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It web was attached to my sheppared hook and a small tree filled with southern flannel moth caterpillars. This is the first time of seeing the caterpillars & spider I believe the abundance of rain is the resean why
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- Submitted: Jan 7, 2019
- Photographed: Nov 6, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Schertz, Texas, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
- Found in web?: Yes
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Please help me identifying this spider at first I thought it was a brown recluse but it doesn’t seem to fit. I need to find out because my husband is terrified of spiders since being bitten by a brown recluse and having surgery to remove the dead tissue all the way to the muscle.
Hi, she’s an orbweaver kind of spider. They mostly prey on flying insects but will eat most insects if they can. She may eat the moths as caterpillars now and later when they can fly. I don’t know if their presence is related to the heavy rains. Your spider isn’t a bite threat to your husband as long as he doesn’t hold her tightly in his hand or have his skin pressed against her in a way that causes her to fear for her life. I just don’t imagine that scenario would happen. Orbweavers stay with their webs, either resting… Read more »