Macro It's getting to be that time of year

It's getting to be that time of year · **3 Likes**

GRB · 09-20-2018, 07:59 PM

Cool, as in the 1950's vernacular.

reh321 · 09-21-2018, 04:29 PM

It's a nice photo - the spider is all stretched out so we can see it - but I don't understand you title ...... do they hide during certain times of the year??

troika · 09-21-2018, 05:00 PM

Originally posted by reh321

It's a nice photo - the spider is all stretched out so we can see it - but I don't understand you title ...... do they hide during certain times of the year??

I don't know, but fall is when we start seeing them a lot more and suddenly they are abundant. I generally leave them alone. Sometimes if I big enough one is inside, I kill it, but mostly I let them be or relocate them.

**K-Three** · 09-21-2018, 08:40 PM - **1 Like**

This is one of the big garden orb weavers (nice shot BTW), a female, they are around all summer, but the females get quite large in late summer/early fall as they prepare to lay eggs (remember Charlotte's Web?) The males are around, but stay very small, and tend to make no webs, or very small ones, Varies by species.
They'll soon mate, the male may or may not survive that, the female will lay eggs, and in most parts of North America, she soon dies as the weather cools and the bugs she feeds on die off or hibernate.
The eggs will hatch in the following spring, when things warm up enough, and the cycle starts all over again.
You typically don't find these inside, they tend to keep out doors. Other spiders, mostly cob weavers (the really messy looking webs) seem to like inside areas.

vtn · 10-09-2019, 01:52 AM

Excellent macro

Charlie Victor · 10-09-2019, 03:29 AM

Very nice capture!
Best.

nonpigliounoshoot · 10-09-2019, 03:40 AM

not practical macro, but it seems to me a very good detail

**aslyfox** · 10-09-2019, 03:45 AM

very nice photo

the D FA 100mm F2.8 Macro lenses are very nice for macro, you have a little working room for 1:1 without being right on top of your target

and they make nice short telephoto lenses well

I have the non WR verison

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09-20-2018, 07:59 PM	#2
GRB Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Southcentral Alaska Posts: 817	Cool, as in the 1950's vernacular.

09-21-2018, 04:29 PM	#3
reh321 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Bend, IN, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,181	It's a nice photo - the spider is all stretched out so we can see it - but I don't understand you title ...... do they hide during certain times of the year??

09-21-2018, 05:00 PM	#4
troika Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Seattle, WA USA Posts: 1,753 Original Poster	Originally posted by reh321 It's a nice photo - the spider is all stretched out so we can see it - but I don't understand you title ...... do they hide during certain times of the year?? I don't know, but fall is when we start seeing them a lot more and suddenly they are abundant. I generally leave them alone. Sometimes if I big enough one is inside, I kill it, but mostly I let them be or relocate them.

09-21-2018, 08:40 PM - 1 Like	#5
K-Three Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2014 Location: Pugetopolis, WA Photos: Gallery Posts: 938	This is one of the big garden orb weavers (nice shot BTW), a female, they are around all summer, but the females get quite large in late summer/early fall as they prepare to lay eggs (remember Charlotte's Web?) The males are around, but stay very small, and tend to make no webs, or very small ones, Varies by species. They'll soon mate, the male may or may not survive that, the female will lay eggs, and in most parts of North America, she soon dies as the weather cools and the bugs she feeds on die off or hibernate. The eggs will hatch in the following spring, when things warm up enough, and the cycle starts all over again. You typically don't find these inside, they tend to keep out doors. Other spiders, mostly cob weavers (the really messy looking webs) seem to like inside areas.

10-09-2019, 01:52 AM	#6
vtn Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Vilnius Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 168	Excellent macro

10-09-2019, 03:29 AM	#7
Charlie Victor Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Durban Photos: Albums Posts: 1,227	Very nice capture! Best.

10-09-2019, 03:40 AM	#8
nonpigliounoshoot Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 735	not practical macro, but it seems to me a very good detail

10-09-2019, 03:45 AM	#9
aslyfox Seeker of Knowledge Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Topeka, Kansas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 24,582	very nice photo the D FA 100mm F2.8 Macro lenses are very nice for macro, you have a little working room for 1:1 without being right on top of your target and they make nice short telephoto lenses well I have the non WR verison