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Orchard Orbweaver - Leucauge venusta
Copyright © 2009 Stephen Gingold

Orchard Orbweaver - Leucauge venusta
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
September 9, 2009
Size: <1/4" body
This tiny spider was hanging around on a black birch in dry woods.

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Orchard Orbweaver - Leucauge venusta Orchard Orbweaver - Leucauge venusta
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Contributed by Stephen Gingold on 9 September, 2009 - 6:43pm

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… Stephen Gingold, 9 September, 2009 - 6:47pm login or register to post comments

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Leucauge venusta
… john and jane balaban, 9 September, 2009 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Very interesting.
I posted one of these earlier in the year that I found under entirely different circumstances. My memory, which never serves me well, had that as a bit larger than this one.
Thanks again, John and Jane

… Stephen Gingold, 9 September, 2009 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
You guys are just too fast! I came back to edit my image to remark about how much fun watching the spider's pulsing abdomen was. :-)
… Stephen Gingold, 9 September, 2009 - 6:47pm login or register to post comments

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