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Badumna insignis
A black spider about 2 cm long with an oval-shaped velvety abdomen and fine pointed legs. The back of the abdomen had pale markings. The web is tangled, made of fine silky mesh and has a funnel-shape opening. In this case there were two openings - one horizontal along the window ledge and the other vertical. The size of the whole web was about 5 cm x 5 cm
Walls, window corners, gutters
I saw an annoying blow-fly fly straight onto the silken "sheet" of this web. The spider came out in a flash, killed the fly and eventually dragged it inside the web.
Spotted on Jan 1, 2012
Submitted on Jan 1, 2012
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Not pretty but pretty interesting.