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HAWAIIAN GARDEN SPIDER WITH BABY?
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- Submitted: Feb 6, 2024
- Photographed: Feb 7, 2024
- Spider: Argiope appensa (Hawaiian Garden Spider)
- Sex:
- Maturity:Adult
- Location: DAANBANTAYAN, CEBU,, Philippines
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks),Saltwater ocean, river, lake, stream
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Mar 6, 2024
Mar 6, 2024
Kaanapali, Lahaina, Maui, 
Oooh that’s a lovely shot for the site. The little one is actually an adult male who has come a calling.
I like how the male spiders are mistaken for babies. 🙂 The little one is the male. There may be more males visiting her soon. She put out a scent to signal them that she’s ready to mate.
Thankyou Nod, Yes captured at the right moment. I studied the female for a few days, a twig blew into her web, she built an entire new web 7 meters away. Too windy my next observation proves to me of their incredible eyesight, for she abandoned that web and walked 50 yards away, up a gradient along a suspended power line and dropped into a neighboring abandoned garden all over-grown and built a new web again. Now my point is this – from the power line there was a single strand 3 meters long down to her new web, she… Read more »