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Ib Mathiasen
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Post by Ib Mathiasen »

A picture from this summer - Common "Araneus Diadematus" garden spider

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The female is full of eggs, and the mating can begin

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Picture below show the palps of the male - he has to place the palps in the "epigyne" of the femail - and that can be dangerous to the little male - but this time it goes pretty well
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One of my favourite species of spider in the UK. A spider that I've regularly watched and photographed but have yet to see a male approach a female - so very well done - and excellent photos too - especially the extreme close up of the male.

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Post by Ken Ramos »

Gives me the creeps looking at them but these are some really good photographs and they have some great details. :D

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Post by beetleman »

Excellent job on these photos Ib :smt023 In the second one , the male is probably doing his mating dance for the female so she will not eat him :shock: and look at the big pair of pedipalps that male has in the third picture :shock:
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Post by MacroLuv »

Great courage this little guy is showing. :D
Even knees doesn't tremble. :lol:
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Post by Ib Mathiasen »

Thanks for comment – my experience tell me that there is great difference in temperament with the individual spider – and sometimes the male, make a mistake in he´s eagerness of mating – and it ends fatal for him

And other times the female plays ready for mating, but need in reality meal for her´s eggs to maturation – and the male walk unsuspecting in to her loving welcome
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