#Garden Spider

[summerwages]

sorta spooky...

[pesceterra]

Pardon my ugly face, but I needed some good pictures of my dad's tool guardian

He is very kind to his spider buddy

Edit because I didn't think about it until I hit post: @onenicebugperday just incase you would like to view the spider buddy

[drinksss]

they're making an enclosure for their future fire skink

[theambermycophile]

Halloween Decorations... ✅ Done!

🕷️🎃🏚️

[herpsandbirds]

Hey :) found this lovely lady on a beach in the Philippines, but couldn’t get very good quality images with my phone. Still, I figured I’d ask: what do you reckon she is?

Spider ID - Philippines:

Hello, yes, this looks like a Banana Spider aka Hawaiian Garden Spider (Argiope appensa), family Araneidae.

Hawaiian Garden Spider (Argiope appensa) - Bali Wildlife

Argiope appensa - Wikipedia

[colorsoutofearth]

European garden spider (Araneus diadematus)

Photo by Andres Miguel Dominguez

[comfortcritter]

Requested by anon!

[nemfrog]

A Garden Spider's web. Princess & Fairy, or, The Wonders of Nature. 1899.

Science Archive Library

[basilthefrogphotographer]

[angelnumber27]

ever since I was a little girl I’ve been extremely fascinated in the zipper-like webs garden spiders make. Here’s one I found today at mom’s

she’s a seamstress

[persephonaae]

It was very foggy this morning on my hike so the garden spiders were looking absolutely divine!

[pile-of-bugs]

This is a Yellow Garden Spider (likely Argiope aurantia) and as you can see it's very friendly! I let this one walk onto my hand from its web making sure not to harm the web itself. After taking some photos, I put it back. I saved these 2 pictures.

The term "Garden Spider" largely refers to spiders in the Families Araneidae and Uloboridae. They're also sometimes called Writing spiders or Zipper spiders. They are, of course, common in gardens and fields where people tend to plant things. So are many other kinds of spiders, but these in particular stand out due to their size, bright colors, and webs.

Like most spiders in your garden, they're harmless, friendly, and beneficial to have around. I wouldn't recommend trying to pick one up just for fun - I let this one walk on to my hand itself, and am using these photos for educational purposes. But, they are fun enough to just look at and watch, I think!

There are also many unique traits they have that separate them from your "typical" web-spinning spider. I don't have a picture to show you, but look up "writing spider webs" if you're interested!

What about them is so special? Well, assuming you just looked at pictures of their webs, there's a reason they're called Writing (or Zipper) spiders.

The thicker silk stands on a Garden spider's web are called Stabilimenta, but we're not really sure what their purpose is. It was initially thought they were to support the rather large spider, but their webs can still hold up even when the Stabilimenta are cut. The leading hypothesis is that they repel birds - the thicker web is easier to see, and so birds will notice it and NOT fly through the web, wrecking all the spider's hard work. Likewise, birds don't seem to prey on these spiders, meaning the extra attention is entirely welcome for the spider.

They probably don't want their webs wrecked more than other spiders, too, because they don't deconstruct them. Many outdoor spiders move often - eating up and rebuilding their web somewhere new - sometimes as often as every night! Zipper spiders rarely move their web unless it's an emergency, or a matter of catching more food. As such, building their webs is costly in terms of silk and energy, so they might've evolved the Stabilimenta to ensure their web's longevity.

As a closing note, they are not dangerous at all. People have been dumber than birds before and walked head-first into the webs of these spiders, but even then, they don't bite. Even if they did, their venom is mild, and you probably won't even notice you've been bit until a light rash forms later.

Most of the time, they will build their webs out of the paths of larger animals (that's you!), and even if they do, it's not going to hurt you. It's best to leave them there, too, since they'll eat pests for you. If you're planting things and see one of these spiders, consider yourself lucky. They are colorful and gentle defenders of your plants who simply wish to coexist with you peacefully.

[fuji09]

My garden spider came back! She's so pretty.

[guidot-hen]

I did draw my spidersona again

That’s my son guys. His name is Gonçalo, he’s off to school, and to fight crime!

Me drawing: his stuff looks plain…

Also me: he’s an OC I can give him whatever little references as I want.

Totally recommend, very fun.

[gwbreeden]

European Garden Spider suspended head high on an invisible web in my yard. I know she is harmless but the thought of taking one of these in the face gives me the creeps!!!

[hellofriendhawke]

I said to myself I wouldn’t make a spider-sona but I lied. Anyways here’s Garden, a spider-man who doesn’t have any super villains but is a mutant who protects special areas of New York like communities gardens, homeless camps, etc. Based on the garden spiders I see in my own garden!