cross spider - kruisspin

Individual spiders' colouring can range from extremely light yellow to very dark gray, but all European garden spiders have mottled markings across the back with five or more large white dots forming a cross. They are common spiders found in gardens.
Cross spiders belong to the group of Orb Spiders because of the large orb webs that they spin which can be up to one metre in diameter. The webs are built by the larger females who usually lie head down on the web, waiting for prey to get entangled in the web. The prey is then quickly captured and wrapped in silk before being eaten.
The much smaller male will approach the female cautiously in order to mate. If not careful, he could end up being eaten by her.
It is hard to provoke a garden spider to bite - if it does, the bite is slightly unpleasant and utterly harmless.
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De naam kruisspin dankt de spin aan de bleke vlekken op de rug, die een kruis vormen. Het vrouwtje spint het web loodrecht tussen twee takken en zit er ondersteboven in te wachten tot er een prooi in vliegt. Hoewel de kruisspin acht ogen heeft, ziet -ie niet goed. Toch weet de spin wanneer een insect in haar web belandt: dit beeft door het gespartel van de prooi! Het voedsel bestaat vooral uit muggen en vliegen.
Het kleinere mannetje moet het vrouwtje voorzichtig benaderen om te paren: de kans bestaat dat -ie door haar opgegeten wordt.
De kruisspin komt het meest voor in tuinen, omdat daar veel schaduw is, weinig wind en ze er makkelijk een web kunnen maken.

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[guusjo11]

i started off at ronaldo how the hell did i end up here?

[H2X3NO]

lol how much do u just want to squish it

[deadlyteror]

@guusjo11 idk insanity?

[wickedroy]

my friends house have been takin over by these spiders

[b3stgl1tch3r]

wtf wat is het nut van dit filmpje-wtf whats the point of this movie!???

[wtfboomguy]

nature is bueatiful...but here...all i gotta say is...

"damn nature you ugly!!!!!! and scary!!!!!"

[deathbringer829]

dude their in my garden 24/7 i feed them leftover crickets from my lizards lol!!

[Killzorzbee]

Are it's joints, it's 'knees' red? Cause that could be a Red Kneed Tarantula!

[kealey9]

i think i have a few of those around my house but i'm not sure

[jerumd]

Thats cool:D Just try to imagine a person is sleeping by day, in the same exact position till night fall?? That could've given me a couple of bone cracks in the Evening.

[AirDawg1]

Can anyone tell me what a spider that looks like it has a dark gold plate on his back, black and red legs, because I just want to know if there is any warning I should be concerned about :\ Would be very helpful please.