Molting orb weaver - Araneus diadematus

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Copyright © 2009 R. Berg

Molting orb weaver - Araneus diadematus

Alameda County, California, USA
July 26, 2009

7:19 p.m.; time = 1 hour 7 minutes. The spider is still resting. Its old exoskeleton is gone. Two hours later (no photo), the spider still hung from the container rim and looked the same as here.

The next morning, the exoskeleton was in the bottom of the container. The spider had left.

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Contributed by R. Berg on 29 July, 2009 - 1:10am

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