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The Faithful ...

            orb web spider male or black-legged orb web spider (nephila fenestra)      
the story behind this picture:
The web was davastatingly destroyed about a week ago and the female ended as prey during the night.
The male survived the attack, although he was never far from his female. He then stayed many days in the ruined web, probably waiting for her? He was not able to get any food anymore as of the web only a few strings remained. 
Eventually he was gone, a few days after I did this last picture of him. If he died of starvation or just wandering on, I don't know... 
End of the story.
   

Taken on: April 16, 2019

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Camera: Olympus E-M1MarkII, f/5.6, 1/640 sec, 50mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M1MarkII
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	50mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	OLYMPUS Viewer 3 2.4.1W
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