Comments on: Golden silk orb weaver spider

By: Cathy Pienaar

Cathy Pienaar — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:40:58 +0000

I am terrified of spiders and when this “little” critter made its web right outside my kithen window, I almost freaked. My husband, John, and our children were very pleased and excited about the new tenant.

By: yelm

yelm — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:03:17 +0000

What an astounding story! I remember the size of those webs, and the size of the spiders as well. But I never dreamed that fabric could be made from the webs. Amazing.

By: Bambi

Bambi — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:58:21 +0000

Lustrous golden cloth made from undyed silk. Spectacular exhibit of golden orb weavers' fabric at the American Museum of Natural History.

By: Bothma

Bothma — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:58:52 +0000

What magnificent samples of the Golden Orb-Weaver (Nephila clavipes). Poor tourists, I bet they dreamt of the large spiders in their large webs. I have a lady like this in my back yard and every now and then I just watch her do her thing. Pitty mine doesn’t have a boyfriend.

By: Johann

Johann — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:44:18 +0000

These spiders are also in abundance in Sandveld Nature reserve Free State.

By: YELU

YELU — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:28:17 +0000

Good story. Too bad the web does not show in the photo of the trapped bird. Maybe photo shop could bring it out.Re. the comment above: only one small group of wolf spiders make webs. Most just hunt on the ground. I’ve never seen a wolf spider on a wall. Bet it was some other type of large spider.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:45:18 +0000

Great story! I will pass it on to all my arachnophobic friends. Sort of bragging rights for what I endured!

By: Carolyn Hamilton Proctor

Carolyn Hamilton Proctor — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:32:46 +0000

Same size as the wolf spiders we had in Suriname, but I don’t know where the wolf spiders made webs. We’d see them on the walls inside our house. Killed them with machete until we realized they ate the mosquitos, etc. Good spider…