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Black and yellow garden spider. Two in picture both male (small)and female (large)
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- Submitted: Nov 26, 2019
- Photographed: Nov 26, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
I think they are Argiope pulchella. Thank you for sharing a photo of the male and female together.
Yes, they are Argiope Pulchella, common name Oval St. Andrew’s cross. Today morning it rebuilt it’s web (post the night rain) and had zig zag web lined to it’s legs that confirmed the species.
I am eagerly waiting for it to lay eggs, I hear their egg sac contains 400-1400 eggs.
Fantastic! We would like to see a photo of the egg sac too.
Absolutely, will do. It’s getting good set of grasshoppers from the garden so am sure abundance of food will keep it in the foliage.
Will post the pics of egg sac as soon as it lays eggs.
It rained whole evening and night. Unfortunately the spider is gone and no web either. Possibly moved to a better shelter. So no egg sacs
Orbweavers will rebuild after rain damages the web. Yes, she probably hid . Raindrops against a spider or insect can injure them from the force of impact. She may not be ready to deposit her eggs. Females reaching sexual maturity release pheromones that attract males. The semen they collect is stored for months or years in their bodies for later. As she matures she will eat many insects to nourish her eggs as they get larger inside of her in a genetically haploid state. When the eggs are large enough she will release stored semen onto them as she deposits… Read more »
Thanks for the info. The spider did not return. Possibly found a safer spot to build the web. Does not get too cold where I live, mostly the same temperature throughout the year.