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Basilica Orb Weaver (Mecynogea lemniscata) - Returning to Subdued Prey - Mecynogea lemniscata - female

Basilica Orb Weaver (Mecynogea lemniscata) - Returning to Subdued Prey - Mecynogea lemniscata - Female
Lilburn, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
June 12, 2010
Having subdued this trapped fly with an earlier bite, she returned after several minutes to "inject" it again, wrap the carcass, and suspend the "package" from the bottom edge of the labyrinth web above the "dome."

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