BIG ! WA spider at 3 feet .

[brian nordstrom]

I was out looking at Jupiter the other night and caught this beauty dropping down from the shed's gutter torwards me , what a beauty a good 50mm across the leg span , a female I think ? .

Beautiful .

Brian.

[brian nordstrom]

:eyepop: Here is where her housebounds hang out ...
Glad I am a human ....
Brian.

[sn1987a]

Shelob!

[Hans Tucker]

A beautiful Golden Orb Spider..nice shot Brian.

[Regulus]

Nice pic Brian and well spotted.

[brian nordstrom]

:)Thanks guys. , taken at night using the zenon flash attached to my Nokia 1020 41mp smart phone, this Zeiss lened camera takes awesome photos , the high def version,s off these shots zoomed in look absolutely amazing on my 27 inch monitor.
Brian.

[knightrider]

Looks more like the garden orb weaver. Golden orbs grow to the size of your hand and have golden webs.

Brian, does the spider pack up its web every day and rebuild it every evening?

[brian nordstrom]

:thumbsup: As far as I can tell, yes it does , it is a very busy spider and facinating to watch. , at a distant of course :eyepop:.
Brian.