Banana spider (Golden Silk Spider)

Thank you for the link. The male is so small compared to her. Let me know if you give her a treat and what you think about it!

I never thought about giving a spider a treat, hmm. Here's a link to a spotting of mine that shows the Golden Silk Orb-weaver's mate, so you know what you're looking for ... the first photo is a silhouette, but you can see a little detail in the second: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/366.... Happy hunting!

I was talking to the Dentist the other day about this spider. She told me the same thing, that the male was usually near by. I'll be on the look out for him. I asked her if she use to catch bugs and throw them in the web when she was little. She laughed and said "oh, I still do". Lol, I taught our kids the same trick. Find a cricket or something that size and throw it in her web. It's amazing watching her catch them and wrap them up.

Nice work! I've never seen this spider capture prey myself ... I've only seen them perfectly still. Although, if you look around the web of this spider, you can sometimes spot her much smaller mate.