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Trashline orb weaver spider web

Cyclosa turbinata

Photo by Maria dB
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Field Notes

Description:

I was guessing this is an orb weaver web; a contributor to BugGuide identified it.

Habitat:

wooded area near river

Reference Links:

Species Cyclosa turbinata - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
Maria dB
Jemma, it certainly looks like it, but I couldn't tell you if it is the same species of trashline spider. Apparently, the trash serves as camouflage as the spider itself looks like just another piece of trash as it waits for prey.
patty
Even a spider which spins such spectacular and organized webs has to forsee what to do with the trash...I would say it may be using it as bait; what a green spider that would be! =)
patty
Great picture María! =)
HemaShah
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/32798018 Maria,is this the same as yours?
JoeHartman
I have seen the same and first thought: strange, many spiders in one web. But closer examination cleared it up: one spider and the rest prey or old prey. I wondered why this pattern is done by a spider....
Andrea Lim
Perhaps Cyclosa sp. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclosa "rests in the center of an orb web with greyish "imitation spiders" it has created from prey remains"
HemaShah
Maria,does not look like a typical trashline orb weaver. I have a similar spot. i am wondering if those are egg sacs?

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PublishedOctober 14, 2013

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