A spider I happened to notice a while back while out and about. Its markings and size caught my eye, as it was very different from the spiders I typically see around here. I doubt they are rare, but it was new to me and I wanted to get a close up picture. It might not look particularly close, but it's a phone camera with no optical zoom. I was only a couple of inches from the subject and didn't want to disturb them.
Ooh that's really cool! I guess in some areas they are more abundant, but at least we got to spot one. Sadly didn't get to see a web myself, do you happen to remember what it looked like?
I sure do, I won't forget, it scared the shit out of me! They're considered orb weavers, so they weave those flat vertically oriented webs with circles going out radially. The center where the spider sits had a zig zag pattern of webbing going vertically.
Here's a video of the threat display (I didn't take this video, I was just thrilled I found a video of the undulating)
Garden Spider Threat Display
Garden Spider Web with Zig Zag
That's impressive they're able to shake like that, that'd freak me out too if I didn't know it was gonna happen! Very cool web design as well, thank you for taking the time to find those visuals!
Glad to share!