Comments on: Other wildlife at The Butterfly Farm http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/wpblog/other-wildlife/2009/03/04/259/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:46:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Beetles In The Bush http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/wpblog/other-wildlife/2009/03/04/259/#comment-2337 Beetles In The Bush Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:13:25 +0000 http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/wpblog/?p=259#comment-2337 Hi Butterflygirl, The first spiders is in the orb weaver family - you can tell by the way they hold their legs into a forward pair and a backward pair, and by the stabilimentum (zig zag area of thick silk) in the large web. The second spider is a nephilid spider, which are related to orb weavers but instead of wrapping their prey in silk they bite it first. Cool stuff, huh? regards--ted Hi Butterflygirl,

The first spiders is in the orb weaver family - you can tell by the way they hold their legs into a forward pair and a backward pair, and by the stabilimentum (zig zag area of thick silk) in the large web. The second spider is a nephilid spider, which are related to orb weavers but instead of wrapping their prey in silk they bite it first. Cool stuff, huh?

regards–ted

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