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Garden Spider

Garden Spider

Came across this very successful lady in my garden today. Normally this particular species make their webs in trees and bushes - but not this one. She had buil...
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Came across this very successful lady in my garden today. Normally this particular species make their webs in trees and bushes - but not this one. She had built her web, now in ruins, low down across two iris leaves and was having a ball with several hapless insects already for lunch and with supper waiting nearby. This Panasonic Lumix TZ90 is a great little camera for macro.
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Aperture f/4.3 ISO 80 Shutter 10/3200 Focal Length 109/10

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Sep, 2018

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