Garden Spider

The Garden Spider is a very common orb web weaver in the UK.

The female is recognised by the pale cross of white or yellow spots on the abdomen which gives them the common name of Cross Spiders. Individual spiders colouring can vary from very light yellow to very dark grey, but all European Garden Spiders have the markings on the abdomen.

Garden Spiders tend to be passive, it is difficult to provoke them to bite, if they do bite, the bite is just slightly unpleasant and harmless to humans. Garden Spiders have been known to make a warning sound with their legs (stridulate).

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