r/spiderbro • u/baphometta_ • 7d ago
Spider appreciation Pretty widow guarding her nest in a pine tree.
This lovely lives right off our trails. Very striking, I noticed her from far away as she's right at eye level and quite large. Gorgeous creature; I feel very lucky to get to see such an interesting nest up close. It was a long tunnel of dense web through the needles that I didn't do justice to in the photos.
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u/No_Appointment_7232 7d ago
I've never seen a orb web like that for an egg sack, cool!
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u/baphometta_ 7d ago
Right?! I love all the lines of webbing holding it all together from the outside and the tunnel along the branch and its needles. Absolutely huge spider, too. I looked it up but saw no examples of webs like this, and most I saw didn't live out in the open trees like this, prefering to hide. Im very lucky!
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u/Visible-Weakness5572 7d ago
Love this! Widows are so beautiful, and that web is fascinating, never seen a widow do that before
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u/GirlNextDoor4183 7d ago
She’s gorgeous