Nice orb web photo! The catch is that we identify orbweavers from photos by their dorsal surface. They pretty much all look the same laterally. 🙂 To take a spider pic at night it helps to bring an additional light source, like a flashlight, to help the camera autofocus. Shining the light sideways to the spider doesn’t sound logical to take a photo of its top, but some spiders are a bit reflective so letting the light skim over them works. I spend plenty of time practicing this in the dark, creeping out the neighbors. An additional photo can be… Read more »
Nice orb web photo! The catch is that we identify orbweavers from photos by their dorsal surface. They pretty much all look the same laterally. 🙂 To take a spider pic at night it helps to bring an additional light source, like a flashlight, to help the camera autofocus. Shining the light sideways to the spider doesn’t sound logical to take a photo of its top, but some spiders are a bit reflective so letting the light skim over them works. I spend plenty of time practicing this in the dark, creeping out the neighbors. An additional photo can be… Read more »