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Outside my front door. Keeps building webs I run into. I'm not a big spider guy, just curious what this huge spider is called.
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- Submitted: Dec 1, 2025
- Photographed: Oct 23, 2025
- Spider: Neoscona (Spotted Orb-weavers)
- Location: Pasadena, California, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Help identify this spider
Jul 2, 2025
Jun 26, 2025
Richland, 
European garden spider. Either a spotted orb weaver, Neoscona crucifera or Araneus diadematus. Hunch is Neoscona.
Spotted orb weaver!!
Yes! @Comeintomyparlour That was going to be my screen name here, but it wouldn’t work well in shortened nickname form. 😉 It’s okay to move Orbweavers out of your way if they keep giving you a faceful of web. A kind way to do it is the paper and bowl method and gently placing the spider elsewhere. Another way is to use a stick or broomhandle and rotate it in the web. It should wrap around they stick like cotton candy with a spider on top. They like 90 degree angles for web support. They eat their webs frequently (… Read more »