Eight-legged Friends!

This was my first siting of the beautiful Orchard Orbweaver which can be found from southern Canada to Columbia. It is distinctively coloured with leaf-green legs and sides. The underside of the cephalothorax (fused head and thorax) is spotted with yellow and black; the top is silvery with brown and black streaks. Some individuals display neon yellow, orange or red spots on the rear of the abdomen.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53467-Leucauge-venusta

The web is often horizontally displayed with the spider hanging down in the centre.

A close up of the spider revealed a prism of colour in some of the web strands!

A Grass Spider hanging out in his "hidey hole", ready to grab unsuspecting prey that get too close.

Lined Orbweaver

An Orbweaver made a web which joined my car to the roof of our house. Although back lit, the location provided a great view of the spider racing along the web strands, securing many insects that became trapped in the web.

Video of a very active spider catching insects above my driveway!