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Cyclosa Conica
Spotted on Apr 3, 2013
Submitted on Apr 3, 2013
4 Comments
When the spider was gently touched ,it violently vibrated the web!! This is one of the defense mechanisms. The violent vibrating might shake off or scare off a prey!
i found this spider one of the most intelligent spiders that I have seen so far!
there was an article in national geographic about how one of the Cyclosa sp employs spider decoys to attractr predators , Super Smart little organism!
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/111......
Lauren it is because of PN that I started looking at stuff with interest. i would have totally disregarded this for some debris on the web. I decided to google
" A line of debris in the middle of the web " andd lo and behold,appears the Trashline spider. On close observation , I spotted the spider in the middle of the web. Tiny guy. Very smart and super fast. Has his kingdom set up for sure!!!!
Great picture Jemma! I have an awful time getting a good picture of these. In fact, haven't yet! :)