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very large, several cm leg span, at least 1 cm abdomen width, brown orb weaver, two dimples on dorsal surface, legs translucent and black barred
sunny open goldenrod meadow
vary wary of approaching people and movement, retreats quickly to stem of the nearest goldenrod plant and tucks the face in between the legs and folds up into a large brown ball, caught a mosquito in its very large orb web