I just like to say I'm very thankful for footage like this, because these are the type of spiders that would look like ones I encounter around here and freak me out, so this really helps me a lot with my fear! As I mentioned before, I don't wanna be scared of spiders, so I been studying for months now! :)
This is a beautiful dipiction of your Furrow Orb Weaver! Orb spiders(🕷️), in my estimation, have always been the most beautiful Spiders in the world 💕 from when I first saw them in the backyard as a child!!!
I’ve been observing one on my porch for the last 14 nights. I enjoy watching her build her web every night and have been researching them more and more. I don’t recall seeing many Furrow Orb Weavers in Delaware before. They’re fun to watch! Was excited when I realized she was egg laden - GRAVID. New word for me. Thanks for sharing the vid! Captions are great too
i feed the ones on my porch. they enjoy it so much. last night i finally gained the courage to hold it. it ran all over me and when i went to put it down it would NOT get off me so i went into panic but i didn’t want to hurt it so i just sit there next to it’s web and waited for it to get off of me. took around 10-13 minutes.
This took me back to my first learning about orb weavers! I watched a spider build a 2 foot diameter web on my front porch in the mountains. I was disappointed when in the morning the web was gone. I thought it was going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. But the next evening she was building a new one. I was so excited! Next came a field guide (before internet), but the most that I learned was from observing her and also spotting others to watch.
Nice spider story! I once stayed up for a few hours in the middle of the night to watch this marvelous web engineering feat as well. Some orb weavers will eat their web for the protein if nothing visits it's web. Then rebuild the web again the next night! Like you said, it is so much fun to just sit back and watch them in action exhibiting their specialized abilities ...
I found one of these tonight, Oct 5, 2023 in Andrews, IN. Google search suggested your video as a confirmation. Thank you for a beautifully done video ❤.
Greetings to you in Andrews, IN (we're practically neighbors!). Sorry for the delay in replying, I was out hunting and filming spiders and just finished producing an uploaded video late last night. If you would like to see my latest spider vid on the Fishing spider, here's that link to YT: th-cam.com/video/ErgP0hxI1Bw/w-d-xo.html Yes, ur find is a nice patterned spider. Glad you found me. Please feel free to ask questions or leave comments anytime! I appreciate your kind words of encouragement.
And yet another wonderful video Bob. I haven't seen furrow spiders in a long time, of course they are all favorites. I'll be watching for part two of this for sure.
I haven't had one of these for a long time, and are one of the early arrivals at a decent size for late spring. I'm still checking on other prairie orb weavers and most are still tiny with little orb webs close to the ground. Another month her in Michigan should plump of some of those females! lol
Great Video! I've got such an infestation of these around my chicken coop right now and they are a pain as they spin their webs right at my head level. I have relocated so many to the woods, but they seem to like the coop area - probably plenty of prey. You have to admire their web work though... it is pretty neat.
Thanks for ur comment! You might try some natural methods to shoo spiders without hurting the other domesticated-wildlife! Mix some peppermint essential oil with warm water and spray away. Shouldn't bother the chickens, but you wound know that the best! They don't like ammonia either, but who does! Sprinkle some cedar chips around (but that may get a bit expensive!).Chickens might not like it, but your can also try sprinkling some chewing tobacco (unused) around floor or entry points. Best wishes!!! And yes, they do make some outstanding webs!
I'm looking at one on the outside of my window where my bed is. I looked up a spider ID website then came to this video to learn more about it. Spiders are beautiful creatures and very helpful to home owners as well. I hope the one outside my window lives a fruitful life. Thanks for the video!
I have one by my mailbox that’s been building webs each night for about 2 weeks now. I just say hello and let her do her business. Keeping bugs away from my front door so I’m happy. Great video, lots of good information.
I have many of these outside my doors during summer. I enjoy watching them and let them feast on all they can. Some get really big but I know they're harmless. Friendly spider species.
Great video. Im very new to your channel and im already in love. 20 minutes ago i fed a furrow outside my front door a moth, and she did this exact thing. What a great sight
Hi ATJS, welcome and glad you subbed to my channel. Hope you enjoy watching the many videos I have produced over the last eight years. And if you didn't click on the "bell" icon you will not be notified of any new videos I post, so be sure and so that. And thx for sharing your spider story with me! If you ever have any questions don't be afriad to ask me. Take care!
There’s one I just discovered under the stairs at my condo. I’m both terrified and fascinated lol. So just learning a little about this particular spider.
Nice! sorry for late reply... there is a fine line to walk until you get to know these fascinating little animals that are not out to get anyone, other than some tasty insects or spiders that enters it's web and joins the spider for dinner!
Bob, I love your videos!! I find them to be relaxing, interesting, entertaining and informative. I wish you would do a show on Netflix! :) Please do more on Jumping Spiders...they are my FAVORITE!! Also, how is Manti? Love her so much too.
Hi Jenna, what an awesome and refreshing comment you left for me! Thx. You are too kind, but I luv it!!! Netflix has never approached me, and I doubt if they ever will. lol Manti is long gone, the cycle of nature is in the DNA so one season is all they get... : ( I have some jumping spider videos coming up. Have a nice weekend!
I love these spiders. I don't think people realize they are really smart. I got one right now at my deck where I sit and we hang out every day. I think we both make each other feel safe. I feel like These are some of the few spiders that actually remember their humans.
Hi T. Livingston, it's a great time to be seeing these plump female orb weavers eating whatever they can get in their webs before they must lay their eggs and make their egg sac! Ur my neighbor, not too far away, just a bit East of me!
They are a most amazing eye-catcher with such brilliant coloration and pattern on it's abdomen! You have been enjoying a few generations of this spider and it's offspring! They must like your place and this location, as they are hanging around! lol. Thx for watching and including ur spider story!
thanks for the info!!! i found one of these last night next to my campfire. i picked it up not knowing whether it could hurt me or not because they just look so cool and gnarly!
Sorry for the late reply! Thx for watching and leaving me a comment. The spider you couldn't resist, and had to pick up, wouldn't have hurt you unless you squeezed it in some way. They have very poor eyesight, and would feel a bit unnerved by being out of it's orb web, but will tolerate and take a walk on your hand! Good for you for enjoying this spider encounter.
Have you ever thought of taking a huge fish tank and filling it with plants and various spiders? I've been doing that and I've created a miniature ecosystem. Crickets, millipedes, and cockroaches clean the dead plants and carcasses from the tank, while fruit flies are attracted to the fruit that I put in the tank. The fruit flies mate and hatch offspring in the tank, and then they fly into the webs of the spiders to be eaten! It's totally self sustainable and only needs watered every so often. I'd like to hear your thoughts. Awesome video as always my man!
No Sam, I haven't but that is truly totally awesome! Way to go. I've arranged my small aquarium to be similar to a natural habitat for a spider with some crickets able to breed, but that's about it. Nothing like what you've done.
Thank you for sharing this. I *love* watching spiders in action close up. Watching them do anything is simply fascinating. When I was young I used to keep, raise and collect various insects and spiders.... Problem is I live in NSW Australia so I would often have Yellow jacket wasps, Red Back and Funnel Web spiders. In hindsight they are not the best pets for an 8 year old. How I've managed to make it past 30 without being bit or stung by either of them I have no idea.
WOW! At eight, you must have had an angel!!! Those were some "potent" and nasty critters, not lacking in attitude department and ones most people shouldn't be messin' with! Thx for watching and for sharing your story with me.
:) I have no illusions of how stupid it was haha. It is honestly a miracle I never got bit, especially by the red backs. To collect them I would more or less pick of their webs with my fingers turning it into a kind of basket. They easily could have just run over to my fingers and bit them. I have insane luck with animals, I once accidentally trod on a sun bathing red belly black snake and it just slid away. Typically they just turn around and bite you. I also have some cool photos of me petting a wild red kangaroo joey in its pouch. I honestly have no idea how I am still alive the more I think about it...
saw one today and it was huge, a full 3/4 of an inch. she was in my flowers and did not have a web visible and freaked me out. I did not harm it but came here to find out what it was. Thank you!
Many spiders have the ability to produce up to seven kinds of silk webbing, each with its own unique purpose. The spinnerets (usually 6) are little finger-like faucets at the end of the abdomen that the spider can turn on and off and mix the needed fluids in the proper combinations and quantity for the task at hand! The spinnerets selected can be finely tuned for one strand or multiple strands. That's why I call them amazing little critters!
Hey Bob i also catched an orb weaver in home. The thing is that she layed her eggs in a small jar i put her in and there is no space for her hunting web so when i feed her something she doesnt eat it. I want to place her in a bigger type box or aquarium but what do i do with the eggs??
Well, you should keep the eggs (sac) with her. Sometimes after they lay their eggs they are not real hungry for awhile... the larger container would be of help, and be sure to put a few cross twigs in there so she can make a new larger web. Be sure to mist her and the web (after she makes one) with water! They need to drink each day like you and me.
I am assuming you might be referring to my wedding ring? Not sure if that's correct, but if it is the inscription on the ring is the "Lord's Prayer" (The Our Father prayer) in it's entirety. I love it!
Bob, I'm so glad you educate people about spiders. Would it possible to do it why leaving them where you found them? The insect population has collapsed and the arachnids are disappearing as well. If they are successfully living somewhere, perhaps it's the best place for them and their babies?
Most of the spiders I film I do so at the webs or places they are found. In this video I was asked by the nature center if I would be so kind to remove this spider from their mailbox, which I did. There are times where I will bring a spider home to film as lighting, sound, and close up video work can best be done at my home. Almost all are returned to a "marked" web from which they were taken from a prairie and after filming are returned to their webs which are not destroyed in the capture. I understand what you are saying and I do my best to preserve and protect all nature I encounter. I have asked local parks and preserves to not mow down all the fields as in doing so, the habitat of critters is destroyed and as in one local case hundreds of spiders that once were, were completely wiped out and their egg sacs as well. After educating the park services and maintenance folks it took three years before the spider populations were restored. And all the animals, from insects, to birds, to spiders were all affected in a domino effect. Anyway, now I ramble. Almost all baby spiderlings that have hatched at my home have been well cared for and brought back to their home of origin and released. But I do appreciate your concern and suggestion. Thx for your comment.
@@BobTheSpiderHunter Thank you for taking the time to explain. We also have an increasingly widely adopted "no mow May" here to give creatures a fightimg chance in spring, and years ago I turned my useless, sterile, water-hogging lawn into a meadow with local wildflowers. It was a constant fight with the city at first but now my neighbours are also adopting. Thank you again for the videos.
Thx so much, for watching and ur comment! There is no difference, this orb-weaver like the rest of them will lay her egg sac and within a week or two will die.
I live in Richmond, British Columbia Canada, and I have to say I am absolutly terrified of spiders! But there have been a whole lot of these spiders around my house this fall. I dont know if these spiders only come out when it cools down from summer to fall, but I havent noticed these little guys until now. I have a hard time sleeping and am up all night and go out for several ciggarettes a night and have been just so curious and completley amazed by these spiders!! The way they build their web and how fast they catch their food just everything they do is just so amazing to me. I do have a really great question, if they suck their food dry then what do they do with the rest of the stuff?? I have this one that looks a lot larger then the others and he/she usually makes her nest from scratch every night and their webs are always clean of anything!! Also I have another large one on my upstairs patio that always comes out and makes her nest a rather large nest right by the light on the wall, but I havent seen her in a couple days and then noticed her last night poking out a little from under the railing but she didnt make her nest at all last night??!! Is she ok?? I mean dont they have to eat every night??
Hi Linda! Thx for watching and leaving me a comment. These orb weavers (almost all of them) are getting ready to lay their egg sacs for spiderlings to be born in the spring. What you are seeing is the females (males are long gone by now). You see them in the fall as they are "plumping" up if you will. It is a very strenuous activity to lay their eggs and build an egg sac around them. It takes LOTS of protein, and this is why she is out there eating as much as she can for this one last final act of preserving her offspring before she dies. Sometimes they will lay low because of a cooler temperature or they have eaten enough and are just waiting to lay their eggs. Their eye sight is bad so they are smart enough to know the light attracts insects to its web and also provides some warmth, thus many will make their web-nest (sleeping sac) near the light. Most orb-weavers will eat their web (full of protein) and then build a new one the next day. Hope some of this helps!
PS: My wife doesn't like spiders either, but she is not terrified of them! You can over come that phobia. I have helped hundreds do so and today hold and handle spiders with a smile on their face! lol. You are among a large population of people who hate or fear spiders, so don't feel ur alone!
Bob TheSpiderHunter Cool thank you for replying to my questions. But I still wonder what they do with the "carcus"? They suck their pray instead of eating them correct?
Bob TheSpiderHunter Oh I've seen it happen in a video of this girl before haha! She had a spider on her wall and started freaking out that she thought it was a tick lol!
So ik this was posted awhile ago but I have one of these outside my window so I decided to learn about it. I've had arachnophobia since I was little but I've watched her spin her web so now I'm fascinated and shes helping me conquer my fear! Anyways, I was wondering, when she eats the prey she must eat the silk too, right? So is the silk reused after she eats it?
Cassie, thx for watching and for asking a very good question regarding orb-weavers! First, I'm glad you have been closely watching an orb weaver at work which is helping over come your fear. They are most fascinating to watch weave their web, especially when you consider they are basically blind! The spider will ingest the prey's "juices" after the injected enzymes break down the inside of the prey. Most spiders can not chew or eat solids. They have a "sucking" stomach tube that drinks up the liquid leaving an empty shell of it's pray behind. Webbing is not eaten at this time. It takes a lot of protein for a spider to produce webbing, so some spiders will eat their orb web at night and remake a new one before morning, thus not wasting the protein contained in the web. Hope that helps!
1:30 I have to disagree, a lot of spider species require almost no care at all, I have kept spider of the genus Steatoda which are basically cobweb spiders, and they can live in a slightly ventilated jar with no food or water for more than a year! also some of my desert tarantula species like to fast(not eat) sometimes for about 6 to 14 months, and there is nothing to maintain in that time, the spider barely moves, does not eat, and i have only seen her drink one time. Honestly the only pet that i can think of that requires less care than these spiders is a pet rock.
Orb weavers are a considerably different spider than cobweb spiders or tarantulas. One is they grow fast and use a lot of resources nightly. They can eat their weight in insects every night and get a lot of water from morning dew on webs, the they do need more care in captivity. A year in captivity is about their best life expectancy and few will overwinter in diapause.
Well said, you are correct there are other spiders that need less care or intervention, but you must understand I was generalizing. I have seen too many people get a pet "whatever" and not know how to care for it properly, or decide they are no longer interested in it, and the animal ends up suffering or paying the price. This happens more than I care to think about when we take animals into our habitat as "pets" with little regard or care for their well being.
Yeah I understand what you were trying to say, you are right. I just find it fascinating how some spider can survive for so long on so little. Also cobweb spider reproduce like crazy when you feed them regularly but i haven't seen them mate, could it be that some can reproduce by parthenogenesis? Because i can't find any info about this in spiders aside from Triaeris stenaspis.
I can remember one time a Tarantula I had didn't eat for two months and I was so sure she would die! She didn't but I almost did! lol Thanks for pointing out the partenogenetic Triaeris stenaspis. Didn't know much about this spider so had to check it out, but I doubt that cobweb spiders function like this...I could be wrong though. Won't be the first time nor last time! lol
Hey Bob i once sprayed water over my bushes next week passed by and i went at night with my friends to just chill and i saw 3 of these 1 was big i can say about 2cm and the 2 other where males triyng to be the first to reproduce and today am outside and she has a egg sac but its getting cold here should i take her inside with me?(and YES it was a furrow orb-weaver
Only if you want her to live a little longer and are prepared to care for her needs. But ur comment was left a month ago, and she may well be already gone?
Treat it kindly, it rids you of many nasty and potentially dangerous insects (like disease carrying mosquitoes for a start!). If you don't want her in your house just move her outdoors.
Best way to handle them is to have a paper and glass... Don't toss them out like a rat or scorpion, but move them to a safe area where they can rebuild their home without being disturbed. Lessens the stress, and keeps them from being agitated and less likely to die.
Hey bob.I found a spider in our grandparents' house. It is a little fat and just almost a half an inch.And i found it with like 30 slings, I put the spider in a small sharpener with a little box in it. I put some cottin with water to make her hydrated.Then put 2 Cellar spiders 2 days After I caught her. She is alive and well. But the question is..I dont know what type of spider she is. she's an orb weaver, And is yellow and brownish color. She doesn't have stripes too. she has a black circle shape in her belly. And is fast and harmless. Do you know what type of orb weaver/ spider it is?
Hi Eyan, how do you know she is an orb weaver? Did you see her orb web? The babies are likely a week old or older as hundreds of babies usually come from an egg sac and you saw just some of her spiderlings. Hard to ID without a picture though. First we must determine she is in fact an orb weaver and not a ground spider.
Bob TheSpiderHunter Well She Acts like an orb weaver, The web is orb..And there are spiders like her too. The other one is black, The other one is exactly like her.
Great backlighted view of silk preening! In Tallahassee a few years ago we saw a brightly colored and and dangerous-looking spider making a web that looked like skywriting. It was a "writing spider" Argiope aurantia.
One of my favorites! I tell people with a little imagination you can look at the black pattern on the spiders yellow and black abdomen and see an alien creature with big eyes and it's hands on it's hips! lol Certainly not a dangerous spider. I used to catch them when I started my spider interest at 9 years old. This was the only bite I ever received from a spider, and it was all my fault! I have handled thousands of spiders... Some areas call this spider the "writing spider" and I guess that's because of the thicker stabilimentum it makes. If you lived in Kentucky, you most likely called it the "banana" spider. And others call it the Golden Garden, or black and yellow orb weaver. Whatever you call it, it's one fine spider! If you haven't already seen the vid on my hunting some Argiopes, you might enjoy it! Link to YT: th-cam.com/video/UG_pJan23AI/w-d-xo.html
Good question, but I don't let the babies into my house, and even if some did get in my house they would make their way to the outdoors all by themselves for survival purposes.
these type of orb weaver always abandon her web when there's other orb weaver in the area...grayish orb weaver kinda very territorial compare to melon orb weaver..
Aahahahah its kinda surprising to see a fellow citizen from my country come by ahahaha gagambang melon doesn't fight so others just made them food for their fighter spiders...
Oh, but you can! It just takes a little work. Well you've already taken a BIG step by referring to this spider as "beautiful!" lol And I can kinda see the buffalo you suggest. Anyway, glad you stopped by to watch the video and take the time to leave me a comment!
I just like to say I'm very thankful for footage like this, because these are the type of spiders that would look like ones I encounter around here and freak me out, so this really helps me a lot with my fear! As I mentioned before, I don't wanna be scared of spiders, so I been studying for months now! :)
This is a beautiful dipiction of your Furrow Orb Weaver! Orb spiders(🕷️), in my estimation, have always been the most beautiful Spiders in the world 💕 from when I first saw them in the backyard as a child!!!
I’ve been observing one on my porch for the last 14 nights. I enjoy watching her build her web every night and have been researching them more and more. I don’t recall seeing many Furrow Orb Weavers in Delaware before. They’re fun to watch! Was excited when I realized she was egg laden - GRAVID. New word for me. Thanks for sharing the vid! Captions are great too
So sorry for this late reply...been out of commission for awhile! Luv your comment, and I'm back at making videos again!
i feed the ones on my porch. they enjoy it so much. last night i finally gained the courage to hold it. it ran all over me and when i went to put it down it would NOT get off me so i went into panic but i didn’t want to hurt it so i just sit there next to it’s web and waited for it to get off of me. took around 10-13 minutes.
@@jaebaegames6157 fun! I’ve seen moved and no longer have orb weavers on my porch :(
I don't watch enough of Bob's videos these days. I don't watch enough of Bob's videos these days . I'm so glad he's still making them.
I'm so glad you watch some! Thanks!
Me too! I just started wstching them and I am addicted. Winter in North Texas. Dead Prairie grass and no spiders. They are all hibernating.
This took me back to my first learning about orb weavers! I watched a spider build a 2 foot diameter web on my front porch in the mountains. I was disappointed when in the morning the web was gone. I thought it was going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. But the next evening she was building a new one. I was so excited! Next came a field guide (before internet), but the most that I learned was from observing her and also spotting others to watch.
Nice spider story! I once stayed up for a few hours in the middle of the night to watch this marvelous web engineering feat as well. Some orb weavers will eat their web for the protein if nothing visits it's web. Then rebuild the web again the next night! Like you said, it is so much fun to just sit back and watch them in action exhibiting their specialized abilities ...
Slow motion action of the Furrow Orb Weaver repair on her web was amazing. Lol loved your tongue twister blooper!
Wow, the webbing up her prey footage was incredible! Thank you!
You should see how the Hentz orb weaver spins web on its prey. A perfect cocoon.
I found one of these tonight, Oct 5, 2023 in Andrews, IN. Google search suggested your video as a confirmation. Thank you for a beautifully done video ❤.
Greetings to you in Andrews, IN (we're practically neighbors!). Sorry for the delay in replying, I was out hunting and filming spiders and just finished producing an uploaded video late last night. If you would like to see my latest spider vid on the Fishing spider, here's that link to YT: th-cam.com/video/ErgP0hxI1Bw/w-d-xo.html Yes, ur find is a nice patterned spider. Glad you found me. Please feel free to ask questions or leave comments anytime! I appreciate your kind words of encouragement.
And yet another wonderful video Bob. I haven't seen furrow spiders in a long time, of course they are all favorites.
I'll be watching for part two of this for sure.
I haven't had one of these for a long time, and are one of the early arrivals at a decent size for late spring. I'm still checking on other prairie orb weavers and most are still tiny with little orb webs close to the ground. Another month her in Michigan should plump of some of those females! lol
Great Video! I've got such an infestation of these around my chicken coop right now and they are a pain as they spin their webs right at my head level. I have relocated so many to the woods, but they seem to like the coop area - probably plenty of prey. You have to admire their web work though... it is pretty neat.
Thanks for ur comment! You might try some natural methods to shoo spiders without hurting the other domesticated-wildlife! Mix some peppermint essential oil with warm water and spray away. Shouldn't bother the chickens, but you wound know that the best! They don't like ammonia either, but who does! Sprinkle some cedar chips around (but that may get a bit expensive!).Chickens might not like it, but your can also try sprinkling some chewing tobacco (unused) around floor or entry points. Best wishes!!! And yes, they do make some outstanding webs!
I'm looking at one on the outside of my window where my bed is. I looked up a spider ID website then came to this video to learn more about it. Spiders are beautiful creatures and very helpful to home owners as well. I hope the one outside my window lives a fruitful life. Thanks for the video!
I love the video except for when She is crawling on your arm that made me shiver
I have one by my mailbox that’s been building webs each night for about 2 weeks now. I just say hello and let her do her business. Keeping bugs away from my front door so I’m happy. Great video, lots of good information.
So glad you're still watching some of my work! And so glad your local spider has been entertaining for you!
What a beautiful video! Thank you for sharing! :)
Thx, and THANK YOU for watching!
Very interesting and informative. Have several on my windows in Pennsylvania, each with their own window. They are so much fun to watch.
You captured some dramatic video in this one, Bob. Loved it!
Thx Scott! You may just be my biggest fan! lol Appreciate the comment.
I have many of these outside my doors during summer. I enjoy watching them and let them feast on all they can. Some get really big but I know they're harmless. Friendly spider species.
Everything you say is true! Glad you watched my vid and left me a comment, thx!
I love you Bob i get tangled up trying to talk too. Your Cool don't worry about Thanks for another wonderful video. ,😁💖
Thank you CM!
Great video. Im very new to your channel and im already in love. 20 minutes ago i fed a furrow outside my front door a moth, and she did this exact thing. What a great sight
Hi ATJS, welcome and glad you subbed to my channel. Hope you enjoy watching the many videos I have produced over the last eight years. And if you didn't click on the "bell" icon you will not be notified of any new videos I post, so be sure and so that. And thx for sharing your spider story with me! If you ever have any questions don't be afriad to ask me. Take care!
You are so awesome, Bob! I learn so much from you...it's fantastic! 😀 thanks for sharing your talent with us ❤
Your kind words inspire me to keep on, keeping on! Thx
There’s one I just discovered under the stairs at my condo. I’m both terrified and fascinated lol. So just learning a little about this particular spider.
Nice! sorry for late reply... there is a fine line to walk until you get to know these fascinating little animals that are not out to get anyone, other than some tasty insects or spiders that enters it's web and joins the spider for dinner!
Bob, I love your videos!! I find them to be relaxing, interesting, entertaining and informative. I wish you would do a show on Netflix! :) Please do more on Jumping Spiders...they are my FAVORITE!! Also, how is Manti? Love her so much too.
Hi Jenna, what an awesome and refreshing comment you left for me! Thx. You are too kind, but I luv it!!! Netflix has never approached me, and I doubt if they ever will. lol Manti is long gone, the cycle of nature is in the DNA so one season is all they get... : ( I have some jumping spider videos coming up. Have a nice weekend!
Sounds great!
jumping spiders are so cool.
I love these spiders. I don't think people realize they are really smart. I got one right now at my deck where I sit and we hang out every day. I think we both make each other feel safe. I feel like These are some of the few spiders that actually remember their humans.
That's a nice tribute TZ, to your deck-mate! Enjoy this unique friend you've discover as summer has arrived. Thx for leaving me your spider story!
I have 2 of these outside my kitchen window. Each have a web with 2 cicadas stuck in their webs. They have been very busy these last 2 weeks!
I have over a dozen of these living outside my porch, I have been watching them the fast few weeks. I live in northwestern Ohio.
Hi T. Livingston, it's a great time to be seeing these plump female orb weavers eating whatever they can get in their webs before they must lay their eggs and make their egg sac! Ur my neighbor, not too far away, just a bit East of me!
I've had some of these in the same spot on my porch for the last several years, I think they're so neat!
They are a most amazing eye-catcher with such brilliant coloration and pattern on it's abdomen! You have been enjoying a few generations of this spider and it's offspring! They must like your place and this location, as they are hanging around! lol. Thx for watching and including ur spider story!
What a fascinating and educational video, thanks so much for sharing!
You are so very welcome...thx for watching and leaving me such a kind comment!
thanks for the info!!! i found one of these last night next to my campfire. i picked it up not knowing whether it could hurt me or not because they just look so cool and gnarly!
Sorry for the late reply! Thx for watching and leaving me a comment. The spider you couldn't resist, and had to pick up, wouldn't have hurt you unless you squeezed it in some way. They have very poor eyesight, and would feel a bit unnerved by being out of it's orb web, but will tolerate and take a walk on your hand! Good for you for enjoying this spider encounter.
Have you ever thought of taking a huge fish tank and filling it with plants and various spiders? I've been doing that and I've created a miniature ecosystem. Crickets, millipedes, and cockroaches clean the dead plants and carcasses from the tank, while fruit flies are attracted to the fruit that I put in the tank. The fruit flies mate and hatch offspring in the tank, and then they fly into the webs of the spiders to be eaten! It's totally self sustainable and only needs watered every so often. I'd like to hear your thoughts. Awesome video as always my man!
No Sam, I haven't but that is truly totally awesome! Way to go. I've arranged my small aquarium to be similar to a natural habitat for a spider with some crickets able to breed, but that's about it. Nothing like what you've done.
Thank you for sharing this. I *love* watching spiders in action close up. Watching them do anything is simply fascinating.
When I was young I used to keep, raise and collect various insects and spiders.... Problem is I live in NSW Australia so I would often have Yellow jacket wasps, Red Back and Funnel Web spiders. In hindsight they are not the best pets for an 8 year old. How I've managed to make it past 30 without being bit or stung by either of them I have no idea.
WOW! At eight, you must have had an angel!!! Those were some "potent" and nasty critters, not lacking in attitude department and ones most people shouldn't be messin' with! Thx for watching and for sharing your story with me.
:) I have no illusions of how stupid it was haha. It is honestly a miracle I never got bit, especially by the red backs. To collect them I would more or less pick of their webs with my fingers turning it into a kind of basket. They easily could have just run over to my fingers and bit them.
I have insane luck with animals, I once accidentally trod on a sun bathing red belly black snake and it just slid away. Typically they just turn around and bite you.
I also have some cool photos of me petting a wild red kangaroo joey in its pouch. I honestly have no idea how I am still alive the more I think about it...
You got that right! I would love to visit Australia, you have so many unique animals and I would die to find and film some Peacock jumpers!
Its amazing to watch these spiders spin their amazing webs! What engineers!
Couldn't say it any better than that MG! Thx for the comment and for watching one of my vids. Have a great weekend!
saw one today and it was huge, a full 3/4 of an inch. she was in my flowers and did not have a web visible and freaked me out. I did not harm it but came here to find out what it was. Thank you!
Hi Denise, you did good (at least in my spiderly opinion!) Glad you found my channel and some info that could help! PS: The spider says "Thanks!"
Nice color patterns!
Yes, loved her coloration!
Pretty sweet, how she can change her silk from a single strand for a life-line, to almost a sheet of silk for wrapping.
Many spiders have the ability to produce up to seven kinds of silk webbing, each with its own unique purpose. The spinnerets (usually 6) are little finger-like faucets at the end of the abdomen that the spider can turn on and off and mix the needed fluids in the proper combinations and quantity for the task at hand! The spinnerets selected can be finely tuned for one strand or multiple strands. That's why I call them amazing little critters!
Great video Bob!
Thx so much Zq!
Hey Bob i also catched an orb weaver in home. The thing is that she layed her eggs in a small jar i put her in and there is no space for her hunting web so when i feed her something she doesnt eat it. I want to place her in a bigger type box or aquarium but what do i do with the eggs??
Well, you should keep the eggs (sac) with her. Sometimes after they lay their eggs they are not real hungry for awhile... the larger container would be of help, and be sure to put a few cross twigs in there so she can make a new larger web. Be sure to mist her and the web (after she makes one) with water! They need to drink each day like you and me.
I like your ring👍👍👍
Thx Eric, I like ur comment!
Wow I love that ring!
I am assuming you might be referring to my wedding ring? Not sure if that's correct, but if it is the inscription on the ring is the "Lord's Prayer" (The Our Father prayer) in it's entirety. I love it!
Thanks for clarifying which spider this was, they are all over our boat, they hide in the sails and make webs on the docks.
Yes the females are busy little moms this time of year!
The choice of background music is perfect.
Thx Mark, appreciate your noticing and leaving me a comment!
Bob, I'm so glad you educate people about spiders. Would it possible to do it why leaving them where you found them? The insect population has collapsed and the arachnids are disappearing as well. If they are successfully living somewhere, perhaps it's the best place for them and their babies?
Most of the spiders I film I do so at the webs or places they are found. In this video I was asked by the nature center if I would be so kind to remove this spider from their mailbox, which I did. There are times where I will bring a spider home to film as lighting, sound, and close up video work can best be done at my home. Almost all are returned to a "marked" web from which they were taken from a prairie and after filming are returned to their webs which are not destroyed in the capture. I understand what you are saying and I do my best to preserve and protect all nature I encounter. I have asked local parks and preserves to not mow down all the fields as in doing so, the habitat of critters is destroyed and as in one local case hundreds of spiders that once were, were completely wiped out and their egg sacs as well. After educating the park services and maintenance folks it took three years before the spider populations were restored. And all the animals, from insects, to birds, to spiders were all affected in a domino effect. Anyway, now I ramble. Almost all baby spiderlings that have hatched at my home have been well cared for and brought back to their home of origin and released. But I do appreciate your concern and suggestion. Thx for your comment.
@@BobTheSpiderHunter Thank you for taking the time to explain. We also have an increasingly widely adopted "no mow May" here to give creatures a fightimg chance in spring, and years ago I turned my useless, sterile, water-hogging lawn into a meadow with local wildflowers. It was a constant fight with the city at first but now my neighbours are also adopting. Thank you again for the videos.
Wonderful video! What is the difference in this orb weaver and the one that usually dies after laying her eggs and the spiderlings come out in spring?
Thx so much, for watching and ur comment! There is no difference, this orb-weaver like the rest of them will lay her egg sac and within a week or two will die.
I live in Richmond, British Columbia Canada, and I have to say I am absolutly terrified of spiders! But there have been a whole lot of these spiders around my house this fall. I dont know if these spiders only come out when it cools down from summer to fall, but I havent noticed these little guys until now. I have a hard time sleeping and am up all night and go out for several ciggarettes a night and have been just so curious and completley amazed by these spiders!! The way they build their web and how fast they catch their food just everything they do is just so amazing to me.
I do have a really great question, if they suck their food dry then what do they do with the rest of the stuff?? I have this one that looks a lot larger then the others and he/she usually makes her nest from scratch every night and their webs are always clean of anything!! Also I have another large one on my upstairs patio that always comes out and makes her nest a rather large nest right by the light on the wall, but I havent seen her in a couple days and then noticed her last night poking out a little from under the railing but she didnt make her nest at all last night??!! Is she ok?? I mean dont they have to eat every night??
Hi Linda! Thx for watching and leaving me a comment. These orb weavers (almost all of them) are getting ready to lay their egg sacs for spiderlings to be born in the spring. What you are seeing is the females (males are long gone by now). You see them in the fall as they are "plumping" up if you will. It is a very strenuous activity to lay their eggs and build an egg sac around them. It takes LOTS of protein, and this is why she is out there eating as much as she can for this one last final act of preserving her offspring before she dies. Sometimes they will lay low because of a cooler temperature or they have eaten enough and are just waiting to lay their eggs. Their eye sight is bad so they are smart enough to know the light attracts insects to its web and also provides some warmth, thus many will make their web-nest (sleeping sac) near the light. Most orb-weavers will eat their web (full of protein) and then build a new one the next day. Hope some of this helps!
PS: My wife doesn't like spiders either, but she is not terrified of them! You can over come that phobia. I have helped hundreds do so and today hold and handle spiders with a smile on their face! lol. You are among a large population of people who hate or fear spiders, so don't feel ur alone!
Bob TheSpiderHunter Cool thank you for replying to my questions. But I still wonder what they do with the "carcus"? They suck their pray instead of eating them correct?
What’s the smallest amount of eyes a spider can have?
That would be two.
I have a furrow named Nox. 😊
Do these common orb weavers live through the winter or for more than just one year?
This particular orb-weaver is one of many that only live one season, but there are some that do winterize and live for more than just a season.
I wonder if these spiders get mistaken for ticks often! Their abdomen is so tick-like after they've sucked blood
No, this is a pretty large spider and even though ticks are arachnids, there is really no mistaken a tick for a spider!
Bob TheSpiderHunter Oh I've seen it happen in a video of this girl before haha! She had a spider on her wall and started freaking out that she thought it was a tick lol!
So ik this was posted awhile ago but I have one of these outside my window so I decided to learn about it. I've had arachnophobia since I was little but I've watched her spin her web so now I'm fascinated and shes helping me conquer my fear! Anyways, I was wondering, when she eats the prey she must eat the silk too, right? So is the silk reused after she eats it?
Cassie, thx for watching and for asking a very good question regarding orb-weavers! First, I'm glad you have been closely watching an orb weaver at work which is helping over come your fear. They are most fascinating to watch weave their web, especially when you consider they are basically blind! The spider will ingest the prey's "juices" after the injected enzymes break down the inside of the prey. Most spiders can not chew or eat solids. They have a "sucking" stomach tube that drinks up the liquid leaving an empty shell of it's pray behind. Webbing is not eaten at this time. It takes a lot of protein for a spider to produce webbing, so some spiders will eat their orb web at night and remake a new one before morning, thus not wasting the protein contained in the web. Hope that helps!
@@BobTheSpiderHunter It does, thank you so much!
1:30 I have to disagree, a lot of spider species require almost no care at all, I have kept spider of the genus Steatoda which are basically cobweb spiders, and they can live in a slightly ventilated jar with no food or water for more than a year! also some of my desert tarantula species like to fast(not eat) sometimes for about 6 to 14 months, and there is nothing to maintain in that time, the spider barely moves, does not eat, and i have only seen her drink one time.
Honestly the only pet that i can think of that requires less care than these spiders is a pet rock.
Orb weavers are a considerably different spider than cobweb spiders or tarantulas. One is they grow fast and use a lot of resources nightly. They can eat their weight in insects every night and get a lot of water from morning dew on webs, the they do need more care in captivity. A year in captivity is about their best life expectancy and few will overwinter in diapause.
Well said, you are correct there are other spiders that need less care or intervention, but you must understand I was generalizing. I have seen too many people get a pet "whatever" and not know how to care for it properly, or decide they are no longer interested in it, and the animal ends up suffering or paying the price. This happens more than I care to think about when we take animals into our habitat as "pets" with little regard or care for their well being.
Yeah I understand what you were trying to say, you are right. I just find it fascinating how some spider can survive for so long on so little. Also cobweb spider reproduce like crazy when you feed them regularly but i haven't seen them mate, could it be that some can reproduce by parthenogenesis? Because i can't find any info about this in spiders aside from Triaeris stenaspis.
I can remember one time a Tarantula I had didn't eat for two months and I was so sure she would die! She didn't but I almost did! lol Thanks for pointing out the partenogenetic Triaeris stenaspis. Didn't know much about this spider so had to check it out, but I doubt that cobweb spiders function like this...I could be wrong though. Won't be the first time nor last time! lol
Hey Bob i once sprayed water over my bushes next week passed by and i went at night with my friends to just chill and i saw 3 of these 1 was big i can say about 2cm and the 2 other where males triyng to be the first to reproduce and today am outside and she has a egg sac but its getting cold here should i take her inside with me?(and YES it was a furrow orb-weaver
Only if you want her to live a little longer and are prepared to care for her needs. But ur comment was left a month ago, and she may well be already gone?
I found one of those in my house what should I do ?
Treat it kindly, it rids you of many nasty and potentially dangerous insects (like disease carrying mosquitoes for a start!). If you don't want her in your house just move her outdoors.
Best way to handle them is to have a paper and glass... Don't toss them out like a rat or scorpion, but move them to a safe area where they can rebuild their home without being disturbed. Lessens the stress, and keeps them from being agitated and less likely to die.
Hey bob, do u know where i can buy jumping spiders btw nice vid!
No I'm sorry I do not. Please be advised they don't live long if you find some to buy.
Hey bob.I found a spider in our grandparents' house. It is a little fat and just almost a half an inch.And i found it with like 30 slings, I put the spider in a small sharpener with a little box in it. I put some cottin with water to make her hydrated.Then put 2 Cellar spiders 2 days After I caught her. She is alive and well. But the question is..I dont know what type of spider she is. she's an orb weaver, And is yellow and brownish color. She doesn't have stripes too. she has a black circle shape in her belly. And is fast and harmless. Do you know what type of orb weaver/ spider it is?
And also there is NO egg sac.
Hi Eyan, how do you know she is an orb weaver? Did you see her orb web? The babies are likely a week old or older as hundreds of babies usually come from an egg sac and you saw just some of her spiderlings. Hard to ID without a picture though. First we must determine she is in fact an orb weaver and not a ground spider.
Does she or doesn't she have stripes? Not clear in your sentence.
Bob TheSpiderHunter Well She Acts like an orb weaver, The web is orb..And there are spiders like her too. The other one is black, The other one is exactly like her.
They also have NO stripes.
COOL
Thanks so much! Are u from Great Britain?
no australia :)
Yikes, so sorry, I should have recognized the flag as such! That is one country that is on my bucket list to visit some day!!!
thats alright> # bob the spider hunter
Great backlighted view of silk preening! In Tallahassee a few years ago we saw a brightly colored and and dangerous-looking spider making a web that looked like skywriting. It was a "writing spider" Argiope aurantia.
One of my favorites! I tell people with a little imagination you can look at the black pattern on the spiders yellow and black abdomen and see an alien creature with big eyes and it's hands on it's hips! lol Certainly not a dangerous spider. I used to catch them when I started my spider interest at 9 years old. This was the only bite I ever received from a spider, and it was all my fault! I have handled thousands of spiders... Some areas call this spider the "writing spider" and I guess that's because of the thicker stabilimentum it makes. If you lived in Kentucky, you most likely called it the "banana" spider. And others call it the Golden Garden, or black and yellow orb weaver. Whatever you call it, it's one fine spider! If you haven't already seen the vid on my hunting some Argiopes, you might enjoy it! Link to YT: th-cam.com/video/UG_pJan23AI/w-d-xo.html
HERE IN Pilipinas we called that gagambang melon.
Yes, and I'm sure they are used there in spider fighting rings.
won't letting the spider babies into your house made your house infested by spiders?
Good question, but I don't let the babies into my house, and even if some did get in my house they would make their way to the outdoors all by themselves for survival purposes.
That coward spider name in our country gagambang melon. We
Very interesting! Why a "coward" spider? Doesn't it do well in spider fights?
these type of orb weaver always abandon her web when there's other orb weaver in the area...grayish orb weaver kinda very territorial compare to melon orb weaver..
Aahahahah its kinda surprising to see a fellow citizen from my country come by ahahaha gagambang melon doesn't fight so others just made them food for their fighter spiders...
Say that fast 10 times? Say that fast 1 time.
I'm curious what your camera setup is. You captured the web very well.
I can't get myself to not freak out near them.
Beautiful creature though.
To me the pattern looks something like a buffalo...
Oh, but you can! It just takes a little work. Well you've already taken a BIG step by referring to this spider as "beautiful!" lol And I can kinda see the buffalo you suggest. Anyway, glad you stopped by to watch the video and take the time to leave me a comment!