This is Charlotte. Charlotte is an Orb Web Weaver (Araneidae) Araneus spider. she created a beautiful classic style web above our back door and has been actively munching on flys. It was a bit startling when we first saw her since she is over an inch in diameter! And those horns on her abdomen are quite dramatic. Orb Web Weaver's are nocturnal. During the day Charlotte hides under the eaves.
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Finally I have my evil minions! Fly, my pretties, fly! Slay them all!
Slay who, you ask? Well how in the world should I know? Just slay someone!
:-)
Ah, you have outdone me in the cool wildlife pictures. A spider with horns? I drool with envy. By chance do they eat their mates? I tremble...ooooooo.
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