Summary[edit] Description: Micrathena gracilis. Kingman Island, Anacostia River, Washington, DC, USA. 31 July 2010. Date: 4 August 2010, 00:03. Source: Spined Micrathena Web. Author: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. Camera location38° 53′ 15.45″ N, 76° 57′ 59.64″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 38.887625; -76.966567.
Web built across a trail near my back yard. I held a piece of white foam board behind to give a non-black background. I believe it is dining on one of our pesky Asian Tiger mosquitoes--thank goodness something eats them.