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Humakt
07-08-2013, 04:25 PM
Out for walk in the local woods today and saw this chap on the prowl...

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5449/9457078181_a5767453e5_c.jpg
saxonaxe
07-08-2013, 04:37 PM
Nice photo. I've seen their webs/traps but can't ever remember seeing the builder. Looking at him I'm glad I'm not an insect..:D :D
BJ
07-08-2013, 04:56 PM
Fearsome looking beastie. Good picture.
OakAshandThorn
08-08-2013, 12:41 AM
I see them all over the meadows in my area, especially in the morning when dew sparkles on their webs. They are very quick little spidies :).
Humakt
08-08-2013, 07:24 AM
I saw him dash off as I approached.
It then took a couple of minutes of waiting, stock-still, for him to come back out. And then he conveniently posed so I could get him and his funnel in the picture.
OakAshandThorn
08-08-2013, 08:10 PM
I saw him dash off as I approached.
It then took a couple of minutes of waiting, stock-still, for him to come back out. And then he conveniently posed so I could get him and his funnel in the picture.
They are extremely sensitive to vibrations, so I bet this guy felt your presence at first, which is why it ran for cover. It probably thought you were gone when it emerged again...they have poor eyesight.
susannewilliams
09-08-2013, 08:31 AM
AWESOME photograph!