Leucauge venusta female & male. Kenilworth Marsh. Washington, DC, USA.

Eating some kind of green fly.

Cribellate orb weaver, probably Uloborus plumipes. "they wrap their prey thoroughly in silk, cover it in regurgitated digestive enzymes, and then ingest the liquified body."

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Underside, female Trashline Orbweaver, Cyclosa turbinata

The plans make this spider seems smaller than it is, but those plants are quite large. This is an orbweaver, but not one I've seen too often. The only reference to the scientific name I've been able to find is Argiope Avara Kauaiensis

CLASS: Chelicerata (Arachnids)

ORDER: Araneae

FAMILY: Araneidae (Orbweavers)

GENUS/SPECIES: Giant Lichen Orbweaver (Araneus bicentarius)

Hentz's Orbweaver, Neoscona crucifera, seldom sits in its web by day, but we saw several doing just that (some 12-15 feet up in trees) at the Olathe Prairie Center in Kansas.

Neoscona oaxacensis

Araneus marmoreus- Colorful non poisonous spider. Who would have thought I would find such a cool spider in Iowa?

This spider creates it's web everyday!

One source I read said the spider eats it at night and starts over the next day. That may or may not be true but seems like an awful lot of work.

I got REALLY close to this guy to take this shot (although I am guessing this was a female) and got a little bit of the heebie jeebies after words. :)

This is the first time I've ever thought a spider was pretty.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! View on black!

Lowland Amazonian rainforest, Manu national park, Peru.

Lakeland Highlands Scrub, Polk County, Florida, 06/27/2017

With freshly caught fly.

Castaway Island Preserve, Jacksonville, FL

Underside

Leucauge venusta

Southwest, Georgia

Araneus sp. Araneidae

possibly cf viridiventris

These spiders line up all their discarded bugs from meals on a line going vertically through the center of their round web.

Spotted orbweaver

I found this little chap on my front porch this evening, and spent a good long while trying to get a decent shot. This photo was not altered in any way beyond a slight cropping. The photo was taken using the light from the 13 watt porch light about 5 feet away, and the camera flash with my fingers in front of it to block the direct light. This photo looks best in the larges sizes.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Arachnida

Order: Araneae

Suborder: Araneomorphae

Family: Araneidae

Genus: Araneus

Species: Diadematus

Cross orbweaver (Araneus diadematus) on wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia)

August 13, 2115

Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

P1960188a

Circle B Bar Reserve, Polk County, Florida, 05/09/2017

Owen South Australia

bugguide.net/node/view/1005254

Jemicy LMS

Orchard Orbweaver

Yum

found at Memorial Park in Windsor, Ontario.

Along Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama. 23 January 2012.

Photo taken during the Archival Shoot for "The Orbweaver", by Paula Zelaya Cervantes, produced by Once Once Producciones

Brazilian Amazon

Spider recovering after a rain.

My dad's back garden, Concord, California, USA

Lakeland Highlands Scrub, Polk County Florida, 09/28/2019

Seen along the Monkey River near Placencia, Belize

Thanks to Bárbol and speech path girl I now believe this to be

Trichonephila clavipes - Golden Silk Orbweaver

Verrucosa arenata. Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA.

An orbweaver spider on an exterior window frame on our house. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. July 11, 2022.

This little Orb Weaver Spider is an expert at surfing the web. He does all of his food shopping on the web as well, LOL.

I hope you had a pleasant holiday weekend.