Black And White Marbled Spider

Some individuals may have an orange and yellow abdomen while others have black and yellow black and orange or black and white.
Black and white marbled spider. Silver orb spider is a silver colored and oval shaped spider. Adult female marbled orbweavers are 9 to 20 millimeters in length with very large abdomens that are mostly orange with brown to purple markings and spots of pale yellow. Marbled salamanders reach an adult size of 3 5 to 5 inches in length. Click here to return to spiders page click here for spider bite first aid procedures learn about other common household pests ants borers silverfish bed bugs spiders.
The cross bands can vary dramatically between. The spider species araneus marmoreus commonly known as marbled orb weaver belongs to the genus araneus in the family araneidae. It has black patterns on its body. The spiders live in tropical areas and very moist areas.
It originates from the mediterranean but is sometimes imported from north america where it has established populations already in the seventies. Talk about a detour. They are gray to black in color with silvery white cross bands on males and grayish cross bands on females. Adult female is about 1 2 inch long.
Occasionally the abdomens are nearly white in color. Based on collected data the geographic range for araneus marmoreus includes 3 countries and 19 states in the united states. For a more advanced view of spiders currently covered by spider id you can also navigate the spider taxonomy. Adults males are similar but with a few white markings.
It has very long legs with the head having yellow and dark green. Spider identification chart venomous or dangerous. Araneus marmoreus spiders have been sighted 70 times by contributing members. The abdomen is oval and their tibial spines are of two types.
The unique marbling pattern of colors on the abdomen the orange head and upper legs and black and white banded lower legs make the marbled orb weaver visually stunning. The marbled cellar spider is one of our most successful exotic spider species.