Is anybody good at spider ID?

[ghosthousecorns]

This gimpy 7 legged spider lives outside my house. I tried to google and find out what kind it is and my best guess is it's a garden orb weaver of some kind.
I like spiders. There is another one in my garden I wanted to photograph, but it is seldom in the middle of its web. It hides in a dried iris flower during the day and just keeps a couple of legs on the web to monitor it. I took a pic anyway -can you see it in the last pic?

 

[wade]

That is really cool Jen. That is a Spotted Argiope. Or at least that is the only common name I have ever heard for it. Argiope argentata. The males of this species are very small, only ¼” long. The females can grow up to 1” in length. Females have whitish spots down the center of the cephalotorax and the 1st abdominal segment. Most of the abdomen black to brownish yellow.

Female rests with head down with forward four legs outstretched. In autumn female attaches a sac containing several thousand eggs to a leaf or branch. Spiderlings soon hatch and disperse around the area of the mother’s web. The female then emits a pheromone that attracts crickets and roaches, its favorite prey. As the insects begin to converge on the web the female quickly dispatches them with her venom, but leaves them for her offspring to consume.

This spider does not pose a threat to humans but is of particular concern for dogs and cat. Once bitten the venom travels to the nervous system of the animal and ultimately causes complete destruction of the lower spinal cord. First symptoms are a dragging of the hind legs.

 

[*salAMANDA88*]

That is really cool Jen. That is a Spotted Argiope. Or at least that is the only common name I have ever heard for it. Argiope argentata. The males of this species are very small, only ¼” long. The females can grow up to 1” in length. Females have whitish spots down the center of the cephalotorax and the 1st abdominal segment. Most of the abdomen black to brownish yellow.

Female rests with head down with forward four legs outstretched. In autumn female attaches a sac containing several thousand eggs to a leaf or branch. Spiderlings soon hatch and disperse around the area of the mother’s web. The female then emits a pheromone that attracts crickets and roaches, its favorite prey. As the insects begin to converge on the web the female quickly dispatches them with her venom, but leaves them for her offspring to consume.

This spider does not pose a threat to humans but is of particular concern for dogs and cat. Once bitten the venom travels to the nervous system of the animal and ultimately causes complete destruction of the lower spinal cord. First symptoms are a dragging of the hind legs.

Wade whats the range?..it looks like the baby spiders that I have seen here...


~~'manda

 

[ghosthousecorns]

Cool. Thanks Wade! Glad someone knew what it is. I still want to try and get a pic of the other one, I think it's a different kind. I hope having just seven legs doesn't shorten her life span.

 

[wade]

That is really cool Jen. That is a Spotted Argiope. Or at least that is the only common name I have ever heard for it. Argiope argentata. The males of this species are very small, only ¼” long. The females can grow up to 1” in length. Females have whitish spots down the center of the cephalotorax and the 1st abdominal segment. Most of the abdomen black to brownish yellow.

Female rests with head down with forward four legs outstretched. In autumn female attaches a sac containing several thousand eggs to a leaf or branch. Spiderlings soon hatch and disperse around the area of the mother’s web. The female then emits a pheromone that attracts crickets and roaches, its favorite prey. As the insects begin to converge on the web the female quickly dispatches them with her venom, but leaves them for her offspring to consume.

This spider does not pose a threat to humans but is of particular concern for dogs and cat. Once bitten the venom travels to the nervous system of the animal and ultimately causes complete destruction of the lower spinal cord. First symptoms are a dragging of the hind legs.

I just made up the red part. I thought it needed a little spice.

 

[The_Thunderer]

ROFLOL!!! I was LOOKING for where the false part would begin! Having fallen for your little "tricksey" posts before, I was on the lookout. Too funny!