Recluse spiders The brown recluse spider is not found in California. While the brown recluse has occasionally been brought into California in household furnishings, firewood and motor vehicles ...

Web arrangements differ among spider families. Some, like those of the orb weavers or garden spiders, are elaborate and symmetrical, spun in concentric circles.

Answer: Almost all the spiders in your garden are beneficial predators of insects and other pests. Most spiders are harmless to people. The webs you are seeing are the work of an orb spider.

Most spiders will bite if provoked, but very few spider bites are dangerous to humans. If you happen to brush up against a garden spider's web and it bites you, the bite area may swell slightly ...