cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Sept 6, 2016 11:24:38 GMT -5
This time of year we get some spiders that are pretty decent sized. That door trim is 4.5 inches for scale
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Post by Garage Rocker on Sept 6, 2016 13:05:30 GMT -5
Snakes, fine, but spiders give me the heebie jeebies. I think it's all those tiny little eyes.
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Post by Toad on Sept 6, 2016 13:33:39 GMT -5
Snakes, fine, but spiders give me the heebie jeebies. I think it's all those tiny little eyes. Hairy legs for me. Ew!
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shermandukejewelry
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Post by shermandukejewelry on Sept 6, 2016 14:19:26 GMT -5
Have one in my front yard that' 4" or so long. Looks like a black & yellow garden spider. I have long legged, small bodied closet siders inside. They help with gnats and fles. I spray Off where they are not allowed.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 6, 2016 17:25:35 GMT -5
Spiders,hate them...but if they leave me alone,I leave them alone...
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ubermenehune
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Post by ubermenehune on Sept 6, 2016 17:54:48 GMT -5
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cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Sept 6, 2016 20:44:12 GMT -5
that one was a hobo, so I had to kill it...aggressive, with a semi-venomous bite. Gets up on haunches and lunges at you.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Sept 6, 2016 21:04:44 GMT -5
This is a pretty big spider. The body was almost as big as a marble. It's an orb weaving spider. My favorite spiders to take picture of are the tiny jumping spiders. It's hard to keep them still, but they're sort of cute. They remind me of ewoks.
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Post by Pat on Sept 6, 2016 21:21:21 GMT -5
that one was a hobo, so I had to kill it...aggressive, with a semi-venomous bite. Gets up on haunches and lunges at you. Interesting! Never heard of a spider that did that. Hope to never see one. Glad you did it in.
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Post by Pat on Sept 6, 2016 21:24:01 GMT -5
Those four-eyed jumping spiders are cute! stoner found some in his back yard. I think they had blue eyes. Really! lol
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Post by spiceman on Sept 6, 2016 21:26:03 GMT -5
The only good spider, is the one under my gym shoe.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Sept 6, 2016 21:38:42 GMT -5
I leave 'em be outside the house, though I despise a web to the face as I walk about at night. In the house, I agree with spiceman .
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dottyt
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Post by dottyt on Sept 6, 2016 23:40:44 GMT -5
When I was growing up I was always told that spiders in the house bring good luck. (Granted, I don't think any lunging, biting, venomous types were native to the area.)
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bushmanbilly
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Post by bushmanbilly on Sept 7, 2016 12:56:41 GMT -5
Found this critter in my yard. About 2 inches toe to toe. Never seen one like this before. Any ideas what it is.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 7, 2016 14:50:57 GMT -5
Bushman, that one is an argiope, a type of orb weaver. I have found the silver argiope here in my yard. That one looks to be a Banded Argiope.
Cool to have around. The one in my yard stayed out of the way. I would toss crickets into its web on occasion.
The only spiders I will kill in my yard are the black and brown widows, everything else is good. But I don't much care for walking into webs at head level, lol.
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Post by Pat on Sept 7, 2016 15:01:33 GMT -5
Opinion: most little spiders are cute. Most big spiders are not cute.
Harmful and harmless in both categories
If the spider is outside, I leave it alone; that is where it lives. However, if inside, I don't leave it alone; that is where I live.
I don't really know how to identify the ok spiders, so I give them all a wide berth.
Husband reminds me that we are bigger. I ask him to get those that are 2" across. I think it was a jumping wolf spider. Yikes!
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Sept 7, 2016 15:15:28 GMT -5
A while back I had to relocate this big girl from where she had taken up residence under the handle of our garbage bin. I took her out to the far corner of our yard and dumped her over the fence into my neighbor's woodpile haha. Black widows are just a way of life in our area - and most of CA. You just come to know they everywhere and you act accordingly.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2016 15:31:08 GMT -5
Here in my area the common Black Widow such as Tommy presents are being replaced by an African import. The Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricusEasily distinguished!
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Sept 7, 2016 15:38:36 GMT -5
ouch ... when Jean said "brown widow" I thought she was talking about males. That's a nasty looking bugger right dere haha.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2016 22:03:06 GMT -5
ouch ... when Jean said "brown widow" I thought she was talking about males. That's a nasty looking bugger right dere haha. Down here they seem to outcompete the native widow. I still have blacks, but see browns not far away.
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