Pyramid Orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus pyramidatus)

This is a female and she can lay up to several hundred eggs. Before the tiny golden spiderlings hatch out of their sacs in the Spring, they will shed their skin (known as molting). The amazing thing is they are born knowing how to make an orb web. When they are ready to live on their own they will spin strand of silk from a height and will get carried away by the breeze. This is known as ballooning! Wherever they land they will make a web.