Carrol County

Spotted & Cross Orbweavers. Smaller spider retreated.

Orchard orbweaver (Leucauge venusta) in my garden. Portland, Texas.

S Chile

spider in our garden.

i used extension tubes.

I think this is another Neoscona domiciliorum - Spotted Orbweaver, saw a lot of these around. Arachtober 29th.

Araneus thaddeus. I was very excited to find this! This small orbweaver had its web and a lovely silken retreat in some bushes in the back yard. Here she is after I had taken her out of the retreat. She was not happy about that, so she was returned shortly after.

Triangle Orbweaver, Lake Kissimmee State Park, Florida

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Araneus diadematus.

Common name comes from the pattern on its back. Introduced from Europe in the 18th Century where it is a beloved garden spider.

It was elected as the “European Spider of the Year” in 2010 (by whom I don't know).

This is an orange female. Males are reddish and darker.

MLK Shoreline RP, Oakland, CA

Spotted this small orbwaver (possibly Araneus diadematus?) just after a fly had landed in her web. I couldn't get a good angle on her as she wrapped it, however I'm quite pleased with this shot I got of her waiting near it after inflicting the bite.

Tokina 100 mm f/2.8 macro

Raynox 150 diopter

Kuanggren KX800 flash

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A fabulous creature!

Orb weaver on a bit of tall grass.

Giant Lichen Orbweaver, Ocala National Forest, Florida

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Have to love a spider that chooses a parasitized shell of an oakworm to live under!

Life History/Behavior

The webs are found in trees, shrubs and tall weeds, and grasses in moist, wooded settings and can frequently be found along the banks of streams. The webs are oriented vertically and have a “signal” thread attached to the center that notifies the spider when prey has been captured. Unlike the Argiope garden spiders, Araneus marmoreus hides in a silken retreat to the side of the web (at the end of the signal thread). In adults, the retreat is made of leaves folded over and held together with silk. Immature spiders make their retreats out of silk only.

Egg cocoons, which contain several hundred eggs, are generally deposited in October and are constructed of white silk formed in a flattened sphere. Immature spiders emerge from the cocoons in spring. Adults are seen from midsummer until the first hard freeze of fall.

Medical Importance

As with the other orbweavers, the marbled orbweaver is not considered a medically importa

Canon A-1

Freelensing with my Minolta Rokkor 50mm 1.4

Ilford FP4+ developed with LC29 1+19 8min 20deg

Arboreal Orbweaver (Neoscona crucifera).

Village Creek Drying Beds. Arlington, Texas.

Tarrant County. 5 November 2017.

Nikon D7000. AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/4 G ED VR + TC-17e II teleconverter.

(340mm) f6.7 @ 1/320 sec. ISO 400.

San Anselmo, CA

The winds came in furiously yesterday afternoon wiping this fella's work out.

This spider had stretched its web between the support beams of a private fishing pier over a large manmade pond, aka stock tank. Not a very big spider but very long legs.

This was in Dimmit County, Texas in August 2021

Nephila pilipes

Trichonephila edulis

For the 3rd of Arachtober, the Shamrock Orbweaver - Araneus trifolium.

Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area, Orange County, FL, July2022.

In a Bradford Pear leaf.....

While waiting for the hummingbird to come feed on flowers, I was distracted by this spider. So I observed every move it was doing, so interesting. Not that I like the presence of spider so close to me, I still find them interesting to watch.

Grande Isle