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This spider sheltering under the fence-top nearby, seemingly guarding an egg
sac, has quite similar coloration to the previous Araneus diadematus, but
it's tiny in comparison. In many spider species, the male is way
smaller than the female, so the other one may be a female with this spider being
its mate. That would also explain why the egg sac is so much bigger than it is.
It's interesting, though — in other species, the males often have very
thin abdomens, whereas this spider has proportions consistent with most gravid
female spiders. Perhaps that's just a quirk of this species, or perhaps it's
actually a female of a different Araneus species.
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