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Came upon this immature female Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) yesterday in the tall grass in my backyard, her web displaying the characteristic "writing spider" web decoration or stabilimentum. She was much smaller (body ~5mm, leg length overall ~ 1.5 cm) and differently colored than a typical adult female. As I was watching her, she caught and quickly ate a small fly- I managed to catch a image, just as she dropped the tiny insect. Also managed a quick focus stack. And for comparison, here's a very large (~ 6cm , 2 1/4" leg length overall ) adult I saw last fall. Her abdomen was as fat as my thumb!
Olympus OM-D E-MI Mark iii w/ Olympus 60mm + Raynox 12x microscope lens yielding ~ 2x, images largely uncropped, image 3 was focus stacked in camera
Nikon D850 W/ 300pf + 1.4 tc
Olympus OM-D E-MI Mark iii w/ Olympus 60mm + Raynox 12x microscope lens yielding ~ 2x, images largely uncropped, image 3 was focus stacked in camera
Nikon D850 W/ 300pf + 1.4 tc
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