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13th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Orchard orbweaver and web (Leucauge venusta)

The photo was taken in my front yard and shows a orchard orbweaver spider and his/her web. The web was spun less than 24 hours after an afternoon rain storm, and measured about 2 feet in diameter. The spider (excluding its legs) is only about one half inch long, perhaps less.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2015
Date Uploaded: 06.2015
Photo Location: Homestead, Florida, United States of America
Camera: DMC-FZ100
Copyright: © Rodney Johnson