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pix of Golden Orb Weaver eating a HUGE (4") grasshopper i "gave" her..
Dear Bugman,
i just discovered your website while looking for images of wasps in flight (for another art project, i need pix of their wings…) anyway, after seeing all the cool photos, i wanted to post these images i took in my garden last summer (2005). i have TONS of these lovely spiders in my garden, and i "feed" them when i can. there are eggsacks all over the place, and i don’t care. this 4" long grasshopper is one of the few bugs that will eat my citrus plants. they are also unpleasant to catch…but after a few tries, i caught one and carefully placed it in this spider’s web. she waited a few minutes, but when it struggled to free itself, the spider pounced!!! so i took some images, and i think they turned out great! bear in mind the spider is about a large as the palm of my hand. hunting must be good in my garden, there are usually 4-5 "super" larger ladies like this one hanging around, and countless other babies. hope you enjoy! i think i got the spider’s correct name from other pix on your website…Golden Orb Weaver (??) female. thank you!
sincerely,
karen hackney
wilmington, NC

Hi Karen,
Thank you for your wonderful letter and photos. Your Argiope aurantia is a magnificent specimen. The Grasshopper is one of the Bird Grasshoppers in the genus Schistocerca.

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