Venusta orchard Spiders are known for eating a wide variety of small insects. These include flies and anything else that gets caught in its web.
No, Orchard spiders are harmless.
orchard orbweaverLeucauge venusta
ClassificationKingdom Animalia (Animals)Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)Class Arachnida (Arachnids)Order Araneae (Spiders)Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)No Taxon (Entelegynes)Family Tetragnathidae (Longjawed Orb Weavers)Genus LeucaugeSpecies venusta (Orchard Orbweaver)from bugguide.net
Drosera venusta was created in 1987.
Buakea venusta was created in 2011.
Lithophane venusta was created in 1889.
Propebela venusta was created in 1964.
Thirmida venusta was created in 1900.
Esakiopteryx venusta was created in 1986.
Oncaea venusta was created in 1843.
Grevillea venusta was created in 1810.
Ceylonthelphusa venusta was created in 1995.