Tuesday, September 30, 2025

September 30, 2025

I'm known as a Red-femured Spotted Orbweaver
Part of my leg is red, but not all
I am widespread throughout the United States
But in the south I'm larger, like an 8 legged golf ball.

(Well, perhaps she wasn't as big as a golf ball, but this was one of the largest ones I've seen.)

Location: John C. Campbell Folk School, NC

Sources: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN569

Photo and text © 2025 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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