Terra and Beyond
Golden Orb Weaver
Posted by Daniel K. (Austin, United States) on 5 November 2006 in Animal & Insect.
Argiope aurantia
This is one of my backyard residents. This particular female had constructed a phenomenal web roughly five feet (1.5m) high and nearly as wide across. From hind to front legs, this specimen measured just shy of 5 inches (12.5cm).
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Canon EOS 20D
1/320 second
F/4.5
ISO 100
50 mm