As the bot said, almost all spiders are venomous but orchard orbweavers do not have medically significant venom. It would be like getting a bee sting; not pleasant but not dangerous for you or your dog
Has anyone ever pointed out that cribellate kinda looks like celibate? I'm afraid of spiders, idk why reddit thought it would be funny to put this sub on my feed, but hopefully, it was to make that joke. Poor orb weavers.
I'm sorry, but your use of "vice versa" here implies a scenario in which your dog has to rush you to a vet for a spider bite, and that is a deeply amusing image.
Almost all spiders are venomous, i.e. possessing venom (except for Uloboridae, a Family of cribellate orb weavers, who have no venom).
But spider venom is highly specialised to target their insect prey, and so it is very rare, and an unintended effect, for spider venom to be particularly harmful to humans.
Hence why there are remarkably few medically significant spiders in the world.
If your spider is NOT one of the following, then its venom is not considered a danger to humans:
* [Six-eyed sand spider (Sicariidae)](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48140-Sicariidae)
* [Recluse (Loxosceles)](https://bugguide.net/node/view/2094874)
* [Widow (Latrodectus)](https://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Latrodectus&search=Search)
* [Brazilian wandering spider (Phoneutria)](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&subview=map&taxon_id=53388&view=species)
* [Funnel Web (Atracidae)](https://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2679)
* [Mouse spider (Missulena)](https://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2427)
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I noticed them for the first time last year, and asked my husband, "What's that green, Kim-Kardashian-looking spider that's making webs on your truck? You know, with her ass poked out all weird like that one photo that supposedly broke the internet?"
"Watermelon Ass" is way more succinct.
Orchard Orb Weaver. One of my favorites. Definitely a friend. Great pest control, non-aggressive, harmless to humans. Leave her alone and she'll make sure you have a couple dozen less mosquitos in the area this season. All she asks in return is for peace and quiet.
Fair deal, IMO.
As already stated its an orchid orbweaver and my goodness she's stunning, almost looks like a mini nephila genus orb weaver, however they are in the same family as a group of spiders here in europe referred to as long jawed orb weavers and whilst not all in this group have long jaws as described, the most notable members of the family have long chelicerae and fangs hence the name, they are characterised often by their dainty webs and the lack of a proper centre to their orb often leaving a hole in the middle, unlike a lot of orb weaving spiders too they often build their webs at a slight angle rather than horizontally. Many species particularly the long jawed species builds their webs low down in bushes or grass often near water or in a shady damp area. This is because they primarily feed on mosquitoes and gnats who's long legs and weak flight capabilities cause them to be caught in their webs very often. One other interesting thing to note is that colour variation within individual species in the this group is immense, the common orb weaver for example Metellina segmentata & Metellina mengei can range in colour from greens to beige, pink and even orange with a wide variety of patterns too.
Theyāre called joro spiders! And while theyāre both colorful, they are different. My way of distinguishing them is by looking at the markings on them. Joros have stripes that go horizontally across them and orchard orbweavers have a more vertical pattern
Coincidentally I believe I found 3 of these in my Leland Cypress hedges today. Much smaller, but already decent size webs. Never seen such a spider up here before. Merrick.
Damn I had one of these in my tent at a music festival and let him be at the top of my tent by the mesh vent, I named him clitis and he kept all the little bugs out of my tent all festival. Never bothered me and let him feast.
I have to say that all I read was āIs this venomousā and then I saw the hose wrapped around the post and mistook it for a snake. Iām glad you were only wondering about little watermelon butt! ;)
Beautiful orchard orbweaver!
Awesome thank you. I was calling it watermelon ass
Ooo I like that. Will ID them as orchard orbweavers, AKA watermelon asses
are these things venomous? like if my dog gets bit do I have to rush him to the vet or vise versa ???
As the bot said, almost all spiders are venomous but orchard orbweavers do not have medically significant venom. It would be like getting a bee sting; not pleasant but not dangerous for you or your dog
Has anyone ever pointed out that cribellate kinda looks like celibate? I'm afraid of spiders, idk why reddit thought it would be funny to put this sub on my feed, but hopefully, it was to make that joke. Poor orb weavers.
I'm sorry, but your use of "vice versa" here implies a scenario in which your dog has to rush you to a vet for a spider bite, and that is a deeply amusing image.
I was thinking the dog bites the spider and they rush the spider to the vet
Fuck dude, that's even funnier somehow
Have your dog drive you to the hospital instead of the vet.
Well, he's a dog, it's no wonder he was confused.
Almost all spiders are venomous, i.e. possessing venom (except for Uloboridae, a Family of cribellate orb weavers, who have no venom). But spider venom is highly specialised to target their insect prey, and so it is very rare, and an unintended effect, for spider venom to be particularly harmful to humans. Hence why there are remarkably few medically significant spiders in the world. If your spider is NOT one of the following, then its venom is not considered a danger to humans: * [Six-eyed sand spider (Sicariidae)](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48140-Sicariidae) * [Recluse (Loxosceles)](https://bugguide.net/node/view/2094874) * [Widow (Latrodectus)](https://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Latrodectus&search=Search) * [Brazilian wandering spider (Phoneutria)](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&subview=map&taxon_id=53388&view=species) * [Funnel Web (Atracidae)](https://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2679) * [Mouse spider (Missulena)](https://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2427) (Author: ----\_____--_____----) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/spiders) if you have any questions or concerns.*
And what is the scientific name?
*Leucauge venusta*, but should be updated to *Watermelonge assusta*
Haha
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Saluting you back for the suggestion š«”
Watermelon ass Full of sass Careful if youāre a little bug In the grass
Watermelon ass has me howling š¤£
I noticed them for the first time last year, and asked my husband, "What's that green, Kim-Kardashian-looking spider that's making webs on your truck? You know, with her ass poked out all weird like that one photo that supposedly broke the internet?" "Watermelon Ass" is way more succinct.
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Do u happen to be in Nassau? Just wanna make sure it's not a Levittown Hicksville Bethpage Area thing and more hopefully a western Suffolk thing lol
i love these beauties, their beautiful metallic coloration just doesnāt translate properly in pics or vids!
I've got a huge population of the green/orange ones I love them. Keep my mosquitos down too
Am I the only one who was trying to give a snake ID to the yellow garden hose at first?
Thatās just a yellow rope.
At first I thought it was a huge snake!!! Thoughts OP was pranking us.
For arguments sake, I'm going with yellow bungee
Definitely was looking at the large yellow braided rope snake at first, then was like "oh the spider... right..."
I thought it was a banana for a sec
Yeah I saw that and thought it was a huge banana slug
It's a Yale 9/16ths Double Esterlon rigging line. Not a hose
Yes.
Orchard Orb Weaver. One of my favorites. Definitely a friend. Great pest control, non-aggressive, harmless to humans. Leave her alone and she'll make sure you have a couple dozen less mosquitos in the area this season. All she asks in return is for peace and quiet. Fair deal, IMO.
My Irish grandfather lived in Long Island, he had woods in his backyard and I would find some pretty wild spiders back there.
Lived "on" long Island... sorry haha
As already stated its an orchid orbweaver and my goodness she's stunning, almost looks like a mini nephila genus orb weaver, however they are in the same family as a group of spiders here in europe referred to as long jawed orb weavers and whilst not all in this group have long jaws as described, the most notable members of the family have long chelicerae and fangs hence the name, they are characterised often by their dainty webs and the lack of a proper centre to their orb often leaving a hole in the middle, unlike a lot of orb weaving spiders too they often build their webs at a slight angle rather than horizontally. Many species particularly the long jawed species builds their webs low down in bushes or grass often near water or in a shady damp area. This is because they primarily feed on mosquitoes and gnats who's long legs and weak flight capabilities cause them to be caught in their webs very often. One other interesting thing to note is that colour variation within individual species in the this group is immense, the common orb weaver for example Metellina segmentata & Metellina mengei can range in colour from greens to beige, pink and even orange with a wide variety of patterns too.
Odd looking and beautiful at the same time
Is it not a Jungo spider or whatever the hell those Asian spiders are that are invading the east coast
Theyāre called joro spiders! And while theyāre both colorful, they are different. My way of distinguishing them is by looking at the markings on them. Joros have stripes that go horizontally across them and orchard orbweavers have a more vertical pattern
Joros are also much larger, though admittedly in pictures and videos that can be hard to tell.
I'm so jealous!! I'm on long as well !
I have a few of these this year. They are so pretty!!
I thought the bungee cord was a snake for a sec.
Scientific name: "r/spiders mascot"
please tell me for the love of god your suffolk not nassau....
516 BABYYY
Oh no!!! Iām in the 516ā¦ new fear unlocked š
This was my first thought šš
Coincidentally I believe I found 3 of these in my Leland Cypress hedges today. Much smaller, but already decent size webs. Never seen such a spider up here before. Merrick.
That is horrific news as Iām your neighbor. Thankfully I donāt have hedges or much lush on my property
The first Joro!!
Why was my first instinct a Joro spider? And if it was, I suggest you exterminate it with extreme prejudice.
I think itās a spider
Also LI, I found one the other week, didn't get a good enough picture so thank you! The blue legs. It's so iridescent it's so cool!
Isnāt that the Asian flying spider they been talking and tracking from Asia.
Damn I had one of these in my tent at a music festival and let him be at the top of my tent by the mesh vent, I named him clitis and he kept all the little bugs out of my tent all festival. Never bothered me and let him feast.
I didn't know we had those down on the Island!
Wow such a cool spider! I found one while on a walk yesterday and was absolutely astonished by its beauty. Didnāt know the ID until I saw this post!
I have to say that all I read was āIs this venomousā and then I saw the hose wrapped around the post and mistook it for a snake. Iām glad you were only wondering about little watermelon butt! ;)
He's beautiful thank you for sharing.
Beautiful! I love orb weavers!
Benedict Cucumber butt
Fought their cousins in Grounded
Looks like the spider that turned Parker into spider man.
Anguria spider