Title: Vie et Mort
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Category: Wildlife/Nature
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Description: Vie, because this is a large, gravid (loaded with eggs) orb spider who is creating new life. She needs her unlikely prey, a damselfly, to survive a while longer. Put aside any revulsion. A few days ago, I found her dead from cold and starvation, with one long leg draped protectively over her massive, pink egg mass. I will see her myriad spiderlings in the spring.