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spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution

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  • "Nasa managers insisted that the second orb-weaver was not exactly lost, it just couldn ‚ Äôt be found."
  • Anxious to quash fears that the absent arachnid may be marauding around the space station, Nasa managers insisted that the second orb-weaver was not exactly lost, it...
  • This beautiful orb-weaver spider is basically taking flies and crickets and transforming them in water in the abdomen and what comes out is this material that's five...
  • According to my friend Amy, it is a female giant wood spider, also known as a golden silk orb-weaver.
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