Talk:Orb-weaver spider

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[edit] Expansion

Could the following passage be expanded?

'The web has always been thought of beaken of hope and of course an an an an engineering marvel. It is built by the spider starting with a line floated on the wind to another surface. The spider secures the line and then drops another line from the center, making a "Y". The rest of the scaffolding follows with the radii of non-sticky silk being constructed before the final spiral of sticky capture silk.'

After the spider makes the "Y," what specifically happens? The line dropped from the center is presumably dangling in the air. Is it also blown by the wind? And how exactly is the rest of the scaffolding created, and in what order?

I have seen spiders inhabiting webs which, amazingly, are stretched between the two highest places in my garden. I can't understand how this is possible, so any explanation someone could offer would be much appreciated!

And would all this information actually be better placed in the article 'Spider Web?'

Deece 08:20, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Venomous

In another article it refers to these spiders along with another, as being the only spiders to have no venom or something to that effect.

I've recently added Image:P7130741_edited-size.JPG which appears to be Argiope keyserlingi according to http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/araneidae/araneidae.html. I'm not adding the pic to the article myself since I'm no expert on spiders and don't want to hand out false info. That spider is as of this date still in front of my house, only fatter. Pecosdave 07:12, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Misuse of pictures

I am not entirely sure, but aren't some of the spiders shown as orb-weaving spiders actually St Andrew's Cross spiders? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.165.175.73 (talk) 11:55, 6 January 2008 (UTC)