Here are some pictures from this year’s megaweb at Arkansas Bend State Park in Lago Vista, Texas. Similar to last year’s web at Lake Ray Hubbard, these webs are primarily constructed through the efforts of thousands of Tetragnatha guatemalensis (common name: Long-jawed Orbweaver). Of course, there are many other species present within the webs! And also, pictures and videos just can’t do it justice, if you can make it out to the park, I highly recommend visiting the webs in person 🙂 Enjoy! Videos to come.
T. guatemalensis profile.
Can you count how many spiders are in this piece of web?
Hard to really capture the extent of the webbing. These trees are taller than 6′.
This guy was flyin’!
At the top of this image is what Joe Lapp calls a “highway”. Males use these bridges to travel around.
So many eggsacs throughout the webs.
A mustachio’d jumper in the midst of everything 🙂
Sunlight streaming through the webs was so beautiful.
Is this real life?
A very dense portion of webbing.
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