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Danger!
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Copyright: Joe Kellard (JoeyL) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 60 W: 31 N: 74] (552)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-20
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS, Digital ISO-100
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/60 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-11-03 3:52
Viewed: 540
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Luckily this little critter is completely harmless!
This is the defence posture of the Garden Spider.
I hope you like it!

The European garden spider (Araneus diadematus, cross spider) is a very common and well-known orb-weaver spider in Western Europe. Araneus diadematus also lives in parts of North America, in a range extending from New England and the Southeast to the Northwestern United States and adjacent parts of Canada.

Individual spiders' colouring can range from extremely light yellow to very dark gray, but all European garden spiders have mottled markings across the back with five or more large white dots forming a cross. The white dots result from cells that are filled with guanine, which is a byproduct of protein metabolism.

Garden spiders have been known to stridulate when threatened.

It is hard to provoke a garden spider to bite - if it does, the bite is slightly unpleasant, though utterly harmless to humans.

Thanks for viewing :D
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Hello Joe!
Great spider!
Beautiful photo!
I don`t like bugs and spider!
Regards, Zorica

Ahhhh we meet of course.
amazing who is all here but have not posted in a while...
Interesting story with pic...a good place to put what we do not know what to do with eh?:-) I mean if Lord P, can get some points with fluff.....I'm lovni' it...
Bob

Hi Joe,
What a beautiful macro..Nice colours, light, POV and details.TFS.
Cheers!

hAyAti

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2708 W: 405 N: 2948] (32537)
  • [2007-11-05 8:36]

merhaba myfriend Joe ;
verynice macro and detail..superb shot and focus...bravo...selamlar

He certainly has my attention and respect!!!

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