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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Metepeira » Labyrinth Orbweaver (Metepeira labyrinthea)
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spiders in the tomatoes - Metepeira labyrinthea - male - female
Copyright © 2021 Wendy Jegla

spiders in the tomatoes - Metepeira labyrinthea - Male Female
Millcreek Twp, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 7, 2021
This shot is just to illustrate the proximity of what I assume is a male and female on this web. Pics of each individual included.

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spiders in the tomatoes - Metepeira labyrinthea - male - female spiders in the tomatoes - Metepeira labyrinthea - male spiders in the tomatoes - Metepeira labyrinthea - female
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Contributed by Wendy Jegla on 7 August, 2021 - 1:23pm

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Yes, typical Labyrinth web. The spider has a hide built into the labyrinth and an orb web out to the side where she can swing out and nab her prey.
… john and jane balaban, 7 August, 2021 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

 
I went back out to look, and
I went back out to look, and sure enough, there was the orb! Thank you!
… Wendy Jegla, 7 August, 2021 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

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