Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Orb-web Spiders

Eriophora transmarina

Description:

(Wikipedia) The "typical" orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens.Its have eight similar eyes/legs hairy or spiny and no stridulating organs.Orb-weaving spiders are three-clawed builders of flat webs with sticky spiral capture silk. It's sizes are about 2-3cm(female), 1.5-2cm(male). Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum:Arthropoda, Class:Arachnida, Order:ArThe Orb Weaving Spiders are the large group of spiders with over 100 known species.

Habitat:

Orb weaving spiders make suspended, sticky, wheel-shaped webs. Webs are placed in openings between trees and shrubs where insects are likely to fly. It's built large, strong, vertical orb webs. Generally, the spider constructs its web in the evening and takes it down again at dawn. The spider rest head-down in the center of the webs, waiting for prey.

Notes:

I take these photos in at my garden. It's was walking on the wall.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

TaPreedapr
Spotted by
TaPreedapr

กรุงเทพมหานคร, Krung Thep, Thailand

Spotted on Mar 13, 2012
Submitted on Mar 13, 2012

Related Spottings

Eriophora eating a beetle Eriophora ravilla Spider Eriophora Spider Eriophora Spider

Nearby Spottings

Lymnaea Fern Home fly Yellow elder/Yellow Trumpetbush
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team