Furrow Spider (Captured Two Dragonflies)
Larinioides cornutus
42.1062, -83.3163
Field Notes
Description:
Series: I stumbled upon this Furrow Spider's nest which had two dragonflies caught in it. After watching it do whatever it was doing to the first dragonfly (possibly wrapping it), the spider lowered itself down by creating a new web which can be seen in some of the photos. It then started in on the second dragonfly. The two dragonflies look to be an Arrowhead Spiketail and Common Baskettail, but I may be mistaken.
Habitat:
Wooded Riverside
Notes:
According to USA Spiders, http://www.usaspiders.com/furrow-spider.html, "It will come out at around dusk every evening and sit calmly in the center of its web, always with its head towards the ground. When it is not in its web, it will hide a short ways away from the web with a single trigger line attached, so it can feel the vibrations if the web is disturbed by prey. If the web should happen to be knocked down in the day, this Orb Weaver will just rebuild a new one in the same place. One interesting fact is that the first web they build is always their most perfect web. Every time they have to rebuild the web, there will be more and more flaws in the construction. Which really blows the whole “Practice makes perfect” cliché out of the water."
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