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Started by Herp-art, 02/02/2009 03:20PM
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Winter in Florida, that is. This is an Argiope spider located in the coastal prairie of the southern Everglades. They weave a little zig-zag of visible, thicker web so that birds can avoid flying into the web. Saves the spider lots of work. Pretty clever, eh?

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Amazing spiders!
Great shot John! 8)
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