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(Female) Trashline Spider
Cyclosa turbinata
33.1384, -117.051
Field Notes
Description:
This female white and brown spider has two anterior dorsal humps on its turban shaped abdomen distinguishing it from the male. This one was eating a Leafhopper.
Habitat:
Orb web on Carolina Jasmine in backyard. The range is the perimeter of the US south to Central America.
Notes:
The spider "rests in the center of an orb web with greyish "imitation spiders" it has created from prey remains. If the spider is disturbed, it vibrates its body, so that the black and white patches blur into grey, thus resembling the false spiders." - Wikipedia
Reference Links:
Species Cyclosa turbinata - BugGuide.Net
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 24, 2012
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