Leucauge decorata - Decorative silver orb spider - Animal India

Decorative silver orb spider or Leucauge Decorata (blackwall, 1864) is a medium to large, slender orb weaver with a silver back or upper surface of the abdomen and a striped green underneath of the abdomen, a long separation between the spinnerets and the rear end of the abdomen, found in low vegetation or shrubs in shaded, often grasses, from about 30cm to 2m above the ground in a slanted web inclined at about 15-30 degrees off the horizontal and moist environments. The venom of this kind of spider is considered not harmful to humans. A Decorative silver orb spider (Leucauge decorata) sits perched on a Lantana (an invasive species feeding considered to be noxious weeds) leaf to catch prey in a forest at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 10/11/2024.