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A different angle

I thought you might want to see her belly as well as her colorful abdomen. In the background is a strip of X-shaped segments in her web. The article I found said that scientists aren't sure why garden spiders create that characteristic strip, but it may serve to warn birds that there's a web anchored between these plants! Landing there could accidentally destroy the web and eliminate good food for the spider!

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Uploaded on August 26, 2019
Taken on August 25, 2019