What a beauty! We think this is a Golden Orb Weaver spider because of her size and location. The females (foreground) are giants and can grow up to 50 mm long, while the males (probably the spider you see in the background) are small, only about 6 mm. The male is probably defending his territory from other males.
These spiders are also known as giant wood spiders, banana spiders and writing spiders.
Thanks to Lucy Battle for submitting this photo.
5 comments:
Similar power differential between my wife and I. :)
Lovely shot, and I like your header photo of the bridge very much too.
Eamon
Excellent shot. I think we have these or something similar in this area. They're hard to photograph well, though. You did it!
Great shot. A very pretty spider, if a spider can be pretty : )
Certainly I had never before considered spiders to be...beautiful!
Spiders are fun!
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