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Cyclosa sp
I'm shooting for either turbinata or conata, although turbinata is where I'm leaning at the moment. Trashline orb weavers place their "trash" in a verticle line center of their web in order to hide among it. Second photo shows the spider's cast off skin in his trashline
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except the spider takes off for cover!
Easier to get a tiny image if you put your hand or paper in back of it so the camera can focus on it instead of the background.
I hadn't either until the year before. I've spent a year trying to get a passable photo. They are tiny beyond belief - maybe 1/4 inch - and the trashline makes getting a decent photo difficult with the depth of field in my macro lens
How funny. Never heard of one of these before. thanks for posting.