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Giant funnel web, Loonse en Drunense Duinen, Netherlands A bit hard to see, but probably the largest funnel spider web I&#039;ve seen with my own eyes. It seemed anything in a radius of 1-2m was wiretapped. A well informed spider citizen. Grabbing back to an oldie to depict what possibly may be happening inside the funnel:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/11251/the_funnel_of_death.html" title="The Funnel of Death"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/11251_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=ieCHh7b4tYGj2ujVS0%2FhN4qcjPc%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="The Funnel of Death This photo is best appreciated fullscreen. I&#039;ve been seeing spider webs in a tunnel shape quite frequently in my area but never with a spider in it until this day. This is the Agelena labyrinthica, a spider that builds a complex web system, where one part of the web is horizontal and used for catching prey, whilst the connected tunnel(or funnel) is for retreating. Check out how this species is excitingly feeding on a large pile of aphids. Agelena labyrinthica,Geotagged,Heesch,Macro,The Netherlands" /></a></figure> Europe,Loonse en Drunense Duinen,Netherlands,World Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Giant funnel web, Loonse en Drunense Duinen, Netherlands

A bit hard to see, but probably the largest funnel spider web I've seen with my own eyes. It seemed anything in a radius of 1-2m was wiretapped. A well informed spider citizen. Grabbing back to an oldie to depict what possibly may be happening inside the funnel:

The Funnel of Death This photo is best appreciated fullscreen. I've been seeing spider webs in a tunnel shape quite frequently in my area but never with a spider in it until this day. This is the Agelena labyrinthica, a spider that builds a complex web system, where one part of the web is horizontal and used for catching prey, whilst the connected tunnel(or funnel) is for retreating. Check out how this species is excitingly feeding on a large pile of aphids. Agelena labyrinthica,Geotagged,Heesch,Macro,The Netherlands

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    Ernst
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    Watch it maybe it is a Sydney funnel web spider Posted 4 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      You mean it ends up at Sydney :) Posted 4 years ago
  3. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Super impressive! Posted 4 years ago

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Uploaded Sep 20, 2020. Captured Jun 23, 2020 10:15.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/8.0
  • 1/800s
  • ISO400
  • 105mm

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