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European Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)
Araneus diadematus

288/365v2 European Garden Spider

According to wikipedia…so take this with a pinch of salt, the european garden spider will eat its web during the night, including all the bugs therein, and then re-spin its web in the morning. I know for a fact, that this web has been here for at least 3 days,

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Long-jawed Orb-weaver Spider - Tetragnatha extensa
Common Stretch

177/365v2 The Centre of My Universe

We had our first walk in Rowney Woods this afternoon for the first time in 2 or 3 weeks…the growth is amazing. We went, amongst other things, to find some dragonflies to photograph, but they had all cleared off…leaving a whole host of butterflies and moths dashing about…but my favourite

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203/366 The Web of Fear

I went out today with all 3 extension rings attached to my camera and the 105mm macro lens to go for really small stuff. Whilst this spider isn’t particularly small I was looking to capture the web, more than the actual spider and I was delighted with the results. The

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Racing on a Thread
close up

Racing on a thread

Out in the garden today with my macro lens and I caught this spider shinning down his web at a fair rate of knots:

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Dew Drops on a Spiders Web
Dew

Dew on a Spider’s Web

I guess I’m running through all the cliche shots with my macro lens at the moment, but this was pretty tricky. When I got up this morning I saw all the cobwebs clearly from the bedroom window, so knew that it would be a good day to shoot these. I

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Mark Seton

Mark Seton

I'm an amateur photographer who enjoys music. I'm currently the Digital Secretary of the Bishops Stortford Camera club (and am a past Chairman) and I hold both LRPS and CPAGB distinctions.