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| Keywords: araneus diadematus araneusdiadematus cross orbweaver crossorbweaver european garden spider europeangardenspider project 365 project365 web animal insect spider outdoor This fabulous spider has been camped outside one of our kitchen windows all week, and I did resolve that I'd photograph it at some point. That was today. I saw those front legs close together and thought it was a St. Andrew's Cross Spider. Of course it isn't. It's a European garden spider, or the far cooler sounding diadem spider, and she's a female. We were watching her earlier in the week, sitting serenely in the middle of the web, when a little fly strayed into it. Quick as a flash she was out, prey bitten, wrapped, and stored for later, then back into the middle of the web again. Anything that eats flies has to be ok with me! This fabulous spider has been camped outside one of our kitchen windows all week, and I did resolve that I'd photograph it at some point. That was today. I saw those front legs close together and thought it was a St. Andrew's Cross Spider. Of course it isn't. It's a European garden spider, or the far cooler sounding diadem spider, and she's a female. We were watching her earlier in the week, sitting serenely in the middle of the web, when a little fly strayed into it. Quick as a flash she was out, prey bitten, wrapped, and stored for later, then back into the middle of the web again. Anything that eats flies has to be ok with me! | ||||
