by Toni V.
Member since:
November 27, 2007

Cool Critter

August 17, 2009 06:58 PM EDT
views: 63 | rating: 10/10 (10 votes) | comments: 34

Do you have spiders that build their webs in "bowl" shapes? I don't think I've seen this before this year. This is so cool. Robert and I saw this spider on one of our quad rides.

The last picture has a black background, Robert stood behind the web so you could see it better.

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Comments: 34

Susan Roberts Aug 17, 2009, 7:07pm EDT
isn't it neat to see spider webs like that!
Toni V. Aug 17, 2009, 7:12pm EDT
Yes, Susan, I love it. We watched that spider go round and round that bowl building it. It was really cool.
Bob B. Aug 17, 2009, 7:15pm EDT
That's so neat. I've never seen a web like that before. I wonder what kind of spider it is.
Toni V. Aug 17, 2009, 9:16pm EDT
I'm not sure what kind it is, Bob. I might have to look it up though, it's pretty cool.
That is pretty neat looking~
JoAnn C. Aug 17, 2009, 7:30pm EDT
spider - ick! but the web is cool
Sandra H. Aug 17, 2009, 7:33pm EDT
Yes, we have spiders that build webs just like that.......I have gotten a few photos of their webs. I have one with water in the web that I just love!
Stephanie S. Aug 17, 2009, 7:39pm EDT
neat photos!
Tanya P. Aug 17, 2009, 8:01pm EDT
You got really good shots. I've seen them before. I don't know what type of spider it is, though. He/she is pretty with those white stripes............hey, I can admire a spider in spite of my problems with them......if the distance is great enough. ;^)
Toni V. Aug 17, 2009, 9:25pm EDT
LOL. Isn't it nice that our cameras have so much zoom?
Marianne R. Aug 17, 2009, 8:02pm EDT
Cool photos. I've only seen bevelled webs that are close to the ground. Never anything in trees like you show here.
Jim G. Aug 17, 2009, 8:04pm EDT
You take great close-ops, Toni. Maybe this is what you got.

"The Bowl and Doily Spider (Frontinella communis) is a species of sheet weaver spider. Its web is a fairly complex system consisting of an inverted dome shaped web (bowl), suspended above a horizontal sheet-like web (doily), hence the common name. The spider hangs from the underside of the “bowl”. The spider bites through the web and eats small flies, gnats and other small insects that fall down into the non-sticky webbing. The web is often built in weedy fields and in shrubs. The web may often contain both a male and female in the late summer."

I couldn't reproduce the picture, but it looks like what you got.
Toni V. Aug 17, 2009, 9:29pm EDT
Wow, Jim! I looked up the image on Google. You're right! Thank you.
Tanya P. Aug 17, 2009, 10:32pm EDT
wow.....that's informative!
Jim G. Aug 17, 2009, 8:05pm EDT
Oops - Close-ups. lol.
Toni V. Aug 17, 2009, 9:29pm EDT
Ha! I knew what you meant. LOL.
Lee P. Aug 17, 2009, 8:10pm EDT
I hate spiders. I don't care how cool he is. He must die. Where's my Raid? LOL
Toni V. Aug 17, 2009, 9:30pm EDT
Ha! You can't get him, Lee! I'm not telling you where he is!!!
Karen R. Aug 17, 2009, 8:19pm EDT
Interesting photos. When I lived back in Ks and Okla we used to get some kind of spider that would build huge white webs in trees. I can't remember what they were called. I haven't seen bowl shaped webs like that. I have watched black widow spiders in there webs before working on their prey.
Toni V. Aug 17, 2009, 9:38pm EDT
Black widows are fun to watch too. As long as I can see them and they don't surprise me I'm just fine.
Nana to Seven Cutiepies Aug 17, 2009, 8:35pm EDT
I don't think I've ever seen anything like this, great shots.

Thanks so much for sharing with my group.
strongthrufight E. Aug 17, 2009, 8:36pm EDT
looks like the bowl and doily, fancy, fancy!
Toni V. Aug 17, 2009, 9:44pm EDT
Yes it is! Thank you mrslisae.
Sassy ... the calm and cool Cat Aug 17, 2009, 9:58pm EDT
wow, that is one artistic spider. That is so neat!
Risa G. Aug 17, 2009, 10:38pm EDT
I've seen a ton of different spider webs but never one like that. How cool. Thanks for sharing such an interesting fact of nature.
Larry H. Aug 17, 2009, 11:21pm EDT
thanks for sharing.. neat pictures.
Michelle S. Aug 17, 2009, 11:25pm EDT
we have one like that under our light on the garage. i've never seen one like it before, either. nice pics. :)
Sandy (back in Ohio...blah!) Aug 17, 2009, 11:27pm EDT
wow, that is a neat web
Deneen L. Aug 18, 2009, 11:30am EDT
Those are some really great spider shot and the webs photos, tho I would not like to brush up to that web..
Elaine S. Aug 18, 2009, 1:40pm EDT
cool web
Madame Donna C. Aug 18, 2009, 7:11pm EDT
They are fascinating, aren't they? The ones around here seem to opt for a fan shape for their webs.
Ginger C. Aug 20, 2009, 12:30am EDT
That is so cool, very cool! Great photos you got, I love digital!
I've seen the "bowl" shapes before but do not know why they do it. Regardless, they are very neat.
Vern R. Aug 27, 2009, 1:44am EDT
Never seen one like that. Pretty cool. Back in Kansas, we occasionally got some that would dig a pit an inch or two across,and maybe half an inch or an inch deep in the dirt by our porch. Then they would sit at the bottom and snag ants.

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