Ask the Naturalist Spiders that Build Structures in their Webs

I saw a bunch of spiders hanging from structures in the middle of their webs. What are they and why do they do that? Looks like you’ve stumbled across one of the more interesting web builders of the Bay Area, … Read more

SPIDERS: FEAR TO FASCINATION

Arachnophobia Be Damned! In Praise of the Engineering Spider - Moonshine Ink

Silver Orb Weaving Spiders - The Australian Museum

Orb-weaving Spiders: nature's great architects – The Island Naturalist

Spiders do not bite.

Spooky Spiders

Deer herbivory reduces web-building spider abundance by simplifying forest vegetation structure [PeerJ]

Spiders: The not so spooky Halloween symbol - Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System

Detailed information on Writing Spider, Scribbler, Black and Yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia)