Araneus diadematus orb web Spider (female)

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Araneus diadematus orb web Spider (female). Dr Henry Oakeley. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Araneus diadematus Clerk, Araneidae. Orb web Spider, European garden spider. Distribution: Europe and North America. Bite is unpleasant but not dangerous. Spiders webs have been used to stop bleeding from wounds (Stearns, 1801). They probably work by providing a framework for platelets to coagulate. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.

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