diadem spider

British

noun

a common Eurasian spider, Araneus diadematus, that constructs orb webs: family Argiopidae

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Unlike the habit of the garden or diadem spider, no cobweb was rolled round the victim; only the wings were cut off and the body carried away.

From Wild Nature Won By Kindness by Brightwen, Elizabeth

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