Who preys on the yellow garden spider?Īnswer: Here in MD, lizards and birds are probably their biggest predators, though I understand wasps will kill them, too. Question: We had two females in our yard and they disappeared. Hopefully, you'll see her descendants next year. Yellow garden spiders usually die at the first hard frost after they've mated. She nested inside an old bird cage for the season by our kitchen window and became our family pet.Īnswer: Yes, you're right. I probably already know the answer to this but did she climb down and die someplace? Where would she have gone? Its been a couple of days since we have seen her and we miss her. One was particularly cold and went down to 24 degrees that night, and our garden spider female disappeared. I have never raised yellow garden spiders but understand that they remain in a dormant state until it’s warm enough for them to survive. How long will it take them to come out?Īnswer: How long probably depends on the weather there. My question is when will they decide to leave the sac? It looks like they molted, but they haven’t got their color yet, so they are just sitting in their sac. I saw in the hole of the sac that they are really small. I want to raise at least 20 babies from the sac. Question: I have bought a garden spider sac. Are you in an area where pesticides are applied? Some insecticides, such as pyrethrins, can kill spiders if applied directly. Has she been partially eaten by a bird? If she's intact, the cause may be the environment. What happened to him? Will more come? I love having them around and they are so neat to see each day.Īnswer: The males are small and nondescript, so the spider you're talking about is probably a female. I went to look for him today and saw part of his web still there, and he was dead upside down on a leaf. He usually moves his nest, but it’s always close by. Yesterday I went to look for him and couldn’t find him. Question: It's early July and I’ve had my spider for about three weeks. Did this golden orb spider likely climb down from her web and go somewhere to die? Or is it more likely that a bird killed my local golden orb spider?Īnswer: She was probably killed by a predator as the females usually watch over the sacs until the first frost. Question: It's mid-September here in Houston and my golden orb spider has just disappeared from her web. There are many egg sacs and lots of spiderlings, but few make it to adulthood. Only a few egg sacs in the study were undamaged by the end of dormancy due to weather damage, wasps and other predators. I could not find the number of degree days that trigger their emergence. According to the article, "the eggs hatch during winter, and the spiderlings remain in the egg case until spring." This was true even in the South, so I would not worry too much about them emerging too soon. Will this affect the spiderlings? Will they make their exit too soon? I'm invested in their well-being!Īnswer: I read a study by TC Lockley regarding egg sac survivability over winter. It has warmed up to 70 today (February) in TN but it's not uncommon for it to freeze again by April. She left 1 sac attached to my window screen. She crawled to my welcome mat and died in October. I even bought bugs at the local pet store and fed her every day. Question: A garden spider lived on my porch all summer. My old dog was stung by a bee and had a strong allergic reaction (his face swelled up), but he had a sensitivity to bee stings. Question: Should I be concerned if we have two little dogs that could bump into the web and get stung by the yellow garden spider?Īnswer: You may want to ask your vet that question as he/she knows your dogs' health issues. Is there any way to encourage them to move to a different location?Īnswer: Yes, you could destroy the web, and they'll probably start again elsewhere. Question: Yellow Garden Spiders keep nesting where my hummingbirds feed and have already captured one in their web. Question: When do Yellow Garden baby spiders hatch?Īnswer: If you live in an area that experiences a cold winter, the babies hatch in the autumn or even late summer. Question: Why did my garden spider lay her eggs and then relocate to a new web?Īnswer: The female yellow garden spider will produce multiple egg sacs and secure them with webbing, but she doesn't stay to care for them or care for the hatchlings.
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