My garden spider - at different angles

[Paul]

The webs are built by the large females. At the tip of the abdomen there are three pairs of spinnerets, which secrete silk used to create the web. They usually face head down on the web. Orb Spiders are said to eat their webs each night along with many of the small insects stuck to it. They have been apparently been observed eating the web in just a couple of minutes! A new web is then spun in the morning.

 

So here is my ubiquitous Araneus diadematus with some more of the "lesser seen" angles - and you can see her... erm... lady bits quite clearly (epigyne)...

 

Paul.

[Ryewolf]

Another excellent Paul as always

[Paul]

Thank you Geoff.

Paul.

[CMunzel]

Another excellent set of macros, Paul. There seems no limit to the varieties of creatures you find. 

[Paul]

3 minutes ago, CMunzel said:

Another excellent set of macros, Paul. There seems no limit to the varieties of creatures you find. 

Very kind of you to say Cheryl. 

Soon though, the creature count will dwindle and I'll have fewer subjects to find and focus on...

I hate winters, lol..

Paul.

[CMunzel]

Oh, it’s a warm weather thing. You would hate winter then. Do you preserve them for later? 

[Paul]

No, nothing preserved - all animate and living subjects are found there and then, and that's the way bugs should be treated. I don't kill any bugs of any kind (though I might give to neighbouring gardens for free under the friend and share secretly banner!)

Paul.

[CMunzel]

So glad I asked about preserving bugs. I respect the position you take on that. I wonder which bugs you share with your neighbours. Given most bugs are mobile, many would come straight back. 

[Paul]

Weevils. Lily beetles. And slugs and snails, lol...

I know they'll survive better in the 3 adjacent jungles, which is where they probably came from anyway 

Paul.

Edited September 13, 2021 by Paul