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This spider seems to be on a web. Ahhh!!! And there is another spider that stays with it. Is that a partner? And. Uhmmm. If this spider is on a sac of eggs.... house many babies will be hatching? (Please say 3... please say 3....)
Thank you for your help.
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- Submitted: Apr 15, 2019
- Photographed: Apr 15, 2019
- Spider: Metepeira
- Sex:
- Maturity:Adult
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Dorsal, Lateral
Help identify this spider
May 5, 2019
May 5, 2019
Surprise, 
Yes, a male and female Orb-weaver, see above image for ID. 🙂
Thank you
I have another question that I can’t find an answer …. maybe you won’t mind helping? This one spider web was fine with me and I actually found myself checking out, in awe and fascination, the activity throughout the day and night. Then a 2nd web showed about 5 feet away. It is also high enough to not interfere and the web reflects beautifully at sunset – so I am leaving it alone. But, then there were 7 spiders on the initial web… and 5 more webs (so far) popping up all around my outdoor patio in both the front… Read more »
Orb-weavers are beneficial for keeping the insect population in check. If they’re building webs in inappropriate places like across a walkway – you can just keep knocking the webs down until they get the idea and move somewhere more out of the way or they can be physically relocated either by catching them in a container and releasing them or sometimes you can swoop up a web, spider and all on to a stick and just toss it somewhere else.
Hi, no doubt a sort of spider that cares for their young, Ungoliant would call this ‘attack of the babies’
Mama subdues the prey then the spiderlings feast. The victim spider is a spitting spider.
Yes, there is a male in the web here also, the smaller scrawny looking one.