Trashline Orbweaver

Description:

This is Cyclosa sp. the Trashline Orbweaver and it seems to have made a start to building a trashline. As you can see, it has assembled just one cluster of debris, right at the hub of its web. There will probably be more clusters. After all, it is called a "Trashline Orbweaver" and just one cluster doesn't exactly form a line :-) If I see this developing, in the coming days, I will try to get another picture and add it here. There is no sign of a stabilimentum yet. So, I will really have to keep a eye on this one.

Habitat:

This spider was spotted on its web, moored on small twigs near the base of a clump of Spiny Bamboo (Bambusa blumeana), locally known as Kawayan Tinik. Plant information from - http://www.stuartxchange.org/Kauayan.htm...

Notes:

Pic #1. The spider was down at the bottom edge of its web, but when it saw me pointing my camera, it ran quickly up to its cluster of trash and i just managed to take this photo while it was still visible. Pic #2. It reached its hiding place, but I was lucky again to get another picture just before it disappeared inside. Pic #3. It seems to have turned around, inside the cluster and is now, just about visible, peeping out. If I had not seen where it went in, I would probably not be able to see it in this photo. Pic #4. Shows a little more of the detail of the web, but It also makes it easy to understand how a spider wasp might fly past this web without seeing this small spider.