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I noticed a quite lovely funnel web yesterday morning! The maker was hiding of course, so I figured I'd lightly tap the web's edge with a piece of straw. That absolutely did the trick, and I was impressed with this little spider's speed with checking out the tiny disturbance! They explored the web for a couple minutes, and I tried to take some pictures to show off both the web and it's owner. I liked this one the most, so I'm sharing it with you all!

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[โ€“] hillimor@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Looks cool! Do you know what animal that is? Thanks in advance!

[โ€“] WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

My guess is it is a funnel web spider. Maybe this kind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_funnel-web_spider?wprov=sfti1