What is this beautiful specimen called?
What is this beautiful specimen called?
Ignore the dirty window lol. Had them in our house for over a week in that spot now, but this is the first time they turned around. I find the legs mesmerizing
That there is a spider.
You made me chuckle.
It's a cross orbweaver or European garden spider (Araneus diadematus).
Yes, that’s it. Thanks!
Golden Orb Weavers are common in Australia. I took this pic back in 2016 to send to some of my friends back in the US who find a kind of intense fascination in spiders (and also in avoiding them). Note the banding on the legs, same as yours:
Seems like some sort of Orb Weaver (where hanging in a web is a clue): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orb-weaver_spider
Over here we call them cross spiders because of the cross pattern on their abdomen
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Img from spiderspotter.comI'll raise you this picture with even more variations.
https://wiki.arages.de/images/c/c3/45_Araneus_diadematus.jpg
Beautiful!
a spoder
Spider
Aww…I know I place for this picture:
Is everybody just completely misunderstanding what AskLemmy is supposed to be for? Are mods actually doing anything?
THANK YOU. This is absurd. People are treating this like it’s a search engine.
a spider
Gorgeous Spider, Orb Weaver, destroyer of flies, protector of your house.
a nope
