Arachnids

Mickymacro · Post by **Mickymacro** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:42 am

Anyone have an idea what member of the spider family this is?

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:11 pm

Welcome to the forums Mickymacro

Make yourself comfortable and enjoy. I, myself, could not even guess on a family for the spider. It does have some beautiful patterns and the earthtone colors are excellent. I like the way you captured the web also. I am sure one of our UK brothers will come up with something for you. Take care and welcome again...looking forward to more posts

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:21 pm

Welcome Mickymacro!

Family Araneus, I guess.

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:01 pm

Hi Mickymacro,

Macroluv is right with his identification, your spider is a female Common Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus). The abdomen of the male is quite a bit smaller than in the female. Her abdomen can get a lot bigger too when she is full of eggs. One of my favourite spiders.

Welcome to the forum.

Bruce

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:11 pm

Hi ya Micky and welcome to the forums. Never heard of a favorite spider before, I sure don't have one though, unless it has been stepped on...yeech!

Hey nice post, we will be looking for more!

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:43 pm

Yep as Bruce said Araneus diadematus or Garden Spider. I had a lovely one in my shed a while ago and in early summer everyone's garden will be overflowing with them!

Mickymacro · Post by **Mickymacro** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:30 am

Thank you all for your welcome and your very instructive replies. I took this shot whilst on holiday in Turky many years ago. Not stictly macro, but it is on of my favourite wild life pics. Not sure whether the fellah is a frog or a toad

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:54 am

Mickymacro wrote:

Not stictly macro, but it is on of my favourite wild life pics.

Well we won't get into what is macro and what isn't nor whether it qualifies as a close up or not, because no two people will ever agree, I think, on what is or what isn't. Believe me, we the administrators have tried to define it and even we cannot come to an agreement with one another. So, lets leave it at that, we all have better things to do than to be arguing amongst ourselves, that is not good. To be safe, I always go by this, if I present an image that appears to be closer than what is "normally" encountered by the "layman" in nature or reality, then it is okay in my opinion, as long as it is within the guidelines established for this particular forum.

By the way, I think that this is a frog and not a toad, since toads are usually terrestrial.

Mickymacro · Post by **Mickymacro** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:08 pm

Well, er, yes I agree. We should avoid opening a can of worms (unless we are about to photograph them!) Anyway here is another view of our common garden spider weaving his web. What clever little creatures they are!

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:14 pm

spiders fascinate me, they really do, especially true spiders.