Spider Web – Nature Journeys

From A Fly’s Perspective

From a fly’s perspective caught in a spider web. How do you get out of that? Erm, you don’t.

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Sheet Web, rear garden, Staffordshire, England. July 2017.

02/1802/18 by Peter Hillman Categories: Abstract, Animals, Animals (Invertebrates), Arachnids, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Photography, Spiders, Wildlife PhotographyTags: Arachnids, Macro, Macro Photography, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Spider Web, Spiders, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography 23 Comments

Spinning Autumn

Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) female, September 2017, rear garden, Staffordshire, England.

09/17 by Peter Hillman Categories: Animals, Animals (Invertebrates), Arachnids, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Photography, Spiders, Wildlife PhotographyTags: Araneus diadematus, Autumn, Garden Spider, Garden Spider Araneus diadematus, Garden Spider Araneus diadematus female, Macro, Macro Photography, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Spider Web, Spiders, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography 13 Comments

Catching The Fall

Photograph taken October 2016, front garden, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D7200, with Sigma 105mm macro lens.

10/16 by Peter Hillman Categories: Garden, Nature Photography, Plants, Trees & ShrubsTags: Autumn, Autumn Colours, Autumn Hues, Autumn Leaves, Autumn Shades, Nursery Web Spider, Spider Web 12 Comments

Spinning Around

I came across this Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) busy spinning a new web in my garden.

Photograph of Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus), taken August 2016, rear garden , Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D7200, with Sigma 105mm macro lens.

08/1608/16 by Peter Hillman Categories: Animals, Animals (Invertebrates), Arachnids, Nature Photography, SpidersTags: Arachnids, Araneidae, Araneus diadematus, Garden Spider, Macro, Macro Photography, Nature, Nature Photography, Orb Web Spider, Spider, Spider Spinning Web, Spider Web, Spiders, Spinning A Web, Web, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography 25 Comments

I guess the fight for survival could have gone either way in the above image. I came across this Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) in its orb web with a nicely wrapped up food parcel. This food parcel was a social wasp, most likely the Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris), and if it had got a sting in it could have been over for the spider. I suppose it all depends on how wrapped up the wasp had become in the web, and how weak it was. Either way, the spider got its lunch.

Photograph of Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) with the Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris), taken August 2016, rear garden , Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D3200, with Sigma 105mm macro lens with softbox flash diffuser.

08/1608/16 by Peter Hillman Categories: Arachnids, Nature Photography, SpidersTags: Arachnids, Araneidae, Araneus diadematus, Common Wasp, Garden Spider, Macro, Macro Photography, Nature, Nature Photography, Spider, Spider Web, Spiders, Vespula vulgaris, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography 2 Comments

Suspended

Photograph of Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus), taken August 2016, rear garden , Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D3200, with Sigma 105mm macro lens with softbox flash diffuser.