The brightly coloured Long-winged Kite Spider makes a new web each evening and uses up to seven different types of silk in its construction.

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The brightly coloured Long-winged Kite Spider makes a new web each evening and uses up to seven different types of silk in its construction. A complex as it looks she does it in just over an hour

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Size: 6200px × 4459px
Location: Nyerere National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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