Garden Spider Web

[IcyBC]

There is always a huge spider web every year in my garden! After the initial shock I usually tried my best to take a photo or two. I don't see the owner of the web and I don't bother it either. I figure the spider deserves to have a home wherever it wants, as long as it doesn't hurt us. Here is one huge spider web photo! Share yours

 

[Trellum]

Woah! That is a mighty spider web you got there! Hehehe! This web seems to be made by an artist, ehehe! That spider is quite talented! It's beautiful! It never ceases to amazed me the amazing patterns they can create. I'm sure the owner was nearby

 

[Pat]

Very large spider web. Thanks for sharing. It is a work of art.

 

[LIcenter]

That is a typical Garden Spider web. What they will do is hang out at the edge of the web waiting for something to bump into the web. They will then quickly run to what is caught, and pump venom into them to turn the captured bugs insides to a mushy liquid. When hunger rings the dinner bell they will return to suck the doomed bug dry. Warning! spidey pics further down!
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[IcyBC]

That is a typical Garden Spider web. What they will do is hang out at the edge of the web waiting for something to bump into the web. They will then quickly run to what is caught, and pump venom into them to turn the captured bugs insides to a mushy liquid. When hunger rings the dinner bell they will return to suck the doomed bug dry. Warning! spidey pics further down!

You caught amazing spiders in action! I am not that brave; I stood further out, snapped the photos and went right back inside. Not that we don't have spiders in the house; we do but they are much smaller
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[blueeyes]

What a fabulous web @IcyBC . I am always fascinated by the beauty of a web. @LIcenter - magnificent closeups of the two spiders. I don't care for them but do like to capture them in photos occasionally. Mind you, I don't get as close as you. Here is one I caught in my yard,last year. As you can see, there is a bit of distance between us..lol

 

[LIcenter]

What a fabulous web @IcyBC . I am always fascinated by the beauty of a web. @LIcenter - magnificent closeups of the two spiders. I don't care for them but do like to capture them in photos occasionally. Mind you, I don't get as close as you. Here is one I caught in my yard,last year. As you can see, there is a bit of distance between us..lol
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I'm never closer than three feet using my 300mm lens standing very still. One thing about my spider as opposed to yours; Mine don't jump, and yours does! Which means you were way to close for my comfort!

 

[Rosyrain]

AAAHHH there should be a warning before extreme close ups of spiders are viewed...spiders make me cringe and I jumped away from my computer when I opened this thread. It is amazing what modern photography tools can do for us though. I also just learned last night that you can wrap spider web around a cut, like on your finger, and it works like a bandaid. Just an interesting fact and it seems to fit the theme pictured here.

 

[galmal]

I love coming outside early on a warm spring day, when there's a lot of dew and sunshine. Looking out over the yard, so see all these little spider webs that seem to be covered in powdered sugar - they're white and just shimmer in the sun. You don't see them any other time during the day, but when they're covered with dew and sun hits them just right, they're so pretty. It makes you realize that there's so much in nature that we don't actually see - or that we're just to busy to notice.

 

[IcyBC]

AAAHHH there should be a warning before extreme close ups of spiders are viewed...spiders make me cringe and I jumped away from my computer when I opened this thread. It is amazing what modern photography tools can do for us though. I also just learned last night that you can wrap spider web around a cut, like on your finger, and it works like a bandaid. Just an interesting fact and it seems to fit the theme pictured here.

That is good to know, but I don't think I can even stomach touching spider web. Maybe if we are lost in the woods and was bleeding profusely, I might look for a web to wrap it in. It has to be extreme though

 

[IcyBC]

I love coming outside early on a warm spring day, when there's a lot of dew and sunshine. Looking out over the yard, so see all these little spider webs that seem to be covered in powdered sugar - they're white and just shimmer in the sun. You don't see them any other time during the day, but when they're covered with dew and sun hits them just right, they're so pretty. It makes you realize that there's so much in nature that we don't actually see - or that we're just to busy to notice.

Me too! I love to look for web with dews on it, and if I could manage to take a photo, it would be my best day! I also went outside after a gentle shower of rain and look for them too.

 

[IcyBC]

What a fabulous web @IcyBC . I am always fascinated by the beauty of a web. @LIcenter - magnificent closeups of the two spiders. I don't care for them but do like to capture them in photos occasionally. Mind you, I don't get as close as you. Here is one I caught in my yard,last year. As you can see, there is a bit of distance between us..lol
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I love your photo here of the spider! I think it needs some nectar or something to drink. I am very happy for zoom lens when it comes to take pictures of things that give me a chill

 

[LIcenter]

Here's a few more pics of two webs about thirty feet up with the sun just catching it right.

 

[IcyBC]

You captured the beauties of these web. I love how the sun shines on them making them sparkle and stand out. Just gorgeous! Thank you for sharing these!

 

[blueeyes]

@LIcenter Your two photos are excellent. I find webs to be both beautiful and fascinating and you sure captured the essence in your photos. Although I have captured many photos of spiders, I haven't been able to get a good shot of a web, as of yet.