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The Garden Safari: Spiders

The Araneidae is a large family with more than 2500 species worldwide. In Europe 25 genera with 185 species are known. 
Almost all these spiders make orb webs that are big in relation to the spider. The webs are denser in the center. 
The genera Cyclosa and Argiope construct some sort of stabilizer in the center of the web. 
The most famous spider in this family is the Araneus diadematus. Also called cross-spider, kruisspin, Kreuzspinne or Epeire diademe. 
Although the name Araneidae is now preferred, in much of the older literature these spiders are called Argiopidae.