{"id":127,"date":"2009-12-02T21:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T10:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmacdonald.com.au\/dev\/?p=127"},"modified":"2011-10-14T13:04:58","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T02:34:58","slug":"golden-orb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/2009\/12\/golden-orb\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Orb"},"content":{"rendered":"
Climbing up to the little waterhole I have been taking pictures of since the rain I almost ran face first into this beautiful construction. <\/p>\n
It’s a Golden Orb spider web with a female Golden Orb in the centre.<\/p>\n
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The spider grows to roughly 15 centimeters long and its web is very strong and in some light it’s really hard to see. <\/p>\n
The web is reputed to be about four times stronger that a piece of wire of the same thickness and has been known to trap small birds. <\/p>\n
This is just the central section of the web which is quite large and usually spun between two trees or strong bushes.<\/p>\n
I really don’t fancy getting one of these spiders on me even though their bite is harmless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Climbing up to the little waterhole I have been taking pictures of since the rain I almost ran face first into this beautiful construction. It’s a Golden Orb spider web…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fauna"},"yoast_head":"\n