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Argiope cross-weaving spiders; stabilmenta and tiny males
Argiope cross-weaving spiders; stabilmenta and tiny males
Multi-coloured Saint Andrew’s cross spider (Argiope versicolor) male and female with stabilmentum. Photograph by Raymond JC Cannon taken in Chiang Dao, Thailand.
I have come across these Argiope orb-web spiders, a number of times, with their characteristic woven crosses on their webs. These ones photographed in northern Thailand, are either the Multi-coloured Saint Andrew’s cross spiders (Argiope…
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Stabilmenta: spider's web decorations
Stabilmenta: spider’s web decorations
Stabilmentum woven by unknown spider, possibly in the genus Cyclosa
Stabilmenta are conspicuous patterns or decorations made by spiders – particularly orb-web spiders – in their webs. Google ‘stabilmenta’ (singular: stabilmentum) and you will see many wonderful examples of these structures, including crosses, spirals, zigzags and so on.
Stabilmentum made by unknown spider species, possibly in the…
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