An Orb Weaver with her Trash-Line

Notes:

This Orb Weaver (Metepeira spinipes) likes to hide in the silk retreat at the top of her trash-line. She will also spin her egg sacs inside of her "tent". For these photos, this female was nudged from her hide. Note her discarded molt halfway down her trash-line, along with the husks of her insect victims. Photographed at Newport Back Bay, Newport CA. Hand-held Nikon D90 at ISO 400 with Nikkor 105D macro lens, 1/200-sec at f/22, full sun and SB-600 speedlight with O-Flash 3/4-circle Fresnel prism attachment.