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Red Spider Large with Monarch - Araneus
Copyright © 2018 Robert Gorman

Red Spider Large with Monarch - Araneus
San Clemente, Orange County, California, USA
June 21, 2018
Size: large
Monarchs get stuck in these Webs every year I release a lot of them as the spider seems not to be around? This time it was not about to give up its prey/ the monarch kept fighting long and hard. I thought a quick sting and that would be all for this pore butterfly! I guess the spider Could not get in close enough to give it a sting?
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Contributed by Robert Gorman on 21 June, 2018 - 6:00pm
Last updated 27 July, 2018 - 10:03pm

gemma/illaudatus
dont think species ID is possible, but those are the only two real possibilities IMO
… Marcus bullock, 13 November, 2018 - 2:25am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 27 July, 2018 - 10:03pm login or register to post comments

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