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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Spiders</title>
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		<title>Spider Wasp attacking Spider in New Zealand</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/spider-wasp-attacking-spider-in-new-zealand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spider Eating Bug
November 18, 2009
Dear Bugman, my friend was out in his garden the other day and saw this bug attacking a spider. It eventually carried it off down a hole. The bug was about the size of a small car&#8230; or maybe more like 5 or 6 centimetres. Later he found his cat screaming [...]


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		<title>Golden Orbweaver perhaps</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/18/golden-orbweaver-perhaps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mammoth bee-looking-spider
November 16, 2009
We stepped out of our house here in Pasadena, CA to go for a walk. In front of my neighbor&#8217;s house, we saw an insect moving on the sidewalk like Addams Family&#8217;s &#8220;The Thing.&#8221; You can hear it walking on the cement. I assumed that it might move fast when we had [...]


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		<title>Orchard Orbweaver</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/11/orchard-orbweaver-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/11/orchard-orbweaver-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[bright green spider
November 9, 2009
I found this spider hanging out on my front door when my sister came to visit today. I grabbed my camera so I could try to identify it.
Marie
Indiana
Hi Marie,
Your beautiful spider is an Orchard Orbweaver, Leucauge venusta.  You can find more information on BugGuide.





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		<title>Marbled Orbweaver and Suggestion</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/11/marbled-orbweaver-and-suggestion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/11/marbled-orbweaver-and-suggestion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[suggestion
November 10, 2009
I&#8217;m wondering if any of the other WTB addicts out there would agree with the idea that it would be cool to eliminate the bug&#8217;s name from the title of each submission, so that we can test our knowledge when we see the pic? Obviously it would be left in the body of [...]


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		<title>Marbled Orbweaver</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/07/marbled-orbweaver-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/07/marbled-orbweaver-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New friend in Iowa
November 7, 2009
This little guy has taken up residence on our porch, is he doomed with the onset of winter just around the corner?
Worried
Granger Iowa
Dear Worried,
We love your photo of a harmless Marbled Orbweaver, Araneus marmoreus.  It is a highly variable species, and BugGuide illustrates the variety quite nicely.
Update
Thank you Fennecky, for [...]


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		<title>White Banded Crab Spider</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/05/white-banded-crab-spider/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/05/white-banded-crab-spider/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What arachnid is yellow &#38; black in CALIF but not a garden spider?
November 4, 2009
What arachnid is yellow &#38; black in CALIF but not a garden spider?
 Your letter to the bugman    I found this arachnid on the head of an acquaintance last week so I flicked it out of his hair with my finger. [...]


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		<title>Jumping Spiders:  Mating Ritual? or Males vying for dominance???</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/31/jumping-spiders-mating-ritual-or-males-vying-for-dominance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/31/jumping-spiders-mating-ritual-or-males-vying-for-dominance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jumping spider mating display
October 31, 2009
Hi,
I was working in my backyard today when I noticed these two beautiful little jumping spiders. The male was trying to convince the female that he would make a good mate. He would approach the female with his arms raised and vibrate his pedipalps. When he would get close, the [...]


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		<title>Orbweaver eats her mate</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/27/orbweaver-eats-her-mate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/27/orbweaver-eats-her-mate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Spider is this
October 27, 2009
This spider eated his mate.
mr
Costa Mesa, CA
Dear mr,
We are uncertain what species of Orbweaver you have sent our way.  We couldn&#8217;t even say for sure if this is an Araneus.  Perhaps one of our readers can tell.  Your photos are amazing.  It isn&#8217;t unusual for female spiders to eat their [...]


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		<title>Grey Huntsman Spider from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/27/grey-huntsman-spider-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/27/grey-huntsman-spider-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Web spinning huntsman
October 26, 2009
Web spinning huntsman
We get these around outside and inside our house (Queensland, Australia.) They look like male huntsman spiders, and are more active at night, but they also weave massive webs from time to time (between trees) with a very thick fiber. This one came out of my downpipe this morning [...]


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		<title>Golden Orbweaver</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/17/golden-orbweaver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Must see* &#8211; Garden spider laying eggs
October 16, 2009
North CarolinaThis garden spider is the only form of pest control we use in our veggie garden &#8211; we find a pest, and into the web it goes. My 5 year old loves to help too, he named her &#8220;yellow butt&#8221;. She was well fed enough this [...]


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