Marbled orb-weaver

A special signal thread runs from the middle of the web to its hiding place, so it feels when something is caught.

It hides beside its web in a little tent made of folded leaves and silk.

In October the mother wraps several hundred eggs in a white silk ball. The babies come out in spring.

Grown-ups can be seen from midsummer until the first hard frost in autumn.

In Europe many of them are pale with just one dark mark at the back, instead of being bright orange.