Trashline Orbweaver (Cyclosa, Araneidae) spider on its web, with raindrops
This is a tiny Trashline Orbweaver (genus Cyclosa, Araneidae) spider on its web, with raindrops from our rain last night. Usually these spiders hang upside down in the center of their webs, but this one has been displaced by a water drop! This one has a clean web, but in time it will develop a "trashline" of the bodies of its prey along the midline, see this photo. I've just started to see these spiders this year - or am I just starting to notice them? Arachtober 28. (San Marcos Pass, 28 October 2016)
Trashline Orbweaver (Cyclosa, Araneidae) spider on its web, with raindrops
This is a tiny Trashline Orbweaver (genus Cyclosa, Araneidae) spider on its web, with raindrops from our rain last night. Usually these spiders hang upside down in the center of their webs, but this one has been displaced by a water drop! This one has a clean web, but in time it will develop a "trashline" of the bodies of its prey along the midline, see this photo. I've just started to see these spiders this year - or am I just starting to notice them? Arachtober 28. (San Marcos Pass, 28 October 2016)