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Venusta Orchard Spider

Leucauge venusta

Description:

Flecks of teal on underside of a yellow, white and black abdomen. Beautiful green legs. http://www.spiderzrule.com/venusta.htm

Habitat:

Hanging out by the lilies. "The Orchard spider (Leucauge venusta) is a long-jawed orbweaver spider that occurs from southern Canada to Panama, along the East coast, reaching into the central US. The web is often oriented horizontally, with the spider hanging down in the center." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucauge_ve...

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4 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Welcome..!!

iPlayBanjoNow
iPlayBanjoNow 12 years ago

Thank you!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Last picture is learning lesson..!!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Nice macro..!!

iPlayBanjoNow
Spotted by
iPlayBanjoNow

Hudson, New York, USA

Spotted on Jun 24, 2011
Submitted on Jun 24, 2011

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