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You can see the skins she has shed still hanging in the background. I suppose those could also be victims. I'm not 100% sure on this little spider, but given that she was hiding in the dark of an outhouse, and had a strangely idiosyncratic web. Some kind of cobweb spider for sure. Probably a common house spider or related species. Same family as the widows, not nearly as dangerous.
Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta -- Family: Tetragnathidae). Southern Glades W.E.A., Miami-Dade Co., Florida 09/03/2007
An overlooked, or perhaps uncommon, orbweaver species, Acacesia hamata. This is a typical resting pose. Lenexa, Kansas, August 25, 2017.
Tiny but beautiful, Hypsosinga rubens is easily overlooked. It spins a horizontal orb web in low shrubs. Graham Cave State Park, Missouri, USA, May 31, 2022.
This is a very small spider, only a few mm long. Photographed in Peers Wetland, near Wallaceburg, Ontario.
(Araneus marmoreus) Catoctin Mountains, Gambril Park Road, TV Relay Towers, Frederick County, Maryland. September 16, 2018. Male.
Both male and female spiders are visible, the smaller male is at the top and the larger female is below. Some orb weavers use rolled leaves as a retreat. This leaf has something else is inside, so I'm not sure what it's function really is.
Eriophora biapacata seen here weaving a new web for the evening,the complex leg movements required to do this are quite interesting to watch,and they never seem to "miss a stitch"!
This beautiful (yes, beautiful) spider is known as the cross orbweaver! They start to show themselves from mid-late summer until the end of the fall. You can find these guys throughout Northern US, Southern Canada, and Europe! Their bites are known to cause a range of symptoms including swelling, headaches, and even nausea - but besides a little annoyance, the bite is harmless! They create 3D webs, in order to catch pray and are most likely to be seen at dusk, in low shrubbery and gardens. You can identify these spiders easily, because their markings form a cross on their back - hence their name! These spiders range in size, and the one pictured here has a pretty small abdomen - but know that they can be a little on the chubby side too!
Size: 5.5 - 20mm
Scientific Name: Araneus diadematus
Fun Facts:
Scientists believe these spiders are native to Europe.
The second part of their scientific name (diadematus) means 'decorated with an ornamental headband'
Towards the end of her life, the female will deposit up to 900 eggs that will hatch the following spring (that's a lot of siblings)
Orbweavers are known to eat their web after they are finished, and then will create a new one the next day!
This spider seems really big for this time of year. I usually walk into them in September, not June.
I love the way these spiders stretch themselves out on a blade of grass and stay perfectly still. If they weren't brown, I'd probably never see them!
What I like about this photo is that it was taken with my Canon 70D using an old manual FD macro lens that I had stored away with my old Canon A1. It was a little tricky to focus but after some trail and error it produced a decent image. Aperture f/11.