Goldenrod Spider (Misumena vatia), found it on my Canadian Goldenrod this morning. It is one of my favourite spiders. Unfortuantely when I tried to take its picture on the Goldenrod it panicked and fell off, but I caught its silk strand and helped it to a brickwall to get these shots.
Front garden, Staffordshire, England. July 2017.
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Great pictures! Fascinating so see these animals so close.
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Thank you very much 🙂
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Great shots Pete. Did you use your Raynox for these?
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Thank you, Paul 🙂 Yes, I had to go and rush and put it on the end of the macro lens. Combined with the speedlight I was able to open up my aperture to f22. Had to under expose also to avoid blowing the highlights too much.
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Impressive photos, dear Pete 🙂
Have a great weekend
Didi
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Thank you, dear Didi 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend yourself. Pete
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Thanks, dear Pete 🙂
Didi
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A real beauty and your photos are absolutely superb, Pete, especially the last one.
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Thank you very much, Ark 🙂 Thankfully the Goldenrod was quite obliging.
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Wow cool pics! But eeww…gives me shivers…
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Thank you very much, phenry 🙂 No need to shiver 🙂
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I never thought I’d say this, but thanks for introducing me to a rather good looking spider!
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You are welcome, Diana, and thank you 🙂
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What a cutie! I’m giving myself a gold star, because I figured out it’s a crab spider — because of those long legs. Little by little, we learn.
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Gold star well deserved, Linda! She is a cutie 🙂
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From its poses, looks like it wasn’t too panicky after it was rescued! 😄
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It was quite well behaved, Anita 🙂 Although when it raises its crab-like front legs the way it does it is a warning it means business.
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Ah I should’ve known. ☺ Well, at least it didn’t fall down while it threatened you… ☺
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Lol! 🙂
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Great photos of this rather attractive spider. Good to see several photos taken from all angles.
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Thank you, Vicki 🙂 They are quite attractive, and this one matches the colours of the Canadian Goldenrod perfectly.
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Wow! I believe I have these same spiders on my butterfly bushes!
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Yes, could well be! Thank you 🙂
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That last shot is awesome – looks like it has 6 eyes … what is the purpose of those “eyes”?
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Thank you, Michael 🙂 It has eight eyes, two of them just out of shot. They have quite a vision with all those eyes.
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Looks like a miniature crab on the beach!
Dwight
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