Family: AraneidaeGenus: Araneus
That spiny-backed orb weaver on the left looks pretty neat, huh? And on the right is a comparison between male and female orb weavers. Guess which one the male is? That would be the tiny speck near the top of the picture. Who knew that the female (if she could) would easily be able to swallow him whole. But she can't, luckily. Orb weaver females are usually the only ones to spin webs, as the males are usually on the ground trying to find a mate. This makes the females the ones most seen by humans. They spin webs very large, up to six feet or more in width. Just watch where you're going, as one of My sources say, just "be careful not to walk into their webs at night--the fright of this spider crawling over one's face can be terrifying and may cause a heart attack...*" Yes. 
Absolutely true, I say. And don't worry about getting bitten; their venom is not powerful enough to harm a human, although, as with all spider-bites, they should be washed thoroughly, as to prevent infection. Orb weavers make the kind of web that you would normally think of when you say "spider webs"(see image on the right). Some of them will make beautiful and intricate patterns on their webs. Most likely, Charlotte, from Charlotte's Web, was an orb weaver. Orb weavers lay their eggs in the late summer to fall, after which they die at the first frost. The eggs will survive through the winter, hatch in spring, mature in the early summer, and then
start the cycle all over again. Well, it's time for my post to die, but its eggs will hatch next week! Good-bye!
Absolutely true, I say. And don't worry about getting bitten; their venom is not powerful enough to harm a human, although, as with all spider-bites, they should be washed thoroughly, as to prevent infection. Orb weavers make the kind of web that you would normally think of when you say "spider webs"(see image on the right). Some of them will make beautiful and intricate patterns on their webs. Most likely, Charlotte, from Charlotte's Web, was an orb weaver. Orb weavers lay their eggs in the late summer to fall, after which they die at the first frost. The eggs will survive through the winter, hatch in spring, mature in the early summer, and thenstart the cycle all over again. Well, it's time for my post to die, but its eggs will hatch next week! Good-bye!
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