Subject: New Year’s Spider 2013
Location: San Diego, CA
January 5, 2013 4:44 pm
I saw this guy hanging on the outside of our sliding glass door frame. The douglas fir needle next to him is about one and a quarter inches long.
It looked like he had several strands of silk coming from him when I put him on a leaf to transfer him elsewhere. Is this a Western Spotted Orbweaver?
Signature: Scott
Hi Scott,
This is one of the harmless Orbweavers, but we cannot say for certain which species it is.
What's That Bug? does not endorse extermination
This spider looks like a Cat-Faced spider to me. ( Western Plains Orb Weaver) Here is a link for you to decide: http://www.wci.colostate.edu/Assets/pdf/Cat-FacedSpiderOct16.pdf