Assuming I have the correct ID here - this has to be the most vibrant I've come across - probably due to an accidental over-exposure with my camera flash.
Walking outside around my house, I found all this fresh webbing from the day before. I must have sent some vibrations along the silk as she surprised me by dashing out from her home inside a nail hole in a window frame and I managed this one quick shot of her mid-movement before she disappeared back inside her sanctuary. No food - not interested!
I estimate that she was at least 20 mm in body length and previous females I've seen have been closer to 15 or smaller.
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I come across tangles of silk which are often associated with this little spider, Badumna longinqua.
As the web is occupied for a (hopefully) long period (even an entire life-time)....additions and restorations are carried out nightly, resulting in a disorderly looking web which becomes increasingly untidy over time.
Female, around 10 mm body length.
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A soft, mellow yellow haven for this tiny spider. It was hard to photograph, being so deep within the foliage, but I hope
I have portrayed the little haven that it inhabited and the protection that it might have felt within its refuge.
And I love the even tinier water drop caught on the silk.
This is Badumna longinqua, native to the eastern parts of this country. The species can be found living in tree trunks, rock walls, retreats and foliage within tangled webbing. Once they have found such a refuge, they sit and wait for prey to pass by.
Around 5 mm body length.
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