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Trash Line Orb Weaver Spider

Cyclosa tubinata

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Field Notes

Description:

I found 3 or 4 different trash line orb weaver spiders and their "junk" in the meadow. Spider is only 1/4 inch and very difficult to distinguish from its line of trash. I thought it was just a bunch of dirt. Amazing!

Habitat:

Meadow in the Poconos

Notes:

This is a completely different spider than the previous 2 trash line spottings I uploaded. Unsure, but there may be an egg sack in the trash line.

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Comments (1)
AshleyBradford
These guys are cool when you notice them. I used to see them all the time in the yard of a house I used to live in, but I moved and now I rarely encounter them. Btw, you've misspelled "turbinata"...

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International Spider Survey
Photographed
PublishedNovember 17, 2011

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