Arachnids

Tension Lines

A black-and-yellow garden spider tests strands of her web. Each foreleg moves with care, plucking and sensing the silk’s subtle vibrations.

Morning Geometry
An orb-weaver web glistens with the mist in a prairie meadow.
A perfect orb-weaver web glistens with the mist among tall grasses and goldenrod, each strand outlined by the soft morning light.

Autumn Silhouette
A dew-strung orb web shimmers in backlit morning grass.
Suspended between slender stems, the orb-weaver’s web glows against the warm light of early autumn.

Thread by Thread
A black-and-yellow garden spider mends its orb web in morning light.
Suspended among prairie grasses, the garden spider reinforces its silk architecture, laying fresh threads across the heart of the web.

Waiting Game
Male garden spiders linger near a female’s web, hidden from sight but close enough to sense her movements.
This small male rests under a folded milkweed leaf, his slender body still, his forelegs tracing the faint tremors of her web.

Waiting in Gold
These ambush predators rely on patience and camouflage rather than webs.
This small crab spider sits perfectly still on a yellow wildflower; its color tone matches the petal so well that most insects never notice until it’s too late.