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spider web

Description:

An intricate bell-shaped (inner) web of an unidentified species (Cyrtophora sp.?) of spider. The third photo shows another web of the same type located nearby, with the spider resident.

Habitat:

On a spider orchid -- ha ha -- (Arachnis sp.) in a large semi-urban yard & garden near a disturbed patch of remnant forest in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

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1 Comment

suzmonk
suzmonk 10 years ago

What an interesting web ... I'd love to see the spider making it.

Scott Frazier
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Scott Frazier

Indonesia

Spotted on Aug 28, 2013
Submitted on Aug 28, 2013

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