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Basillica Orbweaver - Mecynogea lemniscata

Basillica Orbweaver - Mecynogea lemniscata
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 25, 2011
Lynette suggested I post these shots just for behavioral commentary:
Two Basillica spiders created their webs interlaced with each other into one, large webs with two obvious "cones" or cone-shaped orbs typical of the species
Tree: Japanese Maple

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