Brown spider with tan stripe down the backside

Rockporter · January 27, 2013

I have done a search online for spiders and the only kind I think this spider might be is an Orb Weaver. I walked into a spider web and it tore so I took the spider that was on it and placed it in a plastic bag, I brought it inside for some photos. I cannot figure out what it is and if it is a good guy that won't hurt me I want to get it back out there fast.

This spider is a light tan with some dark stripes on it's legs and it has a tan stripe right down the middle of the backside with a darker brown stripe at a 45 degree angle on each side of the tan stripe. These brown stripes point toward the front of the spider and join the tan stripe about halfway down the backside of the spider. When I look at the bottom side I can see an oblong brown outlined section. I have never seen one of these in the garden and wonder what it might be?

I took photos but can't seem to figure out how to get them off the new camera, ughh, my other camera was so much easier to operate.

Any thoughts on this?

habitat_gardener · January 27, 2013

I assume all spiders are beneficial in the garden. I occasionally saw a black widow spider in the raspberry patch, but I left them alone.

whatsthatbug.com is sometimes helpful
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?s=orbwe...archsubmit.y=0

Did you do an image search on google for orbweaver? Sometimes that can narrow it down.

nancyruhl · January 27, 2013

Does it look like this

Rockporter · January 27, 2013

No, it's more of a spade shape on the lower part of the ody with the pointed end at the rear. It isn't fuzzy like a wolf spider.

Rockporter · January 27, 2013

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Originally Posted by habitat_gardener

I assume all spiders are beneficial in the garden. I occasionally saw a black widow spider in the raspberry patch, but I left them alone.

whatsthatbug.com is sometimes helpful
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?s=orbwe...archsubmit.y=0

Did you do an image search on google for orbweaver? Sometimes that can narrow it down.

Thanks, I will take a look at this site. I think they are beneficial as well but I don't want venoumous spiders in the garden.

Rockporter · January 27, 2013

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/category...s/orb-weavers/

the second orb weaver photo you see at this site is similar to the one I have except mine doesn't seem to be so hairy and the distinct brown and white lines on the body are not on the one in the photo.

I am beginning to believe I have some sort of Orb Weaver for sure.

Rockporter · January 27, 2013

I have released him back into the garden near his/her web, I hope it can be rebuilt.

Lorri D · January 27, 2013

Just make sure it isn't a brown recluse. I have lived around them and they have caused many people around me to loose huge patches of skin, due to their necrotising poisonous bite.

Rockporter · January 27, 2013

It definitely wasn't a brown recluse but I would like to confirm the type of Orb Weaver it is. I broke half it's web when I ran into it and when I released it back I put it on the basil the web was attached to. I went back out a few mintues ago to find it back in the original center of it's web but with the other half of it gone I am thinking I might find the whole web rebuilt by morning.

January 27, 2013	#1
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	Brown spider with tan stripe down the backside I have done a search online for spiders and the only kind I think this spider might be is an Orb Weaver. I walked into a spider web and it tore so I took the spider that was on it and placed it in a plastic bag, I brought it inside for some photos. I cannot figure out what it is and if it is a good guy that won't hurt me I want to get it back out there fast. This spider is a light tan with some dark stripes on it's legs and it has a tan stripe right down the middle of the backside with a darker brown stripe at a 45 degree angle on each side of the tan stripe. These brown stripes point toward the front of the spider and join the tan stripe about halfway down the backside of the spider. When I look at the bottom side I can see an oblong brown outlined section. I have never seen one of these in the garden and wonder what it might be? I took photos but can't seem to figure out how to get them off the new camera, ughh, my other camera was so much easier to operate. Any thoughts on this? __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

January 27, 2013	#4
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	No, it's more of a spade shape on the lower part of the ody with the pointed end at the rear. It isn't fuzzy like a wolf spider. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

January 27, 2013	#6
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	http://www.whatsthatbug.com/category...s/orb-weavers/ the second orb weaver photo you see at this site is similar to the one I have except mine doesn't seem to be so hairy and the distinct brown and white lines on the body are not on the one in the photo. I am beginning to believe I have some sort of Orb Weaver for sure. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

January 27, 2013	#7
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	I have released him back into the garden near his/her web, I hope it can be rebuilt. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

January 27, 2013	#9
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	It definitely wasn't a brown recluse but I would like to confirm the type of Orb Weaver it is. I broke half it's web when I ran into it and when I released it back I put it on the basil the web was attached to. I went back out a few mintues ago to find it back in the original center of it's web but with the other half of it gone I am thinking I might find the whole web rebuilt by morning. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

January 27, 2013	#2
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,540	I assume all spiders are beneficial in the garden. I occasionally saw a black widow spider in the raspberry patch, but I left them alone. whatsthatbug.com is sometimes helpful http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?s=orbwe...archsubmit.y=0 Did you do an image search on google for orbweaver? Sometimes that can narrow it down.

January 27, 2013	#8
Lorri D Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NorthWest Posts: 267	Just make sure it isn't a brown recluse. I have lived around them and they have caused many people around me to loose huge patches of skin, due to their necrotising poisonous bite.