Garden Orb Weavers

If the web is disturbed by prey or predator too big to deal with these spiders dive down the support spar of their web and hide by headstanding in the grass or leaves near the ground

Another night shot of a female Garden Orb Weaver hiding head-first in the grass after her web was disturbed.  

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Garden orb weavers

Hiding during the day these spiders emerge at night to sling their webs across trails and open spaces beneath trees

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View of the underside of a male showing lungs etc