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Writing Spider

Argiope aurantia

Photo by Ava T-B
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

This spider has two meals wrapped and ready to eat; one is just under her, and one is up and to the right.

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Argiope (spider)

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Comments (3)
MikeLoose
Now I understand, never heard of this before, pretty amazing.
Ava T-B
Because sometimes they add to their webs like this: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7232789

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Southern California Wildlife
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PublishedOctober 21, 2011

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