A SEARCH for one SPIDER SPECIES!

[@KarlWander]

Fun fact: The zigzag pattern they make in their webs sort of collects UV light in a way that attracts certain bugs which they feed on.

[@quno2723]

I dont know if thats true, from what i know these "zigzag" things are enforcements to the web that let them catch Grasshoppers and dragonflies (their most prefered food) without getting the web drstroyed.

[@Tekillyah]

The zigzag is a gang sign.

[@KarlWander]

@@quno2723 Quite common that orb weavers do that, don't recall where I heard it first but Google it and you might find something along these lines. “The actual use of this is controversial,” said Sewlal. Arachnologists have two primary theories about it: “The first is that it attracts prey since it reflects light so that insects are tricked to believe that they are flying towards a gap in the vegetation. The second theory is that it alerts predators like birds that the web is there so that they do not fly into it and destroy it.”

[@peturrojo]

I was told by a spider biologist that the zig zag is to make the web visible for bigger insects and birds so that they dont destroy the web accidentally... but who knows, all that other reasons seem also proper.

[@SinkEmQuicker]

@Mummichog sauce = source (of info)

[@PeteDoesGames]

To answer your question, generally scorpion keepers separate babies from their mother after they’ve left her back. If you don’t the mother will often eat them

[@camerongraves8398]

to check for cannibalism use a black-light if you find glowing poop they ate each-other the glow doesn't go away after being eaten

[@nickadams7080]

@@camerongraves8398 Thank you for the information, I really appreciate it.

[@tactofu]

Careful with the duckweed, Petko! Once it starts growing, it's impossible to get rid of, and will starve other plants of sunlight and nutrients. I love the way it looks, but once it's in, it's in for good!

[@trala8911]

I’m curious to know how it turned out for him. We had it in a pond, and we’ve never managed to get rid of it, all you can do is scoop it out regularly to try to keep on top of it. It looks lovely but it takes a lot of work to keep it at a stage of looking lovely and not just killing everything. It also travels to other ponds very easily, because it gets caught on birds’ feet and legs and they transport it to new places.

[@Senedras]

Legend say:The spiders still doesn't suspect a thing.

[@toanao1]

HEADS UP ABOUT THE WATER PLANTS: there is ways you can treat or "Clean" them of parasites etc before putting in enclosure/aquarium etc, id highly reccomend looking into it!

[@awesomeinc7831]

We have similar spiders in Australia that are known as Saint-Andrews Cross because they make that zigzag pattern in an X shape from the centre of the web

[@secretarybird459]

"But no... this is NOT nature adventure!" Everyone: *Then WHERE IS IT!*

[@Phyzium1]

Spiders found: 7:29 Argiope bruennichi (not Argiope trifasciata). 8:30 Araneus marmoreus can look like that. 9:34 maybe Araneus quadratus (one form looks similar). 10:06 Probably Araneus marmoreus again. 12:43 Argiope bruennichi again. 13:14 Argiope bruennichi again, again.

[@viktorstrestik]

The quadratus may be marmoreus as well but not the pyramidatus form

[@Phyzium1]

​@@viktorstrestik Yeah, I know some spiders can look extremely similar, and it's tough when there are many forms. I almost thought the Araneus marmoreus var. pyramidatus was Neoscona spasskyi, but he got the underside at 9:02 which confirmed Araneus.

[@viktorstrestik]

Phyzium yeah and its hard to tell if you are not acquainted with local species. So i would agree with the quadratus.

[@buttersseal1987]

These spider hunt videos are so much fun.

[@nightworxx5183]

These small water plants you picked are called here in Germany (translated) water pest. And this for a good reason, when they start to reproduce they spread like the plague ;-)

[@dominikgietl5670]

No "Wasserpest" are a plants that grow underwater and they are pretty easy to keep in check in a tank. Their genus is scientifically called "Elodea". What you mean are "Wasserlinsen" ("Lemna sp." and similar plants) ;)

[@seanwilkinson5403]

Hey Petko! Rinse the plants with dish soap water first, the soap creates a layer over the parasites so they can't breath, doesn't harm the plants, been doing it with wild duckweed for years and never had any issues in my aquariums!

[@jud7351]

I know this spider very well ! in France as I lived in the countryside, every summer it was full of this exact specie in the nature ! They are incredible predators as I used to sometimes throw them a cricket I caught in the grass into their web, cruel I know but I was so impressed by their way of webbing the pray so fast ! In france they are called "Argiope" and "L'araignée frelon" which means "The spider hornet"

[@mattwyrick8394]

About ten years ago I had one on the porch that stayed all summer and left me an egg sack. I'd go out every few days and catch a moth or grasshopper to feed it. It got pretty used to my presence. If they are afraid of you they will shake their webs when you come near.

[@jud7351]

@@mattwyrick8394 Was it the exact same specie as in the video and me ? If it is, don't you remember how quick and with so much silk they wrap their prey in before biting them once and going back to the middle of their web, that's something you don't forget haha

[@Miss_Mellie_Girl]

I know I'm late, but CONGRATULATIONS! Also, your wife is a saint! I'm not sure how I'd feel if my husband brought home spiders for our backyard!

[@tundraivek7133]

While whatching this video i remembered something. When i was 4 years old my father and I went to a river so that he could find some logs for his aquarium. It was october and my dad just jumped into the river. He got undreassed and swan dived head first into a freezing river. Apsolute mad lad.

[@Helveteshit]

@The Dark Den, You might want to get some Pest Snails (as they are called in the aquarium hobby) for your water set-up. Low maintenance and can assist with some basic algae control etc. Aquarium stores generally give them out for free.

[@Freytraz]

To identify small webs in the wild, you can throw a small amount of maize starch or any other fine flour on the grass/undergrowth!

[@Ravenzpeak]

We call those floating leaves plant 'Duck Weed' in our area. We use it in our goldfish tank. Maybe the ZigZag in her web is the zipper. Ha!

[@cheechl9098]

The floating plants that you found are called DUCKWEED if you wanted to know .

[@Marcov90]

Lemna minor

[@dominikgietl5670]

@@Marcov90 and Spirodela polyrhiza

[@TyCampbell666]

The "wasp spider" you caught is a orb weaver commonly known here in Australia as a cross web spider in fact of the X pattern sometimes in the middle where they reside as the X attracts some insects and small birds into their super strong web which can also be a community web with multiple spiders and sizes.

[@linag7308]

I really enjoyed today's video. I might have to go for a hike today!

[@catherinehubbard1167]

I'm no botanist, but I think your little floating bright green leaves might be duckweed. Years ago when I kept big aquaria with mixed populations of tropical fish, a few starting duckweed plants came in with one of the fish. It thrived and multiplied under the aquarium lights and the fish loved to hide under it. It was no trouble at all, just required occasional thinning to keep the right amount of light coming through. Your new aquatic enclosure is looking great, and the duckweed-looking floating plants should fit right in. The new wasp spiders are impressive -- here's hoping they find males and produce babies for next year. Orb weavers are hard to keep indoors, but they are fascinating and a great addition to your new back yard arthropod village.

[@3Clod]

argiope, we call them tiger spider Once in castelmonte with my dad collecting berries, I found a thread across a bush and pulled it, it was made of web from an argiope that jumped right out and it was (as I remember) like pulling an iron thread, strong, not sticky nor elastic... impressive

[@dmorgan0628]

Imagine being able to weave it into a shirt.

[@3Clod]

@@dmorgan0628 armor (elfic armor maybe) I still remember that feeling, the thread didn't break and the spider was so muscular like the shwarzenegger of arachnids... I think it even glared at me... I was like 7 or 8 yo

[@giannetto1000]

The zig-zag thing is called Stabilimentum and still in debate on how it works:maybe for attract some kind of preys,maybe for reinforcing the web and also in order to deplete spiders' silk supply and recharge the silk glands in preparation for subduing prey...who knows...

[@StoriesbyIrish]

I always called them a Zebra Spider when I was a kid, but Wasp Spider sounds better xD Those other spiders are also Orb Weaver spiders, both females because I don't think the males have the tell-tell ball-like abdomen. Maybe Araneus? I googled it, but who knows lol EDIT: I did more digging and found this! "Araneus marmoreus, commonly called the marbled orb-weaver" the pictures I saw of it looked like what you saw ❤ AND your "Wasp Spider" is a Yellow Garden Spider or "Argiope aurantia"

[@dnadesignn]

I love your exploration videos 😄 and 4:20 those spiny assassin bugs with babies are so damn cool!

[@evieuretsky9997]

Gotta love duckweed, I gather it from our creek for my fish pool.

[@PedroIsidoro1]

That floating plants seems like a lemna species, if that is the case get ready to spend some time removing from your tank. On my aquariums in a few weeks it covers the entire top. But, don't get me wrong, it's great at removing nitrates from the water.

[@capatainnemo]

the small leafed plant is what we call duck weed in the uk... that will soon cover the top of the water and choke it...keep an eye on it petko

[@hillbillyohio513]

Thats what we call it in America too, i was wondering if its named the same in other places and now i know. Thank you

[@gshaindrich]

@@hillbillyohio513 Petko actually collected two different species of "duckweed" the smaller is Lemna minor and the bigger more round leaves is Spirodela polyrhiza

[@hillbillyohio513]

@@gshaindrich thank you for the info, I love learning new things

[@AitchT.]

Hillbilly Ohio I thought they were lillypads

[@AitchT.]

The bigger ones that is

[@dominikgietl5670]

those floating plants that you collected are Lemna minor and Spirodela polyrhiza. They will not stay in the dark spots and try to cover your whole water surface. Many crab and crayfish species love to eat Lemna minor - I am not sure about Spirodela polyrhiza. If your crabs won't eat enough of them you will have to remove some from time to time :)

[@Bambammetje]

Found a waspspider in our pasture two weeks ago. Creepy looking things because of the colouration. We always have a couple of those spiders in the pasture around this time of year. Really freaked me out first time I saw them. I live in the Netherlands.

[@GardinersPlot]

Duckweed generally doesn’t like movement in the water. You may struggle with it establishing. It prefers light rather than shade.

[@20PINKluvr]

Those "wasp spiders" are also known as "zipper spiders" here in the US, especially in the southern and Central states. Welcome presence in gardens. Id gladly trade black widows for these

[@WD-1477]

Super casual drop of getting married! Congratulations!! Super happy for you!

[@anubis20049999]

For those who dont know. Those " *Wasp Spiders* " he speaking of are called Argiopes. They are very fascinating to watch capturing prey

[@20PINKluvr]

I've never heard of them being called "wasp spiders" zipper spider is the more common nickname

[@genesisgreen3458]

That was fun. I used to be so afraid of those spiders around my house and now I leave them alone, I even go put and look at them lol

[@seanrallis6714]

I love them, even as a kid I enjoyed them

[@katelynnmilton855]

I feed the ones around my house

[@genesisgreen3458]

I've always been scared of them. When I was a kid, we lived in a rural area. So there was always spiders. Twice I remember looking down and seeing those tiny spiders that we call daddy long legs? Lol well twice I striped my clothes and jumped in the shower put of fear. And now, here I am. Enjoying tarantula videos twice a week. Lol

[@saintecho6133]

Here we have very similar spiders that make that same pattern on their web but they have a yellow mark on the bottom of their abdomen and we call them banana spiders. A cousin from across the pond i suppose.

[@micksilva7374]

Im my country we call those "gagambang ekis" (Cross Spider) some call it electric spider cause they usually build homes at electric posts.

[@TayloresFish]

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WENT INTO THE GARDEN WITHOUT SHOWING US HOW 8 IS DOING

[@Hemp1972]

There is a high level of relaxation in those short moments after getting the spiders in their new enclosures. I never knew bigger spiders will sometimes also live in communities. I have one Trinidad chevron 0.1 (Psalmopoeus cambridgei) and she scares the heck out of me. But so beautiful. So much to learn from your vlogs. Thanks for that! Greetz from Hemp Hilversum, Nederland

[@lindagrant801]

I loved the nature journey...great video

[@arashii6553]

Everytime petko reaches the river or lake scares me. hate jump scares of any dangerous animals in the river.

[@kennethwilliams6916]

Says just an ordinary spider... 🕸🕸🕸🕷🕷spider thinks no im not!!! 🕷🕷🕸🕸🕸 also they keep hearing him say they don't suspect a thing "uh as soon as he looks away im takin off!!" Love ya bubba we call them orb weaver's and they can get really really large in Texas!

[@rominac.8515]

You also can buy dwarf water lilies (a mini version of the "floating leaves" 5:16) You only have to pay attention to the water depth of 10 to 20 cm.

[@jonward5288]

That enclosure is looking awsome cant wait to see what the crabs make off it 👍

[@poultryman4427]

The “ floating leaves” look like duckweed or that’s at least what it’s called in America😅🌿🦆

[@kennethwilliams6916]

Thanks I could not think of the dang name!

[@poultryman4427]

@@kennethwilliams6916 NP 😊

[@beaster9999]

Here in the UK we also call it duckweed. Its a nightmare as it spreads so quickly

[@illiji915]

i've always known them as lily pads

[@beaster9999]

@UCzcaXkETxCxXsz7HI-ulHDQ the lilly pads are the large plants at the beginning duckweed is what he collected at the end kinda looks like cress leaves

[@barbhelle5481]

We have a lot of those spiders in Kansas USA. Great find you had.

[@allthingsgreatandheathen5076]

I would probably say to separate the scorpion babies since my study began many years ago once they leave their mothers back and separating them had the best survival rate but waiting a few moly’s ended with more and more cannibalism. Hope this helps petko and loving the videos as usual :)

[@PoloElefante]

The floating leaves are called duckweed. pond snails love to eat it!

[@janPeja]

Wait.. you are decorating your garden with spiders? Genious!

[@roachy897]

These videos are so much fun too watch

[@BobaFett5052]

You can keep your Tityus stigmurus slings together with their mother. They can be kept communally in all stages mixed. They are even what could be called "social". I keep my 150 animals of this species in all mixed stages all together. So far never i have never seen any aggression. They even feed together on the same prey items.

[@matthewkennedy1800]

“ let’s find the spiders and get the hell out of here” I love you’re videos man it’s always something new and interesting

[@dmorgan0628]

Great video Petko, very interactive and we had a nice taste of different projects and species update. Keep up the good work man,

[@YJ-7]

Amazing video Petko 😁 Also just want to say congratulations and that I've been following your channel for a long time and I hope you get to one million soon.

[@plutoofdeath1013]

I call the zig zag spiders but there are actually called garden spiders we have them everywhere in Florida

[@SheMoon]

I was really surprised as I found this video (I am a relatively new follower), because I live in Vienna (Austria) at the border to lower Austria and I allways run through the woods around here with my dogs, looking for everything I find. So you can say, I know the most animals living around here.... OK, not the most of all existing, but the most of them you can see without digging, flying or run around with a microscope. 😅 About 14 years ago, I was on my prefered grassland, where I catch Warzenbeisser (Decticus verrucivorus, and Grüne Heupferde (Tettigonia viridissima), as feeding animal for my different pets. I was so focused on them, that I didn't realize that around me, there where everywhere these "new" spiders, with their characteristic zipper in their net. The problem was, I was in the middle of that grassland, wearing shorts an suddenly saw that on every square meter, there where minimum three webs with wasp spiders... and I am arachnophob... very fascinated... but jumping around screaming if a spider falls on me, or if I ran through her net. So there I stood, fascinated but stunned, because I had no Idea how to come home, without run through one of their nets. Two hours later, and completely wet, I was at home and searched for this spider, and there I read, that they are not really at home in Austria, but because of the climate warming a few were seen. I immediately called a Professor from the Naturhistorischem Museum, and told him what I found. He told me nearly the same like Google to that time, except that they aren't on the way to us rather since about five years found on special places in Austria, and that a bite from her is not nice, a friend of him was bitten as a wasp spider climbed up in his trousers and he tried her to get out. He said it is like a sting from a wasp, but it could last for three weeks. I never thought to see an animal in your videos which lives here, too. btw I love your videos and looking all through, day by day 😅. Greetings from SheMoon 😁

[@justmythought7658]

Wasp spiders are beautiful. I didn't even know they exist, then some time ago for one year they were everywhere, after that they were very rare and now it's been years since I saw one where I live. Strange.

[@BlueAnoli]

I do have 4 or 5 wasp spiders in my garden. They live directly at my house wall, not in the grass for whatever reason. Come over and get them all xD

[@tokmikal]

Dip the floating plants i carbonated water for like 15 min...och dip them quick in an 1 part bleach / 19 parts water and you should be fine! But rinse it good if you go with the bleach method.

[@tokmikal]

That's duvkweed btw....don't bring it inside! 😂 It's called the herpes of the aquarium hobby 😂

[@arjorn9121]

@@tokmikal It took me half a year to get rid of that stuff in my aquarium and he atually goes outside to collect it. 😂

[@mattwyrick8394]

You are lucky there. I've only seen one of those type spiders in the past three years. Too much insecticides in the GMO crops. I found one in my house last summer and put it in a box for that night. After I released it I never saw it again. We have plenty of those big brown orb spiders. One made it's web right across my back door the other night. I went out to put some cat food out for the feral cats and got one right in the face. Luckily they are mellow spiders because even if their venom isn't bad the mechanical bite looks like it would be painful.

[@claytonrupe377]

The area where you live looks so pretty. Im jealous

[@HDArachnids]

Love those webs, spiders can do some really awesome stuff

[@DeafHotdog]

Dear Petko, i have to thank you! The last year, i watched your videos to fight my arachnophobia. Well, in two weeks I will get my first tarantula: a cyriocosmus elegans female adult. (I know, it's a dwarf, but...you know... HEARTBUTT!) I'm so excited! Thank you for your passion, the ton of information and your love for these awesome kreatures! Greetings from germany! :)

[@LAUGHOUTLOUDPUPPETS]

i think the floating leaves are called duck weed. awsome. video as usual.

[@piv9976]

where I live they are everywhere,if you are afraid of spiders it's not a good idea to run through high grass here

[@anthonybowers6024]

Your wasp spider resembles our black & yellow garden spider here in the the states. A diurnal species with the same zig-zag webbing. I believe it's duckweed, check with Serpa Design. And the other weavers you spooked out of the leaves I suspect were a nocturnal species. Curious b/c the nocturnal species I've encountered tear down their webs every morning, & rebuild them every evening.

[@shikarifox4337]

Maybe you should put some sort of glass sculpture in the grass area, then you can say glass or grass and be right either way :D

[@anthonylemke284]

The obt has a nice hammock😂 also my Brachypelma hamori molted yesterday too☺️

[@kagehikari4281]

Love orb weavers! I had one for a sorta friend for a little while. She was like the first one you found and the last 2. Was a big girl. I miss her. I still have her remains in a box. Named her Charlotte. I would show my members I help where I work her on her web and teach about spiders. They love it when I show them stuff like that and talk about it. I recently found a cicada that JUST came out of the ground! I took photos of it and then let it sit on my screen and 2 hours later it molted! That was neat to see. Lots of nice shots. I think I have some of a really neat jumper somewhere I got up close with. Had these GORGEOUS green fangs. Are those little plants duckweed? They look like it to me. I want them for my tanks but im afraid my fish will eat them up like the water lettuces I tried. u_u Maybe I could set up some in my anole habitat im putting together so at least id have some safe. Well its anoles or another like it. I haven't decided.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Who knew baby scorpions could be so adorable

[@catneedham4913]

Right?? 👶🏼🦂

[@sandramorgan5817]

I believe they are garden orb Weaver spiders. Each one has a different pattern.

[@joelwhelans5293]

In Australia we call them at Andrews cross spiders

[@ColouredWithLove-Jane]

loved watching that petko! loved seeing the different spider species out and about locally, more so enjoyed seeing the assassin bugs thankyou! would love a feeding video with them and another night time feed with the tarantulas!

[@Exthias1983]

I've also heard they may do the zigzag pattern so birds don't fly through the web.

[@Andrewfulfulful]

This was the best Nature Adventure yet!

[@bellta_gamer4161]

The demons are afraid of this guy

[@37sddfe]

BELLTA_GAMER u r new here right? hahahaha

[@randomtube8226]

I know that i wouldn't mind a nature adventure every now and then.

[@RediKArC]

Great video as usual. Can't wait for the crabs though. They'll fit perfectly in this beautiful enclosure.

[@jom6829]

Wasp spiders are very pretty. Saw my first one a couple of years ago and it was big too.

[@sevenscrawleeze1854]

Love the "nature adventure" part! Can't you do more of that? It may be late but congratulations on your wedding. xD

[@dyukefundee]

8:50 may be some VELVET LADYBIRD spider

[@kristaduke7528]

I've never heard them be called a wasp spider. Where I'm from we call them zippers bc their webs look like zippers. I have an apple tree that a huge one has made their home lol

[@Mitchcraft.]

Will we get a video of you making your own egg sack risking your life to be possibly eaten now you are married 🤣 Thank you for updates on assassins, they are awesome and the babies look really cool with the same colours 🙂

[@philipingvar3652]

I don't think we want to see that jejeje

[@abedoesstuff542]

FINALLY!!! I got to see your vid minutes from uploading. Currently 3am here in the Philippines. You're one of my biggest influence for my decision to get Tarantulas. Unfortunately, quarantine stopped me from doing so. Thank you!

[@mgam9501]

We call the little leaves you put into your tank Duck Weed, it takes no time for it to multiple, so be warned!

[@IlhaanBlueAce]

Could you pls do more of it like a little serie where you potentially go and catch insects and spiders

[@tracybowling97]

We always called those spiders Banana Spiders. I don't know why? But yeah they look extremely scary!

[@overlordcacius]

This is the best nature adventure video I’ve ever seen.

[@mnine11]

Duckweed for the floating plants you found

[@wasgehtsiedasan9971]

8:34 looks like Araneus marmoreus f. pyramidata

[@20PINKluvr]

Theyre really pretty!!

[@LittleBarracuda]

Those darn wasp spooders made my early childhood hard, i wanted to keep all the animals i see as a pet so i would just try and grab it and where i live theres only very few spiders that can inflict a painful (for a child at least) bite and the wasp spider is one of them. Didnt collect any spooders anymore and sticked to snails, lizards and frogs :l

[@weswarden2216]

Never heard them called wasp spiders, ive always called them golden orb weavers or yellow garden spiders. Either way they r beautiful

[@Samantha10886]

I love these videos of you out in nature looking for animals 😊

[@vodaploda]

i found those in the South of France..cool. I wish i could send you the image of an orb spider i found in Western Australia!

[@twitch.tvsemakajohn]

King of DIY has a recent video on how to sterilize plants for new aquariums.

[@dudety20]

Id love to see more nature adventure videos

[@jzsldg-fan2984]

YESSSS I’ve been asking for more exploration videos for a while

[@st0n3p0ny]

Duckweed. Use it with caution. It will invade every other tank and you'll never get rid of it without quarantine practices.

[@Eddie_Halls_Left_Wrist_Strap]

I love tarantulas and other spider but webspiders and orb weavers are so horrifying and scary I would never touch them while I would let tarantulas walk all over me

[@peacemaker514]

So the water plant that you were looking for is called duck weed