Orb weaver.

Gregg M · 03-06-12, 11:25 PM

These are all over the place where I live. And they are huge. I have had the displeasure of walking into their webs more times than I care to. Good thing they are not aggressive and bitey. However, no matter how many times I have done the "just walked into a spider web" dance, I am still facinated by arachnids and really like to photograph them.

Hurrok · 03-06-12, 11:27 PM

That's a pretty intense picture. Luckily I don't get freaked out by spiders too much unless they get on me...

The "just walked into a spider web" dance happens a lot here in the spring for me, dang webs are everywhere! :P

Trent · 03-07-12, 12:48 AM

Awesome pic!

CDN_Blood · 03-07-12, 06:04 AM

We have similar things up here, but I'm totally OK with them. They're just so big and colourful. Here's one I snapped last summer on the patio - someone thought it was a type of Orb Weaver, but I'm not so sure...

Caylan · 03-07-12, 07:28 AM

Both amazing spiders! When I was camping last year I found a bunch of spiderlings just hatched. I supposed they were orb weavers but I never did find an adult. Think these could be orb weavers too?

Also, regarding gregs spider. We have spiders called pumpkin spiders that look very similar to yours, growing an abdomen around the diameter of a toonie. People out here mistake them for tarantula's lol. They make massive webs that are just amazing, and then sit in the middle, or in a corner. Fascinating spiders, I love them, but not easy to find... everyone I do find gets picked off by a bird eventually... Spiders really are great to photograph.

BarelyBreathing · 03-07-12, 11:40 AM

All great pictures.

marvelfreak · 03-07-12, 01:02 PM

Wow some sweet looking spiders.

jarich · 03-07-12, 01:56 PM

Awesome pictures, but that one you have of the young spiders Caylan, thats just crazy

Caylan · 03-08-12, 03:59 AM

Thanks! By the end of the day they were everywhere, the next day all gone. Very weird, perfect timing I guess.

DragonsEye · 03-09-12, 06:21 PM

Very colorful orb, Greg. And, yes, that's an orb weaver, Todd.

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stephanbakir · 03-09-12, 06:29 PM

Caylan, if I'm not mistaken, yours are Garden Spiders. As they molt they get an awesome face on their backs.

Their webs always have that crisscross in them so they are easy to identify.

brandonh · 05-21-12, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by stephanbakir

Caylan, if I'm not mistaken, yours are Garden Spiders. As they molt they get an awesome face on their backs.

Their webs always have that crisscross in them so they are easy to identify.

i wonder is the size difference has to do with the sex of the spider ?

nokturnelle · 05-22-12, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by brandonh

i wonder is the size difference has to do with the sex of the spider ?

It does. These are all female. The males are wimpy little brown guys that are a tenth of their size lol. They wander, unlike the females that make webs. I don't know the exact species this one is...but I know that she's from the genus Argiope. So yeah, in the spider world, girls rule!!

brandonh · 05-22-12, 09:22 AM

lol thanks for the info and a laugh this morning

jaleely · 03-09-12, 08:33 PM

BLAH you know i have tarantulas, but when they are small they easily creep me out. That pick of all the crawly babies...BLAAAAH!
I just imagine them running and crawling all over me in a swarm! BLAAAAHHHH! I'm afraid of ants, though, so that's where that comes from. I'm not afraid of spiders, but just all those tiny things billowing out....BLECK!!!