ARACHNIDS

After going after marine arthropods this morning in Oceanside - preparation for an observation lab in class, tonight, I photographed a terrestial arthropod - a large spider building a web between our shed and a guava tree. Beautiful creature! The first one he/she was building the web:

The second picture was taken when it positioned itself ready for his meal. The scale was added for reference - also the flash overwhelmed the color on this picture so I reduced the brightness a bit so you can see it a bit better. Enjoy!