'Tis the season for big spiders – a cross orbweaver (Araneus diadematus; 🇩🇪 Gartenkreuzspinne), one of many currently making webs around @mpi_astro@wisskomm.social atop the Königstuhl.

These come in many shapes & colour forms, but the white cross on the dorsal side of the opisthosoma is characteristic.

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