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Looking on the head of this Hawaiian Garden Spider, it seems to have a graphical design depicting the shape of a spider with a human face at the bottom, or is it my imagination?
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- Submitted: Feb 5, 2024
- Photographed: Feb 6, 2024
- Spider: Argiope appensa (Hawaiian Garden Spider)
- Maturity:Adult
- Location: Philippines
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers),Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Dorsal
Mar 6, 2024
Mar 6, 2024
Kaanapali, Lahaina, Maui, 
Totally your imagination 😉 I see it too and now I can’t stop seeing it on this spider! It looks like an old man wearing a huge wig.
Indeed, it is very clear and the face at the bottom, is it picking fun at us humans ? We look at nature but there is so much more to understand in the minds of these delicate creatures, for instance a twig blew into the webb, the spider moved along under the eves of the shed and built a complete new webb facing the same attidude with regard to the wind and built an entire new webb with the weave in an entirely opposite direction.