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I found this guy while on vacation in Kauai. After browsing your site it seems to be a garden spider similar to one posted in Feb 2004. It took me a while to find because upon first glance I thought it only had 4 legs. Once I saw the posting I figured that he seemed to join his legs together. I had never seen anything like it and thought you might enjoy the photo. Any reason why he positioned the legs like this? Thanks,
Rachel Hunter
San Diego, CA
Hi Rachel,
Argiope appensa is sometimes commonly called a Garden Spider. Several species in the genus Argiope position their legs in this manner. Perhaps it helps to camouflage them in their webs.
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