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THE CRAZIEST SPIDER EVER!!!!! - Micrathena gracilis
Copyright © 2010 Callisto Images Leigh Anne DelRay

THE CRAZIEST SPIDER EVER!!!!! - Micrathena gracilis
Country - middle of the woods - nowhere, Walker County, Alabama, USA
August 10, 2010
Size: 5-8 mm ish

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THE CRAZIEST SPIDER EVER!!!!! - Micrathena gracilis THE CRAZIEST SPIDER EVER!!!!! - Micrathena gracilis THE CRAZIEST SPIDER EVER!!!!! - Micrathena gracilis THE CRAZIEST SPIDER EVER!!!!! - Micrathena gracilis
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Contributed by Leigh Anne DelRay on 27 August, 2010 - 8:43am
Last updated 27 August, 2013 - 4:44pm

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… Eric R. Eaton, 6 September, 2010 - 3:35am login or register to post comments

Spined Micrathena
Pretty common, and very cool looking, except they always spin their webs over my trails, and if i'm not paying attention, they end up temporarily homeless.

If you think she's cool, check out her cousin, the arrow shaped micrathena. If you have the spined, you probably have the arrow shaped in your area. I tend to find them in dense weeds as opposed to low tree branches that the spined seem to like.
… icnaj, 27 August, 2010 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

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