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I'm fairly certain this is a Spotted Orb Weaver ( Neoscona crucifera ) spider. Its coloration and markings are truly striking!
Trying to get a macro shot in the dark was a challenge. You know it's humid out when a crisp piece of printer paper you take outside becomes flimsy and damp within the 10 minutes you are standing around taking pictures. You can actually see some droplets of moisture on the web.
This beautiful little spider has been hanging out on our back deck since February. It is nocturnal and sleeps in a tight ball in the corner of a support beam during the day, so it's been very difficult to get any good photos of it. This was one of the better images I managed to capture thus far.
I have a larger version available, if anyone thinks this would make a good print.
Trying to get a macro shot in the dark was a challenge. You know it's humid out when a crisp piece of printer paper you take outside becomes flimsy and damp within the 10 minutes you are standing around taking pictures. You can actually see some droplets of moisture on the web.
This beautiful little spider has been hanging out on our back deck since February. It is nocturnal and sleeps in a tight ball in the corner of a support beam during the day, so it's been very difficult to get any good photos of it. This was one of the better images I managed to capture thus far.
I have a larger version available, if anyone thinks this would make a good print.
Category Photography / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Arachnid
Size 1050 x 1152px
File Size 1.04 MB
I'm located in New Orleans, Louisiana. I thought it looked a little like Eriphora ravilla too, but the majority of images I could find the coloration for those had a large/solid bright yellow blotch without spots and the body size and shape is slightly different.
Here is another image I took of it:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15214215
Some of them look so similar, any tips on telling the difference?
Here is another image I took of it:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15214215
Some of them look so similar, any tips on telling the difference?
You're definitely in the geographic range for E. ravilla.
N. Crucifera tends to have more muted simple colors. Browns, greys, and some reds. http://bugguide.net/node/view/690271
Sometimes you see some light patterning on the abdomen. http://bugguide.net/node/view/456081
E. ravilla actually comes in a rather varied number of colorforms, including the bright yellow blotch version http://bugguide.net/node/view/210457
But, they come in many other varieties like the pigmented spots in a cross-like pattern you have there: http://bugguide.net/node/view/966911/bgimage
http://bugguide.net/node/view/485572/bgimage
Some other examples of other varieties here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/24094
N. Crucifera tends to have more muted simple colors. Browns, greys, and some reds. http://bugguide.net/node/view/690271
Sometimes you see some light patterning on the abdomen. http://bugguide.net/node/view/456081
E. ravilla actually comes in a rather varied number of colorforms, including the bright yellow blotch version http://bugguide.net/node/view/210457
But, they come in many other varieties like the pigmented spots in a cross-like pattern you have there: http://bugguide.net/node/view/966911/bgimage
http://bugguide.net/node/view/485572/bgimage
Some other examples of other varieties here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/24094
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