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Spinning a Web

Spinning a Web

Very happy with this since I don't have a macro lens yet, taken using close up filters. He-she is a spider of the genus Argyrodes, also called Dewdrop or Quikc...
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Very happy with this since I don't have a macro lens yet, taken using close up filters. He-she is a spider of the genus Argyrodes, also called Dewdrop or Quikcksilver spider. They are kleptoparasitic (i.e. they steal other spiders' prey) and reside in their host's web even though as you can see here, they can spin their own.
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Canon EOS 60D

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 800 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 270/1

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Jun, 2015

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