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Name: Dean Z.
Status: student
Age:  9
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Date: 5/28/2003
Question:
What is the most common style of spider webs?

Replies:
I do not know if we can answer that question. There are hundreds of species of orb weavers that make the large, wheel-like webs often seen around yards and gardens, but there are also thousands of mostly small spiders that make simple sheet webs, what most people call "cobwebs," and they MIGHT be the most wide spread. Spiders live in almost every kind of habitat around the world, many make small webs that usually are not noticed by people.

J. Elliott

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