Magnificent Spider in Avocado Tree

If you find the unusual egg-sacs of the Magnificent Spider you will find the female spider nearby. Here is the resident of our avocado tree. She spends the night hunting for moths of army grubs and she uses a bolas, a line of sillk with a globule of sticky silk on the end to catch them. She is magnificent.

• Elizabeth Munro so pretty! almost unspiderlike

  July 17 at 8:12am · Like
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  Billie Parsons Wow!

  July 17 at 8:25am · Like
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  Matt Allworth roughly how big?

  July 17 at 8:38am · Like
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  Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery They grow to about 14 cm acorss, this include her legs, her body is about 3cm across

  July 17 at 8:59am · Like
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  Mark N Felicity Jackson Pretty but I'll let you keep her 

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  Elizabeth Woods So what do Army Grubs or their moths do ... pardon my ignorance ...

  July 17 at 9:28am · Like
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  Toni Park Army grubs are a real pain. For people who like their lawn army grubs feast on the roots of grasses and slowly but surely kill off your lawn.

  July 17 at 9:41am · Like
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  Sam Franklin yuk now i'm gonna have nightmares for ever ewww

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  Esther Attewell Fan 

  July 17 at 10:44am · Like
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  Carole Withane totally fascinating!

  July 17 at 1:42pm · Like
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  Soroor Moeinvaziri Wow!

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