Got Spiders? What you need to know! (Spotted Orb Weaver Spider)

Got spiders all over your porch, deck and doors? Here is everything you need to know about orb weaver spiders and their beautiful symetric "wagon wheel webs". This particular orb weaver is known as a barn spider or more appropriately the Spotted Orb Weaver ( Neoscona crucifera). In this video I will explain how the webs are made, where they are made and why, whether these spiders bite and concerns about bites, different kinds of spider threads, the strength of spider silk, how spider silk is made, what spiders eat and what eats spiders, and why you see them so often on your back porch at this time of the year.

Special thanks to Eric Day for identification of the genus and species! Virginia Tech Cooperative Extension, Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech Insect Identification lab, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24961-0319
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