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Its name comes from the Jorogumo spider of Japanese folklore. It is a type of golden orb-weaver spider and spins its webs with a shiny golden silk. These webs are huge!

Orb-weaver spiders. Orb-weaver spiders are often found outdoors in yards and gardens. They're rarely found indoors. These spiders vary in size, ranging from 1/8 inch to 1 inch in length.

But orb weaver webs are more than just traps for prey — they also help the spiders, who don’t see as well as other species, gather information about the environment.

Their offspring will carry a silk-producing gene from a golden orb weaver spider in their genetic libraries. Turner expects that milk from these goats will contain the essence of spider webs.

Joro spiders are a colorful and invasive species of spiders. Learn more about the signs of Joro spiders, health risks, what to do if you have them, and more.

Orb webs created by Araneidae, Tetragnathidae and Theridosomatidae spiders are made of sticky silk so the insect adheres to the strands and cannot move.

The female golden silk orb weaver looks particularly intimidating, with a gold-colored body sporting lighter yellow spots and lengthy legs that can give it an overall span ranging from 2 to 6 inches.

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Though orb weaver spiders are neither poisonous nor dangerous to humans, they possess mild venom that helps them paralyze their prey.