orb web

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orb
noun[C]
uk
/ɔːb/us
/ɔːrb/
something in the shape of ...
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web
noun[C]
uk
/web/us
/web/
a net used to catch insects, made by a spider from the sticky thread that its ...
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(Definition oforbandwebfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The spider lives in gardens, wooded areas, or wherever there is vegetation to string anorbwebacross.
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The web consists of both anorbweband an irregular web.
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Theorbwebis built below and in front of an irregular web, where a retreat for the spider is created.
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It also avoids the energy loss of weaving a largeorbweb.
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The garden spider does not live in very dense location clusters like other orb spiders such as the goldenorbwebspider.
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The web starts off as anorbwebusing prominences on the underlying structure for support.
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This partial orb renewal is distinct from other orb-weaving spiders that usually replace the entireorbweb.
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It is found in woodland areas where it spins orb webs in vegetation, or is a keptoparasite in red-legged goldenorb-webspider webs.
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Orbwebdesigns and the spinning behaviors that produce them are the best understood.
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The spiders areorbwebweavers, weaving small orb webs with an open hub and few, wide-set radii and spirals.
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Hence, this spider expends less energy catching prey than a primitive hunter and also avoids the energy loss of weaving a largeorbweb.
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It is found in woodland habitats, where it spins orb webs or is a kleptoparasite of the red-legged goldenorb-webspider.
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The spider builds a spiralorbwebat dawn or dusk, commonly in long grass a little above ground level, taking it approximately an hour.
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Theorbwebis usually truncated by a top horizontal support strand, giving it an incomplete look.
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