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Carlotta’s web

On spindly, but stealthy,  multi-hued legs, Carlotta scuttles across the light green nopal (cactus) pad.  Her uniformly mottled abdomen is plump in brownish-black and yellow, accessorized with orange.  Upon closer examination, we find Carlotta’s hairy face and head resembles that of a minute monkey.  Eight bristle-haired legs, articulated in three places, stretch as she moves [...]