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Garbage line spider Complete with his little collection of garbage. Not the clearest of photos but the little spider is at the top of all this rubbish, at the centre of the web. Cyclosa insulana,Fall,Geotagged,Insulana garbage-line web spiders,South Africa,arachnids,cyclosa,south africa,spiders Click/tap to enlarge

Garbage line spider

Complete with his little collection of garbage. Not the clearest of photos but the little spider is at the top of all this rubbish, at the centre of the web.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Thank you Claire for taking the effort to describe this strange behavior in detail, I'm stunned. Posted 11 years ago

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The Common Garbage-Line Web Spider

Cyclosa make a complete vertical, closely woven orb web in vegetation, about one metre above the ground. The distinguishing character of the web is the stabilimentum in line with the hub. The spider strings together dead bodies of prey and other debris on this stabilimentum. The spider hides in the debris as a defense against predators.

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Similar species: Spiders
Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded May 27, 2014. Captured May 27, 2014 16:41 in Unnamed Road, South Africa.
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  • Canon EOS 70D
  • f/6.3
  • 1/10s
  • ISO200
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.