Im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen Spinnenarten hat die Gartenkreuzspinne einen zweijährigen Lebensrhythmus, d.h. es leben zwei unterschiedlich entwickelte Spinnengenerationen nebeneinander. Im September und Oktober, wenn die Eier abgelegt werden, sind es für wenige Tage sogar drei Generationen. In ihren Kokons überstehen die Jungspinnen Temperaturen von unter -20 Grad Celsius.

Quelle: www.nabu.de

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Today in itsy-bitsy, incy-wincy #spooder doings - I'm beginning to spot #AraneusDiadematus spiderlings around the garden. I found this one on the tip of a #clematis leaf.

By autumn the surviving females will be grand gravid beauties, their namesake mottled cross marking evident on their large orange abdomens. They'll be hanging out at the center of their magnificent orb webs or carefully tucked just out of sight, a single elegant claw hooked onto a signal line alerting them the moment something touches their web.

But right now, while they're all so incredibly small and translucent, I'd swear they're made of at least 50% sunlight.

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