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Almaden Quicksilver Spider

QuicksilverSpider2005|10|22: Spider. Almaden Quicksilver Park. October 22, 2005 © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
Spider. Almaden Quicksilver Park. October 22, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.

I wonder if anyone can identify this spider for me?

Posted by Dan Mitchell on Saturday, October 22, 2005, at 1:29 pm, and filed under Wildlife. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

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  1. mc9038@aol.com | October 28, 2005 at 8:16 am | Permalink

    Dan,
    The spider in your photo is an “Orb Weaver” also known as a Garden Spider. They spin those huge webs and catch flying insects. They are very useful for keeping the balance. They are usually very active during between late fall and early November. Summer is too hot and winter is too cold for these guys so you won’t see much of them in the days to come. I hope this helped identify the monster? By the way you have some very nice nice photo’s on your site. I am a frequent visitor to Quick Silver Park. I enjoy your photo’s of the area. Keep up the good work Dan.