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Young Female Golden Silk Orbweaver - Trichonephila clavipes - female
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Young Female Golden Silk Orbweaver - Trichonephila clavipes - Female
Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA
June 20, 2014
Size: ~1 cm (body length)
Today I found this young female in my yard. She's the biggest juvenile I've found so far this season. I got the camera as close to her web as I could without disturbing her.

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Young Female Golden Silk Orbweaver - Trichonephila clavipes - female Young Female Golden Silk Orbweaver - Trichonephila clavipes - female
Contributed by Ungoliant on 20 June, 2014 - 3:27pm
Last updated 20 April, 2015 - 7:18am

Moved
Moved from Golden Silk Orbweaver.
… Lynette Elliott, 20 April, 2015 - 7:18am

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