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orb weaver spider

Photo by lehi
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Field Notes

Description:

orb weaver or technical name Araneae, their abdomen is a dark yellow while their legs are a shade of crimson. orb-weaving spiders are three-clawed builders of flat webs with sticky spiral capture silk

Habitat:

they will usually make their webs among shrubs and grasses or over water

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lehi
any more detail on this spider will be gladly accepted

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International Spider Survey
Photographed
PublishedOctober 11, 2010

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