Spiders.....

[Kobione]

After mentioning that we have lots of tiny spiders atm I went out for a look yesterday afternoon and found 3 slightly bigger:

On the garden shed, not very big, only about 6mm in length;

Then I found another one on its web, a bit bigger, about an inch long:

Then spotted this one, a St Andrew's Cross spider with very distinctive colour:

And just another closer:

We have had rain today so they have disappeared again, but with that colour I think I'll spot him again!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[FUJI]

This is one....brilliant...set Dee......

Your camera takes good detailed close ups.........don’t get poking around one of OZ`s dodgy spiders will you ?

FUJI

[Denis]

The last spider image...Wow..what a colourful chap eh? strange how he/she keeps his/her legs paired up. Well spotted Dee

[Ryewolf]

Great set of Spiders Kobione.

[Kobione]

On 22/12/2020 at 20:03, FUJI said:

This is one....brilliant...set Dee......

Your camera takes good detailed close ups.........don’t get poking around one of OZ`s dodgy spiders will you ?

FUJI

Thanks Fuji - I thought we had lots of spiders where we lived before, but nowhere near as many as are here atm. As for the 'dodgy ones', I have never seen, or killed as many Redbacks before. I don't kill spiders if they are harmless because I find them interesting, but Redbacks are venomous and nasty, so out they go - at least a dozen of them!!

[Kobione]

On 23/12/2020 at 02:30, Denis said:

The last spider image...Wow..what a colourful chap eh? strange how he/she keeps his/her legs paired up. Well spotted Dee

I think that is why they got their name Denis, St Andrew's spider, they usually seem to have their legs like that and stretched down towards the strengthened part of the web, which does look like a cross when seen overall.

[Denis]

Ah!... now you mention it....

[JohnP]

A lovely set Dee!... the last shot is brilliant... in more ways than one...

[Paul]

One spider I have never seen here - a wasp spider - lovely creature Dee, I'm envious!

Paul.

[Clicker]

That’s a really quality set of spider Pics Dee with some brilliant detail... good to see you picking up your camera and exploring the tiny world in your neck of the woods again... The last two images are fascinating.... 

[Kobione]

He is still there Polly, just three steps from when I go out of the back door. I like seeing him out there, the one I took before him had his web on the same bush, but it has broken down and he has disappeared now.