When I first saw the white spider with black spots and spines, I thought it was a bug – a white bug with black spots. It’s actually a Spiny Orb Weaver Spider, a lovely, small, unique spider!
For a specific characteristic of the spiny backed orb weaver spider, go to the TIME CODE in the video
- 0:00:27 I thought it was a white bug with black spots
- 0:00:56 Is the spiny orb weaver spider dangerous?
- 0:01:02 gasteracantha cancriformis or spiny orb weaver location
- 0:01:25 spiny orb weaver spider web 0:01:40 spiny backed orb weaver spider male
- 0:02:36 hoping to get a close-up of her working on the web
- 0:03:25 spiny orb weaver spider habitat
- 0:04:07 Do spiny orb weavers become house spiders?
- 0:04:44 thicker parts of the web
- 0:05:15 Some people call them kite spiders.
- 0:05:31 They’re also called star spiders.
- 0:05:38 In some places, they call them crab spiders.
- 0:05:46 They sometimes share webs.
- 0:06:05 spiny orb weaver egg sac
- 0:06:30 Females die after they lay their eggs.
- 0:06:49 the unusual spiny orb weaver spider egg sac
- 0:07:46 my spiny orb weaver spider pet
ATTRIBUTIONS for the Video about a White Spider with Black Spots and Spines
PHOTOGRAPHS
All Spiny Orb Weaver Spider Photos Copyright 2020 Carol Anne Chapman
EXCEPT FOR: Gasteracantha Crancriformis – Florida Attribution: Alexf, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gasteracantha_cancriformis_in_Miami.jpg
Gasteracantha Hasselti – Thailand Attribution: Rushenb, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hasselt%27s_spiny_spider,gasteracantha_hasselti-_Kaeng_Krachan_National_Park.jpg
Gasteracandra Quadrispinosa – South Africa Attribution: Danny S., CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gasteracantha_quadrispinosa_by_Danny_S.-1.JPG
ALL VIDEO FOOTAGE Copyright 2020 Carol Anne Chapman
SOURCES:
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Gasteracantha_cancriformis/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny_orb-weaver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNQp-3u4cHM&t=3s