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Cyrtophora citricola
This spider does not build orb webs. Their horizontal web forms a cone in the middle, with many support lines holding it. The web is not sticky, and spiral and radials are constructed from the same silk. Unless in orb webs, all cells in the web are rectangular.
Spotted on Sep 17, 2012
Submitted on Sep 17, 2012
9 Comments
Lovely series ! Love the way you have captured the complex web structure !
Thank you Noel and Agustin!
Great spot Leana!
Wow! striking beauty. Amazing shots.
Great spotting.
Thanks Emma and Rolo!
wow, it looks like a CG image!!
Okay Apple. Thanks!
You should add this to the animal architecture mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...
great capture!