Bottoms Up!
I learned something about this spider the day I found it in the yard. There were several on this particular plant and I could tell as the leaves were curled up in a particular way. What these Orb Weavers were doing was building a web using the edges of the curled up leaves. Then they would sit underneath the web waiting for an insect to set down on the leaf. Then, boom, it would be over.
Taken 11 August 2020 in my yard near Wasilla, Alaska.
Bottoms Up!
I learned something about this spider the day I found it in the yard. There were several on this particular plant and I could tell as the leaves were curled up in a particular way. What these Orb Weavers were doing was building a web using the edges of the curled up leaves. Then they would sit underneath the web waiting for an insect to set down on the leaf. Then, boom, it would be over.
Taken 11 August 2020 in my yard near Wasilla, Alaska.