Marbled Orb Weaver Male

Araneus marmoreus spiders have been sighted 70 times by contributing members.

Marbled orb weaver male.

Females are twice the size of males and generally stay hidden at the web s perimeter in a mess of dead leaves. The male strokes the body of a female with his legs during the courtship. If you look closely you can see the spider s claws gripping one of the web support strands at lower left. We are basing that possible identification on the similarity of the markings on the legs and abdomen of your specimen to the images posted on bugguide of female marbled orbweavers.

They build their webs on shrubs reeds or tall grasses. Orb can in english mean circular hence the english name of the group. Create a lightbox your lightboxes will appear here when you. Based on collected data the geographic range for araneus marmoreus includes 3 countries and 19 states in the united states.

After making the web they hide in a silk retreat. Occasionally the abdomens are nearly white in color. Sometimes both the male and female die after the mating. However males mate multiple times and often survive mating so cannibalism may not be as common in this species.

One strand of silk extends all the way to her retreat. The spider species araneus marmoreus commonly known as marbled orb weaver belongs to the genus araneus in the family araneidae. Male marbled orb weavers are polygamous but females mate only once in their lives. Marbled orb weavers prefer wooded areas near water sources like creeks stream rivers ponds and marshes.

Hence the english name of the group. Orb weaver spiders are members of the spider family araneidae they are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel shaped webs often found in gardens fields and forest. Many species of wasps prey on marbled. Adult female marbled orbweavers are 9 to 20 millimeters in length with very large abdomens that are mostly orange with brown to purple markings and spots of pale yellow.

We would venture a guess that this may be a male marbled orbweaver araneus marmoreus though we have not seen a photograph of one. Will he love and live. No need to register buy now. Huge collection amazing choice 100 million high quality affordable rf and rm images.

Marbled orb weavers may also do this. The female has a body length excluding legs of up to 14 mm while the male is rather smaller at 9 mm.