Comments & ID Thoughts
Star bellied orb weaver?
Found in kitchen- as I tried to capture and remove it moved very fast, but now just “sitting” outside not moving.
- Submitted by:
- Submitted: Jan 27, 2019
- Photographed: Jan 27, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Hi, I think she’s a cross orbweaver (and an irritated orbweaver), Araneus diadematus. The star-bellied are less common. The “cross” is the white markings that look like paint drips on the wide part of her abdomen. She’s a healthy-looking spider. She’s probably sitting still to be unnoticed until sunset. They eat and rebuild their webs every day. She would be most likely to thrive right now in some leaf litter where she can drink from puddled rain water and hunt ground insects. Leaves provide insulation from dryness and wind chill too. Thanks for sharing her!
I agree with this. She is also a very pretty spider, good pic!