A spider I happened to notice a while back while out and about. Its markings and size caught my eye, as it was very different from the spiders I typically see around here. I doubt they are rare, but it was new to me and I wanted to get a close up picture. It might not look particularly close, but it’s a phone camera with no optical zoom. I was only a couple of inches from the subject and didn’t want to disturb them.
I love how they’re called “Common Garden Spider”, but I’ve only ever seen one in my life. The one I saw was huge compared with other spiders in my area, and was sitting in the center of a giant web. When I walked up to look at it a bit closer, it started to undulate it’s body causing the web to shake and flex like a vertical trampoline. I’ve never seen any thing like that in my life, it was quiet a surprise!
Looks a bit like a golden orb weaver. I love these spiders. Even though my wife has arachnophobia I always wanted to show them to her because they’re so cool but I know she’d hate it. Haha
You might just live on the edge of their range or something! Here in the SE US they are abundant
I can head out to a nature trail, look off into the woods on one side, and spot 2-4 of these beauties suspended in webs from the same spot.
Only ever had one in my yard, unfortunately she chose to build a web right above the porch door and gave us quite a fright
Yeah it’s possible. I am no stranger to hiking and these little ones have stayed out of my sight while doing it over the years. This one however was just sitting on a wall, waiting to be discovered! Also I can imagine, suddenly running into a spider like this and its web right outside your door would be quite a sudden shock!
Ooh that’s really cool! I guess in some areas they are more abundant, but at least we got to spot one. Sadly didn’t get to see a web myself, do you happen to remember what it looked like?
