An
orb web spider,
large female and
small male, seen
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The
underside of our
spider, and a view of
her web of incremental,
outward concentric
circles
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A
close up of her
underside, and a
close up of the
male spider just
above her.
We
were quite lucky
to have such a
beautiful spider to be
so photogenic and to
be in such a
wonderful location.
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From
the side we view,
she suddenly turns to
a new and strange
danger...
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An
immature iguana
wanders under the web,
with playful desires
on his mind. |
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Unbelievable, the
little guy jumps up
into the web.
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... and he looks as
perplexed as we
were to see him in
such a situation...
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Ever
more closely,
here we can see
very closely his
spread toes and
facial expression.
Photo
by Jon Kohl
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...
but our orb web
spider is NOT
amused by his
antics and tells her
little male spider
hubby to quickly
get behind her ...
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and suddenly, the
iguana attacks the
spider. She turns and
runs, as you can see
his arms flailing at
her in blurring
speed...
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and once again we
enter the stalemate of
patience that outlasts
that of a human
everytime.
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