Cyclosa turbinata

Picture ID 18490

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Genus Cyclosa - Trashline Orbweavers
Female.

Submitted by:
britsnana1
Submitted: Jun 10, 2018
Photographed: Jun 7, 2018
Spider: Cyclosa turbinata
Location: Bean Station, Tennessee, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
Found in web?: Yes
Attributes: Lateral, Webs

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TangledWeb

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February 28, 2019 12:24 am

Cyclosa turbinata with trashline web. A male from her web is in another post. Thank you for posting both spiders and the web!

Krasch

December 18, 2019 10:48 am

I found this guy butted up against my wooden fence. interesting how they make the “trashline”. curious if this is debris or actual insects he/she has caught previously. If not, how do they find and make a line of debris? Curious mind of mine…:)

TangledWeb

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December 18, 2019 8:47 pm

Apparently they inspire a lot of curiosity and there are many studies of Trashline Orbweavers. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52939810#page/459/mode/1up This one found that the spiders reuse the debris from previous webs they made by transporting it to the new web. It is mostly prey carcasses. They also use a sense of gravity to make the trashline stabilimentum (“decorative” additions to a web) in the 12 and 6 o’clock positions relative to the orb web. Another study found that with this species’ orb webs the spider probably can’t tell what kind of insect is in her web by the vibrations, there is too much… Read more »