Big Spider what is it?
Aug 25, 2019 12:06:39 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
Can anyone recognized this spider ? Its about 1" -1 1/4" long. Is it poisonous ?
Found at my back door in the country house in Woodstock NY 12409.
I've had the house for 27 years and never saw this one or any this size!
Found at my back door in the country house in Woodstock NY 12409.
I've had the house for 27 years and never saw this one or any this size!
Aug 25, 2019 12:14:17 #
I have a phone app called Seek by iNaturalist that identifies this spider as a Nordmann's Orbweaver. If not for this app it would otherwise just be another SPIDER!!!!
Aug 25, 2019 12:23:51 #
I photographed one of those in my yard this week! I had not yet looked up the ID so thanks!!
Aug 25, 2019 13:00:01 #
Aug 25, 2019 13:32:45 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
I did post to iNaturalist at the same time...waiting for a response !
Aug 25, 2019 14:32:53 #
wingclui44
Loc: CT USA
petercbrandt wrote:
Can anyone recognized this spider ? Its about 1" -1 1/4" long. Is it poisonous ?
Found at my back door in the country house in Woodstock NY 12409.
I've had the house for 27 years and never saw this one or any this size!
Found at my back door in the country house in Woodstock NY 12409.
I've had the house for 27 years and never saw this one or any this size!
I found one on my read deck last week and was identified by an UHHer here, it was a 'Cross orb Weaver' spider because of the 'cross' mark on the top side of it's back.
Aug 26, 2019 08:25:20 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
I think I found it on iNaturalist.org, one of 58 types of Garden Orbweavers. Still donot know if it has a poisonous sting!
Aug 26, 2019 10:09:23 #
AirWalter
Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
petercbrandt wrote:
I think I found it on iNaturalist.org, one of 58 types of Garden Orbweavers. Still donot know if it has a poisonous sting!
Whatever the damn thing is it's ugly, step on it!!!
Aug 26, 2019 11:02:36 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
Not dangerously poisonous to humans. Never kill any critter just because you think it’s ugly!
Stan
Stan
Aug 26, 2019 11:59:22 #
What a lovely and beneficial spider you have. She is not harmful to you. We have one that lives on our porch for the past few years although I'm sure its offspring.
They make their web and then take it down to rebuild it time and time again. I sit on the porch at night with the light on to attract insects just to watch her catch and wind them up in her silk.
They make their web and then take it down to rebuild it time and time again. I sit on the porch at night with the light on to attract insects just to watch her catch and wind them up in her silk.
Aug 26, 2019 13:08:31 #
I have one on my front porch. He/she builds in late evening. Then, as I drink my coffee at sun up. He/she is taking the web as well as his catch down for the day. Very interesting to watch.
Aug 26, 2019 13:41:44 #
Aug 26, 2019 13:54:29 #
Interesting (to some) factoid on orb webs: In general, large nighttime netters build plain webs, many large daytime netters build webs with some sort of 'stabilimentum', a white X, or zig-zag line, or ziggy circle, or splotch, or square in the center. Experiments have shown that loss of the web due to birds flying through are much greater when there is no warning in the daytime (they left nighttime webs up all day as one check. And, the birds don't like it either, so they are on the lookout.) Since the proteins in webs are recycled (eaten and reused to make new webbing), this provides a small, but significant advantage to those that preserve the webs for recycling, but not every species has taken advantage of it. A few just let the web go, usually near the end of life when it makes little difference. Even the big golden web tetragnaths warn by putting yellow urates on the main guy wires, then leave the webs up for a long time, day and night.
Aug 26, 2019 14:17:32 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
Wow, I did not know that ! You must be deep into spiders !
Aug 26, 2019 14:48:36 #
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