"Desert Orb Weaver"
As I was walking down the dirt road at Lytle Ranch in southern Utah, I decided to try and spot a spider in the dry grasses.
I figured my chances were really good to find a Metepeira and I wasn't disappointed. It only took me about two
minutes to spot this very tiny one shining away in the foliage. © Carol Davis 4-28-2012
Since I had jarred the web when taking a photo, I thought maybe she was coming out to protect
her home, but instead she just started fixing things that I had apparently messed up. I only got
two halfway decent shots. © Carol Davis, 7-6-2010
This is the last shot I got before she retreated too far into the webbing. I was not able to focus
after that, either on the spider or on the photography, since there were a couple of deer flies
that were doing their own brand of focusing. Yikes! © Carol Davis 7-6-2010
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