An inhabitant of grass and shrubs, the Green Garden Orb-web Spider builds a typical orb web each night and then eats the silk to recycle a new web

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An inhabitant of grass and shrubs, the Green Garden Orb-web Spider builds a typical orb web each night and then eats the silk to recycle a new web the next evening. The female hangs up-side down on her web

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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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