Comments on: Yellowish-White Orb Weaver Spider

By: gloria everts

gloria everts — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:38:36 +0000

i live in wisconsin, i found this spider on my foot stool, it looks similar to the white orb, the one i have , the back is bright yellow, round, with 6 indents on top , the legs are transparent with the reddish brown rings. i have never seen any spider like this in wisconsin.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:14:52 +0000

My son and I just found a spider on our house in Minneapolis, MN that looks almost exactly like that. The only difference I see is that the head of ours is brown instead of the translucent white. The body is about 1 inch long. The underside of the body is dark brown.

By: Della3

Della3 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:11:46 +0000

I’m in the Southwest. Our orb spiders are very pretty, and they get huge! I’ve made friends with several over the years. They knew my habits, and would clean up their webs for me before I walked out my doors. I watched them do it sometimes. In the evening, they would spin a new one in the same spot. Other orb spiders with webs in less traffic-prone areas would leave their webs up all day.

By: K T Cat

K T Cat — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:02:44 +0000

No way! I LOVE Phil Foglio! I still have all my old Dragon magazines with his “What’s New?” cartoons!

By: Tim Eisele

Tim Eisele — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:22:23 +0000

Well, at least it isn't a mutant like this one. Nyar! Nyar!

By: K T Cat

K T Cat — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:05:03 +0000

That’s a pretty ugly spider. It looks like the body was put on with a nail gun, as if God was busy and needed to knock out a spider with only a little time to do it.

By: randomtruth

randomtruth — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:47:46 +0000

Good post. Could it be a Cross Spider that’s tweaked or a mutant? Everything but the back looks almost exactly like the ones I see in my backyard:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/randomtruth/tags/araneusdiadematus/

-Ken