Marbled orb weaver araneus marmoreus the marbled orb weaver belonging to the class arachnida is one of the good looking spiders.
Marbled orb weaver spider bite.
The most common form has an orange front part of the body cephalothorax with orange white black banded legs.
An orb weaver bite may only cause mild local pain redness and occasional swelling for about 30 minutes but may also last for three to four hours.
Their abdomen has several marble like patterns which are the reason behind the name.
The marbled orb weaver can be found throughout the east of the united states and in canada.
Severe pain at the site of the bite.
Orb spider bite symptoms when they bite symptoms may present but vary from one spider to another.
Araneus marmoreus the marbled orb weaver is a colorful orb weaver species.
Marble or marbled orb weaver spiders rarely bite any humans largely because they have nothing to do with human beings other than taking advantage of the easy living that gardens field edges and.
Polymorphic this spider has many color varieties.
Physical description and identification.
Araneus marmoreus commonly called the marbled orb weaver is a species of spider belonging to the family araneidae.
Preventing orb weaver spiders is usually unnecessary unless an orb weaver builds a web in a location frequented by people in which case someone could be adversely affected by arachnophobia the extreme.
It is called the marbled orbweaver and its scientific name is araneus marmoreus.
Females are twice the size of males and generally stay hidden at the web s perimeter in a mess of dead leaves.
They build their webs on shrubs reeds or tall grasses.
It has a holarctic distribution.
It doesn t pose any serious threat to the health of humans.
In ohio it is found during the warm months of the year usually in or near woods.
If bitten by an orb weaver the bite and injected venom is comparable to that of a bee sting with no long term implications unless the bite victim happens to be hyper allergic to the venom.
It is sometimes also called the pumpkin spider from the resemblance of the female s inflated abdomen to an orange pumpkin.
Marbled orb weavers prefer wooded areas near water sources like creeks stream rivers ponds and marshes.
Marbled orb weaver description.
The garden orb weaver spider bite is not lethal.
Due to its orange color it is sometimes also referred to as pumpkin spider.
All known orbweavers are as harmless to humans as animals can be that can bite us.
In fact there are an awful lot of non venomous animals that are hugely more dangerous to humans than any kind of spider could ever be.
