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13 Responses to “Jeweled Spider”

1. Jeff // Oct 21, 2006 at 10:31 am

   Great! That’s a spiny backed orb weaver. Very common to healthy gardnens in Houston.

2. Bill Shirley // Oct 21, 2006 at 7:16 pm

   I’ve walked through my share of the spiny orb weaver’s webs in my yard. There’s currently one just outside the window at my computer station.

3. cybertoad // Oct 26, 2006 at 12:43 pm

   I love these guys. I have 2 in my backyard that spin huge webs across my patio and trap me sometimes. They get destroyed when I accidentally walk into them and I feel bad but they always rebuild them even larger. I have an orange one and a red one. Am I weird because I actually “pet” them every now and then too? They are just too cute!

4. sandy // Nov 6, 2006 at 2:02 pm

   are these jeweled spiders poision? they are in my back yard i always take the broom with me to get them out of my way.

5. matt thomas // Mar 7, 2007 at 5:19 pm

   nice photo!

6. Genelle // Aug 18, 2007 at 2:55 pm

   Found an orange one today on my rose bush in Houston, Texas.

7. Christina // Sep 29, 2007 at 5:15 am

   Just wanted to add us to the list of areas that have these jeweled spiders. We initially thought that the spines were part of a house for the spider. then, we saw him, her, move. We had never seen one before. We left his/her web where it was. Glad to know they aren’t dangerous. We are in coastal Georgia.

8. jennifer // Oct 11, 2007 at 4:38 pm

   I looooove these spiders!!! i found them last year and after reading about em just fell in love with these lil guys. GREAT PHOTO!! nice to know im not the only one that likes em!! their webs are sooo beautiful when the dew is on them in the morning. i just missed a web about 3 minutes ago when i went outside.. I have moved him like 4 times!!

9. Susan Andrusyshyn // Feb 6, 2008 at 1:01 am

   Hello …. just wanted to let you know that I saw one of these Jewelled Spiders, today, for the first time. I was so intrigued! They are beautiful! I tried to take a close up, but the web was blowing in the breeze. The one I saw is white with the orange shell-like body. I will try to add the picture I took. The spider was about the size of a nickel.
   Sue in Land O Lakes, Florida
   I don’t know how to add my photo.

10. Bill F. // Feb 29, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    I found one today in the Central Florida Area of Plant City. It actually had fallen out of a Tree and went down the back of my Jacket it was White with Black Specs.

11. Jane Walling // Sep 7, 2008 at 9:42 am

    wanted to let everyone know that my son and I just found a jeweled spider at the front of the house it’s been there about a week . We had never seen one before, and are having much fun watching it. I live in Williamsburg, VA. are they very common here?

12. Elisheva // Sep 7, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    Hey, found one of these (white and black only) on my front porch in Montgomery Alabama. Beautiful spiders!

13. Kim M. // Sep 12, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    I just found a bright yellow colored one in my yard in Mobile, AL. Very interesting.