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Trick or Trick?

One of ~650 orbweaving spiders, the Shamrock Orbweaver, also called the Pumkin Spider due to its large red/orange abdomen (Araneus trifolium) will typically rebuild her web each morning. Right beside her mandibles, you'll see her palp. Also, interestingly, each large segment of her legs might sound familiar to you, starting at the tips: tarsus, metatarsus, tibia, patella, and femur. These are attached to her thorax with trochanters and coxa. In other words, Happy Halloween!

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Uploaded on October 31, 2014
Taken on October 12, 2014