Garden Orb Weaver

Bugs took me a while. I came for birds, and I still do, but once you look down, the garden orb weaver is a serious animal to track.

Wind is the enemy. A dead-calm ten minutes can give you more images than a windy hour.

My images for this species are all made with available light. I don’t use fill flash in the field.

I’ve photographed this species on nectar sources in several states and a couple of regions.

As always with insects, I welcome a correction from anyone who actually knows what they’re doing.