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Spotting

Description:

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

Habitat:

sunny open goldenrod meadow

Notes:

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

1 Species ID Suggestions

lari28b
lari28b 10 years ago
Garden Orb Weaver
Neoscona crucifera Spiderzrule |Common Spiders in the United Statess


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Ingrid3
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Ingrid3

Stamford, Connecticut, USA

Spotted on Sep 20, 2013
Submitted on Sep 20, 2013

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