Meet the Orb-Weaving Garden Spiders

摘要

While these large spiders are not indoor pests, they can be front porch or back deck pests and the spiders and their webs are impressive enough to generate calls. Orb-weaving spiders in the family Araneidae (especially Argiope spp., the garden spider, and Araneus spp.) are the classic spiders of Halloween and childhood tales with their bulbous bodies and distinctive, symmetrical webs with radiating spokes.