Nature Done Wright

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September 24, 2007

Funnel web

Funnel_web

   

       

    Amazing what you notice when you pay attention to your surroundings.

   I’ve walked past this spot on my way to the Celery Farm, but was always looking up, or down, or ahead.

   So I never noticed this spider web. I’m used to seeing the beautiful two-dimensional webs.

   This one is an elaborate funnel web, and the "funnel" goes to an opening in a tree, where the spider lives.

  I did not see the spider itself. She may have moved on or she may have been sleeping inside the tree.

  Any spider experts out there who can help out?

  I found this in the Web:

http://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/arachnids/spiders/funnelweb_spider/

 

1 comment

  • Deedee Burnside

    Funnel Web Spiders hide in their funnel and wait for prey. They come out and capture it from their funnel! I have seen it!!

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  • Deedee Burnside

    Funnel Web Spiders hide in their funnel and wait for prey. They come out and capture it from their funnel! I have seen it!!

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