Keith Burton's photos with the keyword: garden spider

I spotted this spider in my garden earlier today, after it had just caught a ladybird for its lunch. It's web definitely looks like it needs some repair work!

I found this Garden Spider lurking in the centre of its web, which covered around half of one of my shed windows. It was quite happy to let me get very close with my camera and macro lens.

Taken in my garden, believe it or not :-)))

Taken in my garden. I think it's lunch is a wasp! Better viewed large if you can stand it!

After moaning about not finding any spiders in the garden this year, I eventually found one yesterday. It was a bit windy for macro photography, but after a few tries I eventually got a couple of shots I was happy with. The other shot is in the PiP. I think this is best viewed large, but I understand that some of might not think so :-))

Normally at this time of year my garden would be full of spiders, but this year we've had very few. I took this one a week or so ago.

About this time of year I start looking for spiderlings. I couldn't find any in the back garden, but as my wife was putting out the garden waste bin for the recycling people to collect she found these in a web around the bin lid. So we had to delay putting out the bin so I could get a decent photo and then I picked them up carefully up and relocated them to a small flower pot in the corner of the garden. If you can stand it, please view large for best effect. It's always difficult to get these completely in focus as they don't really stop moving :-) For Macro Dreams Chalenges: multiples, Insects, repetition.

Taken in my garden. Best viewed large if you can stand it..!! For Macro Dreams. Challenges. My CHOICE.

The Garden Spiders are out in force at this time of year...........and getting bigger. Taken in my garden, funnily enough..!! Best viewed large, if you're up to it...............

Taken in my front garden after a rain shower! View large if you can stand it. :-)

We have lots of these of various sizes in our garden at the moment. This one is currently guarding our domestic waste wheelie-bin! Best viewed large...............depending on your attitude towards spiders..!!

Taken in my garden. The "ball" is about the size of a £1 coin and each spiderling is around 2mm across. Please view large, on black for best effect. If you want to be really adventurous use the "Actions" menu, then "See all sizes" and view the original size! The next image shows what happens when you touch a "ball" and the spiderlings scatter.

Taken in my garden. This is what happens when you touch a "ball" of baby spiders - they all scatter away! If you go back in half an hour, they will have returned and re-formed. Over the next few days they will gradually go off on their own. (See my previous image for the "ball". Please view large, on black for best effect. If you want to be really adventurous use the "Actions" menu, then "See all sizes" and view the original size!

Lurking in my garden (with dozens of others)..!! I like the background bokeh in this shot, it reminds me of military camouflage! If you can bear it, it looks much better viewed large, on black.

Taken, funnily enough, in my garden.

Taken in the garden........funnily enough! Around 10mm long. Lovely viewed large, on black. Thank you.

Still playing around with the ring-flash.

My garden is a regular "spider-fest" at the moment........it's almost impossible to walk around without becoming entangled in a web and getting up close and personal with an 8 legged beastie!!