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'morning all,

I also don't see many of the grand Golden Orb spiders any more (change of location has little habitat). Here is a picture I took a couple of years ago of a male trying to take advantage of a female while she is recovering from moulting. Notice the swollen bulb on the tiny male's pedipalps, and notice also, the screw-like extension on the end of the palp that is used to gain access to the female genital opening.