Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Helen, Fiona - Don't Look

The Garden Orbweb was tucked up under the roof today but I did manage to get a picture of her in the typical 'knees' drawn up posture typical of their daytime inactivity.  The other 'thing' in the picture is, I'm pretty confident, her egg sac.  Alternatively it's something she has put into storage for a snack later if she falls on hard times.


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  1. DeniseinVA16 November 2011 at 01:14

    Fascinating pictures of this Garden Orbweb spider and her egg sac.

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  2. ADRIAN16 November 2011 at 04:05

    Help......I thought she should have a cross on her thorax. It is an orb Spider but I'm not convinced it's a Garden Orb.........I've checked the box for a reply. Something I rarely do. Check the box I mean. I always try and reply.
    Perhaps it's an All Black, spider load of heathens are they.

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  3. Scriptor Senex16 November 2011 at 06:29

    I think Adrian is confusing the British Araneus diadematus with the NZ Eriophora transmarina - both known as Garden Orbweb spiders. That's the problem with English names.

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  4. GB16 November 2011 at 07:37

    CJ has a point about English names. I was going to scan the page in my spider book but found this NZ website which shows 'my' spider: Garden Orbweb Spider

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  5. ADRIAN16 November 2011 at 07:43

    Ta John, it is a foreign one. None the worse for it.
    It is different and I'm always confused by different.

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  6. DawnTreader16 November 2011 at 10:54

    You forgot about ME! Yikes, another one I had to scroll through very fast... I think I shall have to stop looking at your blog the last thing I do before bed!

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  7. GB16 November 2011 at 11:47

    Sorry, Monica, I have Helen and Fiona's arachnophobia well logged into my brain over the years and my brain's a bit slow to absorb information!

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  8. GB16 November 2011 at 11:47

    Hi Denise. Good to see you here. It's a strange post to start with!

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  9. DawnTreader16 November 2011 at 22:05

    I'm probably a bit slow to too... In some corner of my brain I had you registred (until recently!) as not a big fan of spiders yourself. Something said in connection with a photo of a webcovered bush...(?) But I may be mixing things up. Or you have moved on!

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  10. Pauline18 November 2011 at 09:52

    I don't share your fascination with spiders so scrolled through quickly. Ugh!

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  11. shabby girl18 November 2011 at 15:09

    A girl's gotta look out for her future, right? At first I wasn't sure if the spider was that, or a bat.

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