Tags: Arachnid.
The barn spider (Araneus cavaticus) is a nocturnal yellow and brown spider with striped legs and a marking on its underside that is typically a black background with two white marks inside the black although color ranges can be quite magnificent. It is about three quarters of an inch long with a large round abdomen. Like many other species of orb weavers it takes down its web and rebuilds another web every evening consuming the silk from the remaining web to conserve its resources.
