Four-spot orb-weaver
The four-spot orb-weaver is a round, chubby spider that can be brown, bright orange or even green. Whatever its colour, it always has four white spots on its back. Its legs are sometimes striped like candy.
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Fun facts
It builds its web low down, close to the ground, so it can catch insects that jump.
The female makes a little tent shaped like a funnel next to her web, where she hides when the weather is bad.
A grown-up female can change her colour to match the place where she sits. It takes her about three days.
The dark ones are easiest to spot, because their four white dots stand out so clearly.
Most asked questions about Four-spot orb-weaver
?Why is the four-spot orb-weaver green or orange?
Its colour changes from spider to spider, and females can even change colour to match where they rest.
?How big is a four-spot orb-weaver?
A big female can be up to about 1,7 centimetres long. Males are only about half that size.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Araneus quadratus
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Araneidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Araneidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Araneus quadratus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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