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Cyclosa conica Juvenile male Cyclosa conica spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. 2006 ) Male Cyclosa conica spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Apr 2009 ) Female Cyclosa conica spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2007 ) Male Cyclosa conica spider, side view. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Apr 2009 ) Juvenile male Cyclosa conica spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. 2006 ) Male Cyclosa conica spider from above. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. 2006 ) Young female Cyclosa conica spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. 2006 ) Female Cyclosa conica spider from below. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2007 ) Female Cyclosa conica spider, close-up of epigyne. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2007 ) Male Cyclosa conica from below. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Apr 2009 ) Female Cyclosa conica spider from the side. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2007 ) Male Cyclosa conica from the side. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. 2006 ) Eyes of a female Cyclosa conica spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2007 ) Eyes of a male Cyclosa conica spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Apr 2009 ) Palps of a male Cyclosa conica. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Apr 2009 ) Male Cyclosa conica spider, 4,5 mm. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Apr 2009 ) Cyclosa conica spider sitting in its net. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2007 ) Cyclosa conica spider net with its two trash lines. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. 2006 )

Facts: Family: Araneidae Scientific name: Cyclosa conica Common name: Trash line spider Spider found in the woods, often on dry branches under pine trees. Notice the odd looking conical shaped abdomen. Stacks dead insects in two strings (trash lines, like its common name) above and under the centre of the net.

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