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Here's some photos of those
common Garden spiders from the Orb Weaving family. My
apologies if there are some Araneus on pages where they don't belong but
they are very hard to classify. Try this page for a species guide:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1972/bgpage
Orb weavers (Araneidae) are
often brightly coloured with
rounded abdomens, some with
peculiarly angled humps or
spines. However, there is
considerable variation in size,
colour and shape in this group.
They are often recognized for
building beautiful, large, round
webs, on which they rest, head
downward, waiting for prey.
The webs consist of a number
of radiating threads crossed by
two spirals. The inner spiral
begins in the centre, winds
outward, and is made of smooth
threads like the radiating
threads. It covers only the
central 1/3 of the web. The outer spiral begins at the edges
and winds inward. It is made of more elastic, sticky threads, coated with a liquid substance.
One of the largest and most commonly encountered members of this group is Argiope aurantia, the yellow garden spider
and we have photos of them on their own page.
Garden Orb Weavers are NOT dangerous (but can bite as can most
spiders) and rid your garden of many unwanted insects. They only
live for one season and die off as Winter approaches, leaving their
egg sacs behind to hatch out next Spring. Please select a section below. Here's a short video (3Mb) sent in by
Aaron Knapp.
Click here.
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ORB
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Orb weavers (Araneidae) are
often brightly coloured with
rounded abdomens, some with
peculiarly angled humps or
spines. However, there is
considerable variation in size,
colour and shape in this group.
They are often recognized for
building beautiful, large, round
webs, on which they rest, head
downward, waiting for prey.
The webs consist of a number
of radiating threads crossed by
two spirals. The inner spiral
begins in the centre, winds
outward, and is made of smooth
threads like the radiating
threads. It covers only the
central 1/3 of the web. The outer spiral begins at the edges
and winds inward. It is made of more elastic, sticky threads, coated with a liquid substance.
One of the largest and most commonly encountered members of this group is Argiope aurantia, the
black and yellow garden spider
and we have photos of them and other argiopes on their own page.
Please select a section below.
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GARDEN ORB
WEAVERS
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Spiderlings |
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Reply: These are also probably a garden orb weaver
spiderling and not
dangerous - glen
23 May, 2010:
Hello-
My husband found many, many baby spider hatchlings on his car (apparently the eggs had been between edge of a back door and body of car). They were incredibly tiny, but I managed to get a decent photo of them. Can you identify? I tried looking up, but the information I found didn’t have field marks for babies.
The photo was taken in Napa, CA on 4/7/10 and the spiders were about 6 hours old.
Thank you!
Robin H
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Reply: This is probably a garden orb weaver
spiderling and not
dangerous - glen
23 May, 2010:
Hi!!! I was just wondering if you could possibly tell me what kind of
spider this is. It's really small, maybe the size of lead on a pencil.
It was crawling on my hand when I took the photo.
Thank you!!!
Bronwyn
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21 June, 2007:
Hi. I was wondering if you could tell me what these spiders
are. I found them on my porch today. I live in New-Bunswick
Canada if that helps.. Thanx Michelle
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18 June, 2007:
Howdy...
I'm
a great lover of your site, so I thought I'd share these snaps with
you. They're from the UK, southern area.
The first image (spiders3.jpg) I believe are Araneus diadametus
(Sp?), a common garden spider. I have a huge ammount of these (Both
young and old) in my garden.
The
second, (Spiders2.jpg) is the same species, but a better shot of
them.
The
third, (Spider4.jpg) is another one, but a mature one (At least, I
believe it's the same species). I thought this was an awsome shot
for detail. The same applies to spider5.jpg, too.
I did have a shot of a small jumping spider, the "entertainer", but
I can't seem to find it. Unless it's still on my camera, of course!
Anyway, hope these are good shots for you. Feel free to post them on
your SpiderzRule. Bear in mind they are UK, not US spiders (Although
the same species is found in the US). (Time of year for shots was
May/June)- S. |
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May, 2007:
Hi Glen,
Just one to say hello with, take care.
Eddie
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