Appearance: Their color varies from pale orange or yellow to dark brown. Most have a mottled white pattern in the shape of a cross on their abdomen (hence the name, cross orbweaver). Females, with ...

This shows a cross-spider, Araneus diadematus, in its orb web. Like many spiders, this species produces several types of silk: a stiff kind for the radial spokes of the web, and a more flexible one ...