Garden Spider Facts & Information

The garden spider is one of the more easily recognized spiders. It is usually grey-brown or reddish-brown in color, with a large white cross (made up of pale spots and streaks) on its abdomen. Females are twice the size of males. While their name seems to indicate they would rather be in your garden, they can make their way inside a business or home. In early spring, the spiderlings, numbering from 500 to 1,000, emerge from the egg sac. Many of them will succumb to cannibalism or be eaten by mud-dauber wasps. Those that do survive usually go unnoticed until they reach maturity in the late summer.

Also known as orb weaver spiders a dead giveaway that one is nearby is their large, circular webs. Orb spiders spin complex, organized webs that can reach up to three feet in diameter using radial strands of silk that look like spokes on a wheel. You can call in a spider exterminator but make sure they are bringing with them more than just spider control tactics.

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