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WanderingMogwai — Labyrinth Orbweaver - 2018

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Published: 2018-08-31 02:59:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 637; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 0
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Description Metepeira labyrinthea
This is a female with her egg sac.  She is sitting snugly in her little 'house' a dead leaf incorporated into the center of her web.  The females of this species almost always camouflage themselves this way while males, when they are not courting females, choose instead to stay off to the edge of their own webs.
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Comments: 6

coldstares [2018-09-01 20:41:22 +0000 UTC]

Clever girl! She is almost invisible! Nice find Giz!

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WanderingMogwai In reply to coldstares [2018-09-01 22:40:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks   Once you know where to look they are easy to find.

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coldstares In reply to WanderingMogwai [2018-09-02 02:46:12 +0000 UTC]

I found a young orb weaver, but I am not sure if it a cross or something else. younglings are so hard to figure out sometimes. 

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WanderingMogwai In reply to coldstares [2018-09-02 18:43:54 +0000 UTC]

Have you tried BugGuide.net?

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coldstares In reply to WanderingMogwai [2018-09-03 02:23:00 +0000 UTC]

I live on bugguide!

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WanderingMogwai In reply to coldstares [2018-09-04 01:54:51 +0000 UTC]

^^

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