I stopped and walked into Rock Creek Park on the way home today. It’s a nice, wooded area and generally away from traffic, so I like being there. It’s definitely high summer now and the underbrush is about at it’s deepest but I’m happy to leave the bike path and walk the short distance through the brush to the creek itself. I passed a few spider webs, which isn’t unusual this time of year, but it wasn’t until I got to this one that I stopped. This one had the sun shining on it and that made it a lot easier to photograph. This was made by a spined Micrathena (Micrathena gracilis), one of the orb weavers (family Araneidae).
Daily Archives: July 18, 2019
Spider Web
Categories: Creatures
Tags: Arachnid, Arachnids, Araneidae, Micrathena, Micrathena gracilis, Spider Web, Spined Micrathena, Summer, Web
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