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Western Spotted Orbweaver

Neoscona oaxacensis

The Western Spotted Orbweaver is a colorful spider that spins beautiful webs. You can often find it in gardens and forests, where it catches bugs for dinner!

Hábitat: Gardens and forests

Aspecto

The Western Spotted Orbweaver has a plump, oval abdomen usually reddish-brown to gray, often adorned with a distinct, jagged leaf-like pattern. Its dark cephalothorax contrasts with the lighter markings on its back, making it stand out from plain-colored spiders.

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Western Spotted Orbweaver
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Western Spotted Orbweaver

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Common

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Female Western Spotted Orbweavers are much bigger than males, sometimes double their size!

Instead of eyes, they often use tiny vibrations in their web to find dinner!

Some orbweavers eat their old webs every morning to recycle precious silk!

Their silk is stronger than steel of the same thickness, ounce for ounce!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Super Silk Spinner

Western Spotted Orbweaver can weave strong, intricate orb webs because of specialized silk glands that help them catch prey.

Habilidad

Master Disguiser

Western Spotted Orbweaver can subtly change its body color because of pigment cells, which helps them blend into their surroundings.

Habilidad

Night Hunter

Western Spotted Orbweaver can hunt effectively in the dark because of excellent vibration sensitivity that helps them detect prey.

Medidas y detalles

Tamaño
5-20 mm
Esperanza de vida
180-365 días
Cantidad de patas
8

Dieta y alimentación

These expert web-builders primarily munch on flying insects caught in their intricate silk traps.

Alimentos principales

  • moths
  • flies
  • beetles
  • crickets
  • leafhoppers

Método de búsqueda

  • Ambush

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Western Bluebird

Sialia mexicana

Birds often snatch them from webs.

hunts

House Fly

Musca domestica

Traps flies in its sticky orb web.

hunts

Black Cutworm Moth

Agrotis ipsilon

Nocturnal moths are common web prey.

parasitizes

Ichneumonid Wasp

Zatypota albicoxa

Wasp larvae eat the spider.

Rasgos

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Colecciones

Seguridad

Peligro

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It's best to watch spiders from a distance and not touch them.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Western Spotted Orbweaver?

5-20 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Western Spotted Orbweaver?

180-365 días

¿Qué come Western Spotted Orbweaver?

These expert web-builders primarily munch on flying insects caught in their intricate silk traps.

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Western Spotted Orbweaver?

Gardens and forests

¿Cómo caza Western Spotted Orbweaver?

Ambush

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Western Spotted Orbweaver?

8

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