Larinioides patagiatus

Larinioides patagiatus

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Larinioides patagiatus (Araneidae)

Larinioides patagiatus is found all over North America; it has recently been located outside N. America too.  It makes its web around houses, in bushes and often near water.  The web is made at night.  The retreat may be in crevices in walls, under railings or under branches on bushes. The web has 20-24 spokes (radials), with about 16 sticky, viscid threads above the hub and about 23 below the hub.  There may be a "signal" thread to the retreat, or the spider may use a radial to return to the web.  A female may make an egg sac that contains from 50-250 eggs, and it may lay up to 10 egg sacs. Its diet consists of insects. The female grows to 5.5-11mm; the male is smaller at 5.8-6.5mm. Larinioides patagiatus is usually seen from April to October. We spotted the one we took photos of in early July, in West Peloponnese, Greece.

Photos by Mahi Goula and George Parchas

Shooting Data:

1. Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Canon EF 180mmf/3.5L USM Macro 1:1
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/200 sec - f/8, Manual mode
Flash: Canon 580EX II
Image: RAW edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added saved as JPEG and resized.  

2. Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Canon EF 180mmf/3.5L USM Macro 1:1
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/200 sec - f/8, Manual mode
Flash: Canon 580EX II
Image: RAW edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added saved as JPEG and resized.  

3. Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Canon EF 180mmf/3.5L USM Macro 1:1
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/200 sec - f/8, Manual mode
Flash: Canon 580EX II
Image: RAW edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added saved as JPEG and resized.  

4. Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Canon EF 180mmf/3.5L USM Macro 1:1
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/200 sec - f/8, Manual mode
Flash: Canon 580EX II
Image: RAW edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added saved as JPEG and resized.  

5. Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Canon EF 180mmf/3.5L USM Macro 1:1
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/400 sec - f/11, Manual mode
Flash: Canon 580EX II
Image: RAW edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added saved as JPEG and resized. 

6. Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Canon EF 180mmf/3.5L USM Macro 1:1
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/400 sec - f/11, Manual mode
Flash: Canon 580EX II
Image: RAW edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added saved as JPEG and resized

 

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