It´s been a while since I shared some great photos. This time around without having to leave the house! I saw this little guy on one of my flowers and took my macro lenses out.
I suspect this is a cricket-bat orbweaver judging by the pattern (Mangora acalypha). There isn´t a lot of information currently about them, except for the fact they can be found in meadows or gardens.
Orbweavers are from (Araneidae) family and a common variety of garden spiders, called that for their circular bodies.
Also builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs. As you can see here in my attempt to take a photo of it
Funny thing this spider lived in my mini-garden if you can call it that for a month, before disappearing to God knows where. it would often create a web on one plant, then remove said web, and then show up on another plant.
It wasn´t easy taking photos with this lens, as it would often get too dark, but I managed to capture the details. I do love its pattern, it feels like some decided to paint a geometric pattern on a tiny orb.
And I can even see it´s hairs. There are actually serve as a type of sensory organ that helps the spider feel movement and detect its prey. Which is a bonus for me, at least I have something that will take care of garden pests for me.
All Photos were taken with a Canon EOS 500D with a Macro Lens
This was a short article, but I hope you enjoy my attempts at macro and learning about this cool spider, feel free to comment below.
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Very nice pictures thank you! If I can suggest, what you can do is to set the images so that they Expand when we click on it. That way, I could zoom in and take a good look at that Orbweaver. Thanks for sharing!