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Nothing fancy today, just a delicious little cupcake. Special thanks to Heather.

Same spot as the other night, so presumably it’s the same spider. I managed to get a bit closer tonight, using a headlamp to locate the outermost structural threads and push the lens ever-so-slowly in between them. If you look closely you can make out the hairs on it’s legs and body.

I’m about 95% sure of the id. The latin name is Mecynogea lemniscata, courtesy of bugguide.net.

At least, I am pretty sure it’s a club-tailed. It was probably 3-4 inches head-to-tail – easily the biggest dragonfly I’ve ever seen. Taken at Eno River State Park.