Common Name:

Family: Araneidae

Scientific Name: Metepeira spinipes

Size: 6 mm

Gender: female

Behind the typical orb web is a tangle web that has within it a little tent. Metepeira hides in the tent (see view 4) while holding onto a signal line that goes to the hub of orb (see view 6)

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