#orb weavers

[jupiterswasphouse]

[VIDEO TAKEN: MAY 15TH, 2026 | Video ID: A video of a grey orb weaver in its web, contrasted by a background of near complete black night, wrapping up prey that was caught in its web /End IDs.]

Forgot this one yesterday :P

[ljsbugblog]

Two-spined Spider (Poecilopachys australasia)

[aydenburd-photography]

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA — March 2026

Some smaller friends.

The tiny checkerspot in the last photo came and landed on me after that picture, hung out on my camera bag strap as I was walking around for the next 10 minutes haha.

[arachnophanatic]

Big beautiful female spotted orb-weaver (genus Neoscona)

[rebeccathenaturalist]

You may be starting to see these big orange and brown spiders all over the place! These are cross orb weavers (Araneus diadematus); they're native to Europe but were brought over here to North America some time ago and have since made themselves at home. You're probably just noticing them now because they're big enough to be easily visible, with larger flat, spiraling webs. These spiders are largely harmless, and if you leave them alone you can enjoy not only fewer flies but also free early Halloween decorations!

I wrote an article about how to identify these charismatic spiders at https://rebeccalexa.com/how-to-identify-cross-orbweaver-spiders/

[anarcho-mommunism]

[p-aidacheanus]

I am enjoying grounded 2, but the spiders lack of care is starting to annoy me especially bc they seem to give a lot of random small details to a lot of bugs, but spiders are just spiders. They shoot webs, ugh, the orb weavers are turned into wandering hunters and have two large front facing eyes, all of the spiderlings look exactly the same.

Orb weavers should be up high, tucked in corners when not on a web.

Wolf spiders were everywhere in the first game, I haven't seen any so far but they might still exist. They should be the hunters. Not orb weavers. It makes absolutely no sense for an orb weaver to be crawling around in paths and attacking prey. They DON'T HAVE EYES LIKE THAT. They rely on vibrations in their web, otherwise they literally run. I've had an orb weaver who was particularly scared, even a fruit fly hitting her when she felt vulnerable would send her to the floor and running.

They could add grass spiders. Or black widows, even! Throw some cobweb up and when we trip it, they should come at us with speed and it should be scary. They added flying mounts, so hitting an orb weaver web should be a death sentence.

If you want active, smart hunters, put in jumping spiders! Please! Make em tameable so we can have a jumper friend, that would be so cool.

There are so many options. Orb weavers are the worst option. Please update this in the future 🙏

[quilbug-cam]

These lads are just forever everywhere and forever still, great for practice lol

🪲ID Guess: Silver Orb Spider 🌏Location: Queensland, East Australia 📷Camera: OM-1, M.Zuiko 60mm 🌿Date: 13/01/2025