While working in the yard, MBC spotted this little fella. He's about two inches end to end. I think we will name him Freddy.
Found a cute furry critter in our yard
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You find any hobbits trapped in her web?I Are Baboon said:
How do you know it's a guy spider?
We house-sat for my wife's uncle in the last few summers. Those spiders are EVERWHERE around his house. (as well as wolf and red house spiders).
The cool thing is they would build a web in the middle of the night - SPANNING THE ENTIRE FRONT PORCH. Real nice surprise in the morning running out the door for work.
The cool thing is they would build a web in the middle of the night - SPANNING THE ENTIRE FRONT PORCH. Real nice surprise in the morning running out the door for work.
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Edit: DHG should be dropping in here any time now...lol!
Edit: DHG should be dropping in here any time now...lol!
Don't worry - I doubt IAB asked the babe for her permission.Pau11y said:Stolen for my new Avatar
He's like the friggin' paparazzi.
Cool, they are not poisonous.PonySoldier said:
Heh heh...sweet.Pau11y said:Stolen for my new Avatar
Edit: DHG should be dropping in here any time now...lol!
We typically call those "writing spiders" you can often find words written in the web with the heavier weaving they use. Old wives tale was if you saw your name in a writing spiders web you would be dead before sundown. They are also super fun to run into on the trail at mach 1, on a sketchy downhill with a 6 foot drop at the bottom...
Well, yeah, most spiders aren't.I Are Baboon said:
I'll bet it's even better when a yellowjacket goes down your shirt on that DH.Bushwhacker said:
uh i had that happen once at diablo. somehow made it past my chest protector and stung me right in the middle of the chest. i was just about to get air on this jump. weirdest thingSkaredShtles said:I'll bet it's even better when a yellowjacket goes down your shirt on that DH.
That's the ONLY spider that I don't freak out about.
I grew up in upstate NY, and they were everywhere.
I grew up in upstate NY, and they were everywhere.
Sometimes if you wave your hand or something around one they will start swinging the web to try to scare you off!
Cool spider. I have similar ones in my yard but they have long skinny abdomens. Same zig zag in the web.
I saw this and thought it was the return of Lisa the 'possum.
Bastard!
like Zuckerman's Famous Pig??? What...is that spider Charlotte or something? Charlotte...the only cool spider in the world...Bushwhacker said:
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"These spiders have relatively poor vision, but are quite sensitive to vibration and air currents. Males communicate with potential mates by plucking and vibrating the females' webs. (Dewey, 1993)"PonySoldier said:
Male spiders serenading with her harps to get her attention. Neat.
My daughter played Joy , a Baby spider in a Production of Charlotes web :love:dh girlie said:
she is an Aspiring little actress
Shes the one sitting on the stage. :love:
Hey, that spider is still sitting there after a day and a half. Maybe it died there?
We can only hope...I Are Baboon said:
I've been leaving the outside lights on to attract moths to help fatten up this little guy up.
my turn ... taken a few weeks ago. the bike was down for an hour.
You cant see the spider, but you can see the web on my helmet AFTER I RAN THROUGH IT
Yuck
Yuck
nice additions to this thread! The spider in my first pic was there for about a month, but she's gone now. I wonder where she went. I hope she comes back. 
I ran over a frog with my lawnmower a couple weeks ago. I didn't mean to. I was mowing when suddenly I saw frog parts shoot out from under the mower. He was big fella, too.
I ran over a frog with my lawnmower a couple weeks ago. I didn't mean to. I was mowing when suddenly I saw frog parts shoot out from under the mower. He was big fella, too.
Ewwwwww!!!I Are Baboon said:nice additions to this thread! The spider in my first pic was there for about a month, but she's gone now. I wonder where she went. I hope she comes back.
I ran over a frog with my lawnmower a couple weeks ago. I didn't mean to. I was mowing when suddenly I saw frog parts shoot out from under the mower. He was big fella, too.
Loved watching my dog play with the frogs in our yard as a kid. They totally mesmerized him. Every time they jumped, he'd get startled, didn't matter how many times in a row it happened....lol! Then he'd look all sad when they finally jumped away for good!
I saw a spider like that in the desert of southern california last week, but it had a red designs on it...sorta looked like 2 triangles up against each other at the points...cool stuff.
like this?
that's a black widow.
that's a black widow.
ya thats it!