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Originally Posted by red-beard
Well, this guy is now living at my front door. He's only a few inches across, not like a full size St. Andrews Cross. Just a baby.
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We've got a good sized one in the tomato patch.
I just learned that the heavy zig-zag pattern in the middle of the web is exceptionally bright in ultraviolet, while the rest of the web and the spider itself is invisible. The web looks like an inviting pretty flower blowing in the wind to an insect (they often see in ultraviolet).