Butterflies caught in spider web

Joe Kunkel joe at bio.umass.edu
Sat Aug 28 20:35:37 EDT 1999


Oscar,

That is _Miranda aurantia_ the golden garden spider.

Nice photos!

Joe

Oscar Gutierrez wrote:
> 
> Near where I work there is a small pond that is surrounded by brush and
> wildflowers. I usually go and take a walk around the pond for lunch. The
> other day I came across a large spider web which had a monarch butterly
> struggling to escape. ...
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