 Cyclosa turbinata (Trashline Orbweaver) ♀. | The Trashline Orbweaver (Cyclosa turbinata) decorates its web with dead bodies of insects and other debris. This decoration forms a vertical line and the spider blends into it. Females of C. turbinata differ from the similar C. conica "by being smaller in size and having a pair of anterior dorsal humps." Notice that I rotated this photo by 45 degrees.
bug guide (this photo): http://bugguide.net/node/view/566759 |
