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Golden Silk Spider

 

Golden Silk Spiders are known for their master-class weaving. Their name refers to the color of the silk they produce which is believed to be the strongest fiber known, not the color of the spider itself.

 

Read more about their web and the process of weaving at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_silk_orb-weaver#Web

 

Here is a fascinating story of some person who observed one female Golden Silk Spider for a long time frank.itlab.us/spider_2002/

 

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Cincinnati, OH

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Uploaded on August 29, 2009
Taken on August 29, 2009