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Cyclosa turbinata
This female white and brown spider has two anterior dorsal humps on its turban shaped abdomen distinguishing it from the male. This one was eating a Leafhopper.
Orb web on Carolina Jasmine in backyard. The range is the perimeter of the US south to Central America.
The spider "rests in the center of an orb web with greyish "imitation spiders" it has created from prey remains. If the spider is disturbed, it vibrates its body, so that the black and white patches blur into grey, thus resembling the false spiders." - Wikipedia
Spotted on Feb 24, 2012
Submitted on Feb 24, 2012
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