-16 3:49]

Hi Christian,
good capture. Very good strong colours and DOF. Interesting note. I like it. Well done.
Rgs, Aleksander

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 322 N: 4258] (16906)
  • [2005-09-16 12:58]

Christian, you managed to capture a great moment.

Excellent colors and composition. I like pov too. The spider is very beautiful, and your shot has an excellent sharpness.

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  • sela Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 45 W: 0 N: 39] (704)
  • [2005-09-16 16:18]

Excellent. This is top of the top.

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1872 W: 304 N: 4301] (14733)
  • [2005-09-16 21:03]

Beau travail, Christian. Image et note. Merci.

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  • Eric Silver Note Writer [C: 6 W: 0 N: 17] (129)
  • [2005-09-17 17:40]

Bravo l'instant de la prise photo est parfait. Il fallait être là au bon moment ;-)

Belle photo, la couleur, la scène et le cadrage.
Merci !!!!

Amazing close up of this colourful spider. It is nice to see the prey in the web.

A very lucky shot. Excellent quality and sharpness of course but it's the moment captured that's fascinating. I've never seen a bumble bee fly into a web, although I'm sure it happens a lot. Would have made a very nice meal for the spider!

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  • puciu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 519 W: 0 N: 16] (2603)
  • [2005-10-04 6:12]

¦wietne zdjêcie Christian.
Doskona³a ostro¶æ i ciekawe ujêcie.
Very well done.
Robert.

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  • cedryk Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 966 W: 52 N: 1695] (5186)
  • [2005-10-16 11:15]

Very nice capture! Great timing and composition. Great DOF! Congratulations! Michal

Hello Christian,
Excellent! I love the composition, insects are in the right place, well uniform BG, details and colors very good.
A great job
Hernán

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