They protect themselves by a chemical smell that they release from their mouths that only other animals and insects can sense. This smell refremes other animals from the spider.
they eat
orb spiders
Furrow spiders belong to the genus Larinioides.These spiders weave orb webs. No spiders that weave orb webs are dangerous to humans.
Orb Weavers: Family Araneidae Genus Araneus Argiope (Writing Spiders) Cyclosa (Trashline Orbweaver) Cyrtophora (Tropical tent-web Spider) Eriophora (Tropical Orbweaver) Gasteracantha (Spinybacked Orbweavers) Larinioides (Furrow Spiders) Larinia (Striped Orbweaver) Neoscona (Spotted Orbweaver) Orb Weavers: Nephilidae Genus Nephila (Golden Orb Weaver) Orb Weavers: Tetragnathidae Longjawed Orb Weavers Orchard Spider More Web Spiders Cellar Spiders Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) Funnel Web Spiders Hacklemesh Weavers (Amaurobiidae) Sheetweb Spiders (Linyphiidae) Hunting Spiders Crab Spiders Daddy Long Legs Fishing Spider Ground Spiders Jumping Spiders Lynx Spiders Hobo Spider House Spiders Huntsman Spider Running Crab Spiders Tarantulas Wolf Spiders Yellow Sac Spider
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Banded Orb-weaving Spider
There are lots of species of orb spider in Australia, we have some of the biggest in the world!
Yes, but this type of spider is typically nonviolent and poses minimal health risk to humans. Spiny Orb Weaver spiders do contain venom, but their mouth is so small and their pincers are so weak they cannot penetrate human flesh. Their body spikes are only there to protect them from predators. To continue researching this spider you might also utilize Google; click on images you discover and review the pictures you encounter. You will see there are many variations of this interesting and colorful arachnid.
Orb weaver spiders live all around the world. There are over 4,000 known species. The spiders will live anywhere there are bugs to eat.
Like other spiders they make a web to catch flying insects.
The Maldives have several types of spiders including brown Huntsman spiders, black widows, lynx spiders and Argiope anasuja (orb spiders).
Orb weavers cut down the number of insects like flies by a huge amount. They keep the balance of insect/spiders in check, like most spiders. If there were no spiders, flies would overrun the place, even though birds etc. would still eat them, spiders are highly important
All spiders prey on flying insects including all species wasp. Some species of wasps such as the tarantula hawk wasp specialize in hunting and killing crawling spiders. However a wasp is of no consequence to any large orb weaving spider such as the Yellow Garden Spider. Spiders that trap by web can take a wasp as easy as a cat takes a mouse.