Lots of Florida Spiders ...

[John Koerner]

Golden Silk Spider ♂ + ♀ (Nephila clavipes)



Bark Jumping Spider ♂ (Platycryptus undatus)



Orchard Orb Spider ♀ (Leucauge argyra)



Orchard Orb Spider ♀ (Leucauge venusta)



Silver-Backed Argiope ♀ (Argiope florida)



Tropical Orb Web (Eriophora sp.) + Filmy Dome Web (Neriene radiata)



Green Lynx ♀ on Horsemint (Peucetia viridans)

All these images were taken 5 years ago, with my old Canon 7D + 180mm lens. I am going through older shots I took and loading them on my database (Had a lot more time to shoot back then!)

All images un-posed, un-staged single shots taken as found via natural light. Water droplets in last shots real, after light rain.

Comments and constructive criticisms welcome.

Thanks for looking,

Jack

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

A stunning set indeed.

[John Koerner]

A stunning set indeed.

Thank you sir.

[Richowens]

I agree with Eric, very nicely done.

Rich

[Bob_B]

Wonderful work! I really like the second photo of the Golden Silk Spider.

[Kevin Gallagher]

 Hi John, as others have said these are great shots and I fully agree even though they give me the heebie jeebies! I suppose I could just look it up but how large are these things?

 Again, great captures!!

Kevin in CT

[biker]

A stunning set indeed.

100% true. I especially like the colours of 1, 2, 5 and 9. But all of them are great shots.

[John Koerner]

I agree with Eric, very nicely done.
Rich

Thank you.



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Wonderful work! I really like the second photo of the Golden Silk Spider.

Thank you. Yes, the robust and more-colorful females display better than the skinnier males. (The male is also about 1/5th as large, even though they look the same size in the images.)



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Hi John, as others have said these are great shots and I fully agree even though they give me the heebie jeebies! I suppose I could just look it up but how large are these things?

 Again, great captures!!

Kevin in CT

Thank you.

A lot of people have "spider fear" instilled (or born) into them, but they're really harmless in all but the very rarest of occasions.

The sizes of these vary significantly.

The female Golden Silk Spider is the largest and can almost cover a man's whole hand ... and can catch hummingbirds and bats in its web ... while the Filmy Dome Spider can run laps around your pinky fingernail

In the middle, a full-grown Green Lynx can span the length of your thumb, as can the Silver Argiope, and I have taken images of the the former feeding on half-grown lizards (anoles).

100% true. I especially like the colours of 1, 2, 5 and 9. But all of them are great shots.

Thank you; those are among my favorites as well.

Jack

[Paulo Bizarro]

Very good set.

[John Koerner]

Thank you.

[NancyP]

Most enjoyable. I like a good spider myself - the orchard orb weavers are particularly well patterned and colored. I really like golden silk spider #2 - the one with pipe-cleaner-like black segments on its legs. Where's Waldo? I don't see any spider on the first low-power web photo, but a little patience shows the spider hanging on the undersurface of the web in the second low power web photo.

[John Koerner]

Most enjoyable. I like a good spider myself - the orchard orb weavers are particularly well patterned and colored. I really like golden silk spider #2 - the one with pipe-cleaner-like black segments on its legs.

Thank you.

Everyone seems to like the female Golden Silk Spider.

(They're even more impressive in-person ... doubly-so, if you happen to walk face-first into one of their webs, pinning one between your face and her extra-strong entanglement )

Where's Waldo? I don't see any spider on the first low-power web photo, but a little patience shows the spider hanging on the undersurface of the web in the second low power web photo.

No spider to be seen in the first web shot (she's hiding in the upper-right shelter of sewn-together leaves).

Good eye on the second web-spotting ... and still chuckling at "where's Waldo?"

Jack