Taken in Maui while I was on vacation with my family, I found a palm tree with like 20 spider webs under it, all of them were these Hawaiian Garden Spiders. My phone wasn’t focusing on the spider so I put my hand veeeery close behind it, but never actually touched it.

I love the pattern of them! It’s so striking!

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[–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We had a couple lovely ladies leave egg sacs on the carport last year, so we've got dozens, if not hundreds, of garden spiders around this year. They're everywhere. In the trees and bushes, under the roof and between the columns, on every side of the house. The biggest are now quite large. It'll be exciting to see how many we have next year.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    The biggest are now quite large

    hehe :)

    Orb weavers are amazing at spreading out .. or just dying out when the density get's to high. They are very self-regulating and their success also depends on how much prey is around.

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