{"id":156978,"date":"2025-09-20T04:49:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T09:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=156978"},"modified":"2025-09-20T04:49:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T09:49:28","slug":"spotted-orbweaver-photos-from-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/09\/20\/spotted-orbweaver-photos-from-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotted Orbweaver Photos From Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week while wandering on foot at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a> in Oklahoma, I was able to take some Spotted Orbweaver photos.<\/p>\n

\"SpottedSpotted Orbweaver with prey \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/500, ISO 1600, -1.0 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I had been looking for Yellow Garden Spiders but found these spiders instead. Last September I photographed these spiders in Arkansas<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The first Spotted Orbweaver I found had a web in an oak tree, and it had prey along with it. The prey looked like some type of bee, but I can\u2019t be sure.<\/p>\n

Soon the females of this spider species will lay several hundred eggs encased in a silken sac, which will hatch next spring.<\/p>\n

\"SpottedSpotted Orbweaver in a bottomland hardwood forest \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/640, ISO 1600, -1.0 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The second spider I found was about 40 to 50 feet away from the first. She didn\u2019t have prey, but she was poised for whatever might stumble into her web.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure I could have found more spiders for my viewfinder, but I wanted to find some birds, so I walked back to my vehicle and went on my way.<\/p>\n

I hope to take more spider photos before the cooler autumn weather arrives.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more Spotted Orbweaver photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week while wandering on foot at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma, I was able to take some Spotted Orbweaver photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":156976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13973,13974,15802],"tags":[4004,14190,13984,15806,14021,10243,5987,4106,14020,3901,5251,2381,15805,2315],"class_list":["post-156978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oklahoma","category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","category-spotted-orbweavers","tag-adult","tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest","tag-bottomlands","tag-neoscona-crucifera","tag-oklahoma","tag-orbweaver","tag-orbweavers","tag-prey","tag-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-spider","tag-spider-web","tag-spiders","tag-spotted-orbweaver","tag-summer-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/spotted-orbweaver-mia-mcpherson-8475.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-EPU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135220,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/10\/02\/spotted-orbweaver-spider-in-my-viewfinder\/","url_meta":{"origin":156978,"position":0},"title":"Spotted Orbweaver Spider In My Viewfinder","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently, I photographed my first Spotted Orbweaver spiders in Arkansas. 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