tiabunna's photos with the keyword: web

As I was walking through our local nature reserve, I almost walked into this Golden Orb-Weaver spider ( Nephila plumipes) . They're essentially harmless but quite large and unfortunately their large webs (fences?) are usually strung between trees near face level. Interestingly, this almost certainly is a female: they eat the males and it is rare to find one larger than about 5mm. If you view large, you'll see that she also has hairy legs. There's a fence in the background too. HFF and best wishes for the weekend, everyone.

When I found this spider I took the image in the PiP, not realising until later that it was of the underside. The problem was that the web was close to a wall, so taking this "top view" required stretching to reach behind, then distortions and thank heavens for adjustable viewing screens! :-) The spider sits in the web inverted. These are harmless and native to eastern Australia. Best viewed large.

I must admit I didn't realise, until viewing this on the computer screen, that I'd taken an image of the underside of this spider and web, as it sloped away from me at the top. These harmless spiders are native to eastern Australia. Best viewed large.

Wollemi pine Wollemia nobilis is not really a pine, though it is coniferous. It had been long known from fossils up to 200M years old. Amazingly though, living examples were not discovered until 1994: and then only 150km from Sydney! It now is cultivated in nurseries and sold in pots.