Joeie<p>Most of my family are arachnophobic, but we are also nature loving. On the plant outside our apartment door a spider set up home a few weeks ago and my youngest became obsessed.</p><p>We have a Wasp Spider it seems.<br />She is a Wasp Spider </p><p> The wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi), also known as a zebra spider, tiger spider or silk ribbon spider, is a spider from the orb-web spider family. The large and very strikingly marked species was vote</p><p>females are up to 25 millimeters in length. The yellow and white striped abdomen , which is drawn like a wasp with black stripes, and the silvery-white hairy front body are unmistakable.</p><p>Due to their habitat, the prey consists mainly of locusts and hymenoptera such as bees and wasps . However, almost all other insects of a suitable size are also preyed on, such as flies , butterflies or hay horses . </p><p>The venom of the wasp spider is not dangerous to humans. The poisonous claws cannot normally penetrate human skin because they are too short.</p><p>(Source: <a href="https://naturschutz.ruhr/die-wespenspinne" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">naturschutz.ruhr/die-wespenspi</span><span class="invisible">nne</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nature</span></a> <br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spider</span></a> <br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spiders</span></a> <br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/orbweaver" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>orbweaver</span></a> <br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/arachnid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arachnid</span></a></p>