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!
spoods are great [warning or mating 'dance' of a peacock spooder]
We had a golden orv weaver that built a web blocking the entrance to my garden. They look intense/gorgeous, but are actually beneficial. I just avoided the entrance for a couple weeks until he moved further into the garden.
(Theh look similar to this spider you posted, here is a generic photo I found of one)
I don't believe the not touching part. That's so closeeee!
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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