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Spider-Black and Yellow Argiope


Seuly

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Black and Yellow Argiope:  Pronunciation: Ar-GUY-oh-pee

 

There seem to be many more of these around this year than I have noticed before. The large black and yellow spiders in the webs are females.

 

Female body length is

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I always called them garden spiders because that is where I see them. They make beautiful webs usually among the tomato plants. I always work around them and the webs are usually gone the next day. It never occurred to me that they ate them! Thanks!

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Very interesting reading:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_web

 

"However, constructing the web is in itself an energetically costly process because of the large amount of protein required, in the form of silk. In addition, after a time the silk will lose its stickiness and thus become inefficient at capturing prey. It is common for spiders to eat their own web daily to recoup some of the energy used in spinning. The silk proteins are thus recycled."

 

 

 

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