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Tropical Tent Web Spider web 2/2 One of nature's safety net specialists I can only assume looking at this web. The web is extremely strong also. Cyrtophora citricola,Geotagged,Greece,Summer,Tropical Tent-Web Spider Click/tap to enlarge

Tropical Tent Web Spider web 2/2

One of nature's safety net specialists I can only assume looking at this web. The web is extremely strong also.

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''Cyrtophora citricola'', also known as the Tropical Tent-Web Spider, is an araneid spider that occurs in the warmer parts of Europe, Asia and Africa, but also Australia, Costa Rica, Hispaniola and Colombia. It can now also be found in other parts, such as Florida, where it was first found in 2000.

Although it is in the family commonly called Orb Web Spiders, this spider does not build orb webs. Their horizontal web forms a cone in the middle, with many support lines holding it. The web.. more

Similar species: Spiders
Species identified by Stuart
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Uploaded Jul 14, 2016. Captured Jul 9, 2016 13:38 in Unnamed Road, Kerkira 490 81, Greece.
  • Canon EOS 600D
  • f/7.1
  • 1/197s
  • ISO200
  • 60mm