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Argiope

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JasonO'Connor
JasonO'Connor 12 years ago

The zig-zag thing in the web is called a stabilimentum, and is believed to help birds and other large creatures see the web and avoid taking it out. Fun fact haha

mikej
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mikej

Virginia, USA

Spotted on Sep 13, 2011
Submitted on Jan 25, 2012

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