Last cross orbweaver of the year?

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The zoo's carpenter found a cross orbweaver while he was taking apart some structure at Stone Zoo. He carefully collected it and brought it to me. "I know these garden spiders do good work eating other bugs." Indeed they do sir. I took it off his hands and found a tree with loose bark, so the spider could hide out while she regained her bearings. She looked as though she was going to produce young very soon.



She sat motionless enough that I was able to use my phone microlens to get a picture of her face.