We’re wrapping up spider content (for now) with fascinating, continuing shots of a beautiful female Orb-weaver Spider, likely Spotted Orb-weaver (Neoscona crucifera), but perhaps Cross Orb-weaver (Araneus diadematus), exhibiting prey capture behavior: Orb‑weaver spiders (family Araneidae) have a specialized silk‑producing anatomy that allows them to produce multiple, functionally different silk types for both building their […]
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Along Came a … (NSFW)
From earlier in the month, it’s a gorgeous female orb-weaver spider, possibly Cross Orb-weaver (Araneus diadematus) or a Spotted Orb-weaver (Neoscona species), its web stretched across an informal trail in Fairview Twp, Pennsylvania: Coming up soon, lots more spider!