Female Tropical tent-web spider (Cyrtophora citricola) guarding a string of egg sacs within a communal web on a Prickly Pear cactus, Gran Canaria.

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Female Tropical tent-web spider (Cyrtophora citricola) guarding a string of egg sacs within a communal web shrouding a stand of Prickly pear cactus / Barbary fig (Opuntia ficus-indica), Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, June.

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Size: 2945px × 4417px
Location: Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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