THREE SPIDERS ON THE WAY THROUGH THE FOREST
It happened seven years ago.
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I encountered some spiders on my walk through the woods, and I stopped to photograph them.
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This is a short chronicle of those arachnid encounters.
I didn't have the good camera that I'm using these days nor any kind of macro equipment so the photographs in today's post are a bit muddled and grainy. But they are still good enough to show some details and convey the overall atmosphere.
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The first spider was this Pisaura mirabilis. If you enlarge the photograph by clicking on it and if you take a good look at the details, you may notice a small geometer moth, the Timandra comae, blurred in the background. I wasn't aware of it while taking the photograph, back then in 2015.
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Later, while walking along the path shown in this photograph ...
... I noticed what looked like a ghost of a spider. The empty exoskeleton was hanging on the loose threads above the large horizontal web. After a minute or so of staring at the scene ...
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... I finally saw the spider underneath the molt.
The name of the species is Agelena orientalis.
Soon the spider entered its den and I continued the walk through the woods.
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When I noticed the species shown in this photograph, I reached a relatively large clearance in the forest. The spider has built its horizontal web near the ground, among the grass and various herbaceous plants ...
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... so I sat down to be closer to the action.
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This is the Agelena labyrinthica.
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AND THAT'S IT. AS ALWAYS IN THESE POSTS ON HIVE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE MY WORK - THE END.
Me gusta como se miran las arañas en las fotografías y el bosque ni se diga, me encanta pasear por el bosque y disfrutar del aire natural. Saludos.
Saludos. 🙂
spider are the most strongest in the air. They have a lot of trap in the air
Very nice photos my friend @borjan. Spiders molt their cuticle several times as they increase in size, these arachnids can recover a lost limb after performing the cuticular molting process, something that is amazing. A pleasure as always to read your post and see the fascinating photos. cheers my friend!
Thanks. 🙂Glad you like the post. I didn't know they could recover a lost limb through that process. I see spiders with missing legs fairly often, and I always thought that was beyond repair. Interesting and very cool. Thanks for that piece of knowledge.
Yes, it is very common to find spiders with missing legs. They can recover those limbs through molting, but it depends if the spider is not very mature, as they can molt until a certain stage of their life (they are limited). I wish we could recover some limbs or teeth by some similar process, it would be great hahaha.
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The three different specie of spiders I learnt today:
Agelena labyrinthica
Pisaura mirabilis
Agelena orientalis.
Thank you very much @borjan .
I can boldly say today really counted. I'm grateful man...
Keep doing the good job.
I think I'll do more research on these species
To see and observe spiders outside is somethng that I also like,especially hte web and the moments when they catch other insects but often we have spiders in our house that is something I definitely do not like. Usually, I try to catch it and bring outside so that we do not kill them.
The spider really look unbothered though 🙂
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You could find that scene in my house near the end of my vacuum cycle... 😆
Cool photos! It's cool how their website are like platforms off the ground
😃 Yes, these horizontal webs look a bit like those circus safety nets and trampolines.
Yes. They're exactly like that haha 😄
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amigo @borjan, como estás? A pesar de no tener equipo macro tus fotos siguen siendo impresionantemente buenas se observa la naturaleza y los insectos de una forma excelente.
Gracias. 🙂 Sí, la naturaleza es interesante con y sin el equipo macro.
As always so educative and entertaining, I didn't notice any "muddleness" in the pictures though. It was like I was walking with the spiders
Hi @borjan , at present you have a macro camera , in about 5 years you will have a much more specialized camera , 7 years ago you took these photos , they are excellent , in 5 years and even less you are still here , would you say the same , at present , that is to say 5 years from now , I have a more specialized camera , these photos were taken 5 years ago , they look somewhat irregular at the moment , but I want to share , well I 'm already being a futurist and I 'm putting myself in your shoes
Awesome shots of amazing spoods! The mess weavers are so difficult to photograph because they're so skittish, but they seem to like you enough to pose.