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Araneus thaddeus - Lattice spider - Araneus thaddeus - female
Copyright © 2006 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Araneus thaddeus - Lattice spider - Araneus thaddeus - Female
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 8, 2006
Size: 1/4" to 1/2" approx
Not a close-up but shows the web
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 18 October, 2006 - 12:52pm

Are those treehoppers on the plant stem?
Why don't they get eaten by the spider? Do you have more images?
… john and jane balaban, 18 October, 2006 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Those are roots that grow out
Those are roots that grow out of the sides of the English Ivy.

I think this might be the only one that came out and the dumb guy cut all those vines down so I can't get another. Plus it's been below freezing just about every night.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 18 October, 2006 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

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