Caribbean part VI

nephiliim · Post by **nephiliim** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:37 pm

Hey folks,

Just a few today, it's to darn hot to stay inside over here..

Hope you like 'em

This spider, although it looks like a very common spider in the netherlands, displays behaviour compared to it's relatives. It just dangles from tree on a string of web allmost 4 to 5 meters long and lets the wind do it's thing.

All the best,

Tom B

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:32 pm

I wouldn`t want to walk into the spider face first

. A very interesting shape to that flower, almost looks turbine shaped...like a pinwheel. It would start spinning in the wind

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:33 pm

Another set of nice images there TomB.

Yeah, I would really have a fit if I walked into "Ol' Laser Butt" there face first.

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:19 am

That's either a very small spider or a remarkably thick piece of spider's web

Both interesting photos Tom - thanks.

Bruce

cactuspic · Post by **cactuspic** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:47 am

Wonderful post, Tom. Great detail on the spider.

Irwin

nephiliim · Post by **nephiliim** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:52 am

Bruce, the webbing was indeed quite thick. The rear end of this spider was about 0,8 cm long. Strange was though, that only the last 3 or 4 cm of this webbing was so thick, the other four meter was normall thickness.
Might be a way to catch pray or something like that, as it was , deliberately, swinging around in the wind wit a radius of about 3 or 4 meters in all directions.

All the best,

Tom B