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    Spider time in Florida, every August these appear. Any of the trails that have a canopy of vegetation overhead have the webs stretched from branch to branch. The spiders dangle overhead, not a good time for one who doesn't like spiders. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

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    Whoa what a beauty! The colours just shout out for attention a super shot.
    Being really picky now the four legs (or bits that might be called "feet") are just a little out of focus.
    I once read up about the zig zag bit I will have to refresh my memory!

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    Nice vertical of this garden spider i've seen a few up my way as well.

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    A very colorful spider and well photographed! Good sharpness on the spider (other than the tips of the front legs, as Jon noted - a very minor point) and a nice OOF background. The zig-zag structure is called a stabilimentum. There are quite a number of proposed functions for this structure - as a Wikipedia search will attest.

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    Beautiful capture and nice sharpness on the spider's body. Very nicely done!

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