Asterisk Spider

I was so excited that I even noticed this Asterisk Spider, Ocrepeira ectypa, sitting on a railing along a trail in the Parkville Nature Sanctuary in Missouri, USA. I had been wanting to find one, and almost dismissed this one as a seed stuck to the wood beam....The common name refers to the web, which is apparently just spokes radiating from a hub, no spiral like in other orbweavers.

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Uploaded on October 23, 2020
Taken on July 23, 2020