Garden Spider Araneus diadematus
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Garden Spider Araneus diadematus
Image: © David P Howard Taken: 8 Oct 2015
This common garden female spider is sitting at the centre of a large web, head down, with one front leg hooked onto a length of web called a signal line, waiting for some prey to land.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.186099
Longitude
-1.603128