Orbweaver spider tattoo

Orb weaver

Part of my "Maryland Insect" series, this drawing features the orb weaver spider. This pen drawing is made on acid-free heavyweight paper using black Sarstedt pen. The print you will receive captures all features and details from the original. Message me for custom sizes, composition, color, and pricing. Free shipping on all products! Please choose a size from the menu. The 8"x10" prints are on 8.5"x11" ultrawhite cardstock. All drawings and digital additions are my own. The watermark will…

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It is winter now, and orb weavers (family Araneidae) are mostly spiderlings snuggled inside cozy silken egg sacs created by their mother. They will emerge when day-length is suitably long enough, and warmer weather more consistent, for prey animals to be more common. By late June, and into October, adult Arizona specimens of the Western Spotted Orbweaver, Neoscona oaxacensis, will be abundant, especially around wetlands and fields close to water. This is by far the most common orb weaver I…