The female Golden Silk Orb Weavers are quite large (body 2-4 cm) with silvery-grey to plum coloured bodies and brown-black, often yellow banded legs. The males on the other hand are tiny (5 mm) and red-brown to brown in color – not at all as nice as this…..
These spiders remain in their webs day and night and gain some protection from bird attack by the presence of a ‘barrier network’ of threads on one or both sides of the orb web. Sometimes their strong webs manage to trap small birds or bats, and the spider will wrap them and feed upon them. Commoner prey items include flies, beetles, locusts, wood moths and cicadas.