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Couple of spider pics
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Frank Pinello
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Nice photos. Those spiders are like art.
Spiders give me the heebie jeebies. When my son had his pet shop he was showing me a really cranky tarantula. If you put anything in it's vivarium it would attack it. He put a ball point pen in the viv and the spider bit it and left venom marks. Then it jumped out of the vivarium and we all scattered. He had to get a net to get it back in the viv. Not my idea of a fun pet. But the spider pics are awesome, especially since they are hundreds of miles away from my yard.
I can't say I am real fond of spiders, neither, but some can be photogenic. I especially don't like the surprise of walking face first into a web. We have a particular type of spider around here that only spins it's web when it gets dark. Then apparently takes it up in the morning. So just because you walked between those two trees just a couple of hours ago when it was light, doesn't mean there isn't a spider web there now when the sun has gone down.
I went bonkers as a child when one of those black & yellow orb weavers got on my pants leg after I was running through the field near our house. My uncle happened to be over and he told me to stop trying to get the huge spider off my pants, as it won't hurt me. He picked the spider up by the fat body and placed it on his tongue to show it was harmless.
All it did was gross me out, I thought he was eating it.
All it did was gross me out, I thought he was eating it.
Frank Pinello
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I've had and maybe still do one of the night time web builders. Used to spin a large web between my house and a adjacent oak tree. My wife and I would check on it after dark each night and in the morning it would be gone like it was never there. It last about a week and never seen it again.
Frank Pinello
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I like the green one.
I believe that one is a Green Lynx Spider. We see them often around here just hanging around on plants. Matter of fact, this one was still in the same basic area on the same plant when I looked today. So food must be plentiful for it.
Yeah, I can't say I would be very happy about having that spider jump onto the back of my neck.
It is supposed to be a "fishing spider" and mostly associated with living near water. I guess we have been getting a lot of rain lately. This one is on the screen enclosure surrounding our back porch. Except for the swimming pool, not much in the way of standing water anywhere nearby.
It is supposed to be a "fishing spider" and mostly associated with living near water. I guess we have been getting a lot of rain lately. This one is on the screen enclosure surrounding our back porch. Except for the swimming pool, not much in the way of standing water anywhere nearby.
I was weeding the flowers and noticed a tunnel in the ground, about an inch in diameter. It looked like it went straight down. Naturally, I couldn't leave it alone and had to dig it up to see what was inside. I found out, it was a huge spider that jumped on my hand. I sent it flying 20 feet in the air. Now I know what makes the burrows. I guess it was a wolf spider, but I wasn't going to try to locate it again to find out.
Dragonling
Doesn't do "casual"
Those are all, in order:
Arrow-shaped Orbweaver (Micrathena sagittata)
Golden Silk Orbweaver (Nephila clavipes)
Whitebanded Fishing Spider (Dolomedes albineus)
Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans)
and LOLDUNNO. Can't find a comparison photo and now I have company. It's going to bug me so I'll look it up later.
Arrow-shaped Orbweaver (Micrathena sagittata)
Golden Silk Orbweaver (Nephila clavipes)
Whitebanded Fishing Spider (Dolomedes albineus)
Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans)
and LOLDUNNO. Can't find a comparison photo and now I have company. It's going to bug me so I'll look it up later.
I've got a species of spider that I see around here every now and again that has a sort of fluorescent triangular shaped patch on it. Only seem to see it at night when it is reflecting light from that patch. Probably would be tough getting a good photo of it, though. IF I were so inclined to go out at night looking for one. Kind of hard to swat at mosquitoes when you've got 10 pounds or so (I'm just guessing) of camera gear in your hands.
SnakeCreations
Ophiolatress
I'm not fond of spiders, but boy those are some nice photos!
Dragonling
Doesn't do "casual"
I think the last one might be a Basilica Orb Weaver (Mecynogea lemniscata). Most have red underbellies but I found a few photos that are similar to yours.
Actually the last and next to the last pics are of the same spider. Some unlucky bug got distracted by my presence there and unfortunately was not looking where it was going and got caught up in the web while I was taking photos of that spider.
If I am not mistaken, it is a common yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia)
If I am not mistaken, it is a common yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia)
We do seem to have a bunch of photogenic spiders around here. I'm still trying to find one type that I saw quite a few years ago when we first moved down here. I was shaped and styled pretty much like a jumping spider, but much MUCH larger. And it was bright red. Kind of resembled a velvet ant. But I have only seen the one, and never another since then.
Dragonling
Doesn't do "casual"
Mm yes, you're right. I didn't think the belly pattern quite matched, but it does.
Apache jumper maybe? https://bugguide.net/node/view/85166
Yes! From what I can recall, yes, that is exactly what I saw. Thanks for looking it up for me. Now I just have to see another on and get a photo of it.