Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) ventral view
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Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) ventral view
Image: © Rob Farrow Taken: 10 Oct 2022
Looking up from underneath (i.e. a ventral view) of a (probably female) European Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus). This spider has several alternative names, viz. Diadem Spider, Cross Spider and Crowned Orb Weaver. She seemed to be busy unpicking her web prior to rebuilding it (which she had completed within the hour). I wonder if she is one of these Image] all grown up, as she was only a few yards away from where those spiderlings were photographed four months earlier - or possibly she is their mother!
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Image Location
Latitude
51.795565
Longitude
-0.657849