Tent web spider

Because my bug images were getting out of hand, I have recently re-foldered my collection into family and species classification. This was a mammoth task, but helps with future identifications.

There are no easy solutions, but those that help you in the future are worth the effort.

Dave

I did in a spreadsheet. As I have thousands of photographs that I want to share but, for a classic reason, not so much time to spend. I should consider a more efficient way of posting before it gets too much to handle. Thanks Dave for sharing.

Probably not, but what a good feature that would be.

My method is to enter all the data on a word document, one for every posting. The master document has all the field headings and the standard data, like location co-ordinates and location description.

A spreadsheet collects all similar information all on one sheet, plus the tags.

If I make a similar posting, I can pull up the sheet for the original posting. The Noah fields are filled in by copy and paste.

A little effort, but quicker in the long run.

Dave

Is there an automated way to make a new spotting from the posted photograph? Anyone?

Thank you, Dave.

I haven't managed to find an ID for the second spider image. Pretty sure that they are not related, as the second spider seems to be sitting on a planar orb web rather than a tent web.

Next time you see one, try and get pictures of both sides.

Dave

I didn't notice the second image :)

I am pretty sure that is a different species. I will check it out later.

Dave

Hi Dave, the spider in the photo #1 was in the center of the web and just above her there are hundreds of tinny, young spiders crawling to the upper side of the web. The photo #2 is in a separate web but next to each other. It was difficult to get a picture from above.

See also http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/169...

I have a view on my computer that matches yours and it is quite convincing. I can email it to you, if you would like to have a look.

Dave