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Hello,
I was walking past my apple tree this evening and saw what I thought was a spider crawling up a web from the ground. But when I got closer I wasn’t so sure. It does have eight legs but the yellow body is hard like a crustacean. What is it? Is it poisonous?
Thanks. Janet
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Hi Janet,
This is an Arrow Shaped Micrathena, one of the smaller orb weavers. Your specimen is a female. All spiders have venom, but most, like this gal, are not harmful to people.
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