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Written by mrv on 2024-10-04 at 23:35

hired the local militia to protect my veggies 🥰 it's kinda cute

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Written by mrv on 2024-10-06 at 16:03

@vwbusguy notice the white zigzack line? it’s called stabilimentum, according to wikipedia its purpose is unknown, there are a bunch of theories: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabilimentum

I actually observed how the spider wrapped up its prey in it. It seems that it’s kind of a silk depot so the spider doesn’t have to produce on the spot when something flies into the net.

I could not find this explanation anywhere 🤔

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Written by Scott Williams 🐧 on 2024-10-06 at 16:17

@mrv I've seen orb weavers here do something like that on a much smaller scale. When they have the first structural strings, they'll sometimes deposit a bunch of silk just above the center point and seem to draw from it as they go around in a circle to fill in the web, but I haven't seen it left once the web is built and it's hanging out in the center of it waiting for prey. The ones here do such a good job of web building that is often hard to see the web until you've walked face first into it.

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Written by Scott Williams 🐧 on 2024-10-06 at 16:19

@mrv Apparently, some So Cal orb weavers do this, too, but not the ones around our house 😅.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_argentata

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