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08-JUL-2015 Lejun

Capturing Prey by Web Vibration: Video

Copyright © Lewis Scharpf



Some spiders vibrate their webs when disturbed to make themselves appear larger to
preditors and to entangle their prey. In this video, the spider is a juvenile Yellow
and Black Garden spider and its prey is a spittlebug.









For best video quality, click on "gear" at lower right of YouTube video screen and set to 720P (High Definition)

Nikon D300S ,AF-S Micro Nikkor 105 mm f2.8
1/250s f/16.0 at 105.0mm iso400 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time08-Jul-2015 10:04:08
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D300S
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length105 mm
Exposure Time1/250 sec
Aperturef/16
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias-1.00
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Metering Mode
JPEG Quality
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