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This was the only Orchard Orbweaver, Leucauge venusta, that I saw on our Texas trip. Resaca de la Palma State Park in Brownsville. September 30, 2018.
The genus of Nephila includes several species of this golden silk weaving spider. They are particularly neutral with humans and, like all other spiders, can bite if threatened enough.
Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Class Arachnida - Arachnids
Order Araneae - Spiders
Infraorder Araneomorphae - True Spiders
No Taxon Entelegynes
Family Araneidae - Orb Weavers
Genus Neoscona - Spotted Orbweavers
Species oaxacensis - Western Spotted Orbweaver
Gasteracantha cancriformis, (female). Richard Lieber Memorial Trail, Highlands Hammock State Park, Sebring, Florida. What a colorful, bizarre, creepy and beautiful creature! He/she didn't seem to mind me putzing around with the camera to get a close-up.
Long-Jawed Orbweaver (Tetragnatha sp.)
Photographed at El Dorado Nature Center, Long Beach CA.
Hand-held Nikon D5000 at ISO 200, with Nikkor 105G macro lens, 1/200-sec at f/20, full sun & Nikon SB-600 speedlight with O-Flash 3/4-circle Fresnel prism diffuser.
Nephila clavipes
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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
Hung between the gun whales of my boat and the fender on its trailer. A gentle breeze kept changing my focus. Probably a Cross Orbweaver.
Neoscona oaxacensis. Molino Basin, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA. 18 September 2012.
A lovely Orb Weaver spider outside my living room window. Actual size: a bit over 1cm, not counting the legs.
Araneus diadematus
Interesting information on this wee spider.
The legs of orb-weaver spiders are specialized for spinning orb webs. The webs are built by the larger females who hang head down in the center of the web or remain hidden in nearby foliage, with one claw hooked to a signal line connected to the main orb waiting for a disturbance to signal the arrival of prey. Prey is then quickly bitten and wrapped in silk before being stored for later consumption. The initial bite serves to paralyze the prey and minimize the danger of the spider herself being stung or bitten, and the enzymes thus injected serve to begin liquefaction of the prey's internal structures.
A. diadematus is a reclusive creature and only bites humans if cornered or otherwise provoked. The bite is not unlike a mild bee sting