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See the cross on this spiders abdomen!! what a lovely creature!

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See the cross on this spiders abdomen!!  what a lovely creature!

From what I've been able to find on the web...ahem!...this is an orb spider, Aranaeus diadematus... I think it's beautiful!



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i dont know about lovely,Lori.horrible more like. lol

31 Aug, 2009

 

Oh I love it the bigger the better ..unless poisonous of course might draw the line at those bird eating spiders but this lovely ..

31 Aug, 2009

 

What a beautiful creature Lori. Please look after him / her well.

31 Aug, 2009

 

Its a great photo, well done you.

31 Aug, 2009

 

Fantastic close-up Lori, it is beautiful !

1 Sep, 2009

 

That is one beautiful spider Lori............

1 Sep, 2009

 

Wonderful photo! We have a lot of these spiders in our garden. I'll post a photo of a web.

7 Sep, 2009

 

Great shot.

11 Sep, 2009

 

This is a beautiful pic! What a great creature.

21 Oct, 2009

 

Love the beauty of them in photos, fascinated by their web spinning skills, and still think OMG! when I see them near me - sorry spiders, I just can't cosy up to you... Great photo though, Lori!

23 Oct, 2009

 

spiders fascinate me...but I must admit I get the heebee jeebees, too. this fellow is quite nice looking...but the pic of the female, (I shamefacedly admit) makes my skin creep a little.... lol. so now that we have had our "frisson" for the day!! I have been lucky to photograph only...haven't had a close enounter of the revolting kind so far this season.

24 Oct, 2009



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