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Underside view of the Spider repairing its web. Note the new line spooling from her spinnerets at the lower mid-part of its body. (Thanks Christine for I.Ding the "spinnerets" for me.)
Did you know that there are over 10,000 species of Orb-weavers that make up about 25% of spider diversity. That they have eight similar eyes and hairy or spiny legs. (from Wikipedia)
Generally, orb-weaving spiders are three-clawed builders of flat webs with sticky spiral capture silk. The building of a web is an engineering feat, begun when the spider floats a line on the wind to another surface. The spider then secures the line and then drops another line from the center, making a "Y". The rest of the scaffolding follows with many radii of non-sticky silk being constructed before a final spiral of sticky capture silk. (Wikipedia)
Full EXIF Info | |
Date/Time | 05-Sep-2011 10:27:03 |
Make | Nikon |
Model | NIKON D300S |
Flash Used | No |
Focal Length | 105 mm |
Exposure Time | 1/400 sec |
Aperture | f/5.6 |
ISO Equivalent | 500 |
Exposure Bias | -0.67 |
White Balance | |
Metering Mode | matrix (5) |
JPEG Quality | |
Exposure Program | aperture priority (3) |
Focus Distance |
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