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This web is not the usual ones we see. It is more Cradle or hammock-like; that too at two levels. Quite large.
The branch-like thing is rooted on the verge of a waterbody that was heavily infested with water hyacinth. It is being cleared little by little. The web is poised over open water.
Spotted on Mar 2, 2023
Submitted on Mar 2, 2023
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Thank you, John and Mark. I had seen smaller versions of these webs in my garden but this one was large and poised so strategically above the water that I could be forgiven for thinking the spider wanted to catch some fish!
Oh John beat me to it.. ;-)
The web looks very much like that of a Dome Spider (sometimes called Tent Web Spider) - Cyrtophora sp. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrtophora...