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Post by jamesp on Aug 27, 2013 9:26:20 GMT -5
A common hot tempered Georgia wasp trying to enter a carnivorous plant  A 'Dirt Dauber'. They make mud nests on overhangs. And any where in an open barn. A real pain. Non-aggressive. To jittery to get close to.  Bumble bee,also non aggressive  Weird spider   Another weird spider  Common water spider  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 27, 2013 9:42:12 GMT -5
You've got some pretty freaky looking spiders down in Georgia, James. First spider loks like a Long-jawed orb weaver, and the bullhead-shaped one an arrow-shaped Micrathena. Strange looking dudes!
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Post by Pat on Aug 27, 2013 9:59:48 GMT -5
rockpickerforever, yes freaky and creepy! Hoping the bee doesn't get eaten; the others: ok!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 27, 2013 10:03:22 GMT -5
Pat, I've got a lot of different type spiders in my yard (and house!). The only ones I make a point to kill are the black widows. They are everywhere in this neighborhood. Park a car on the street for just a few days, and you get black widows pulling webs out to the ground. Looks like they are holding the car down. Must be careful when walking the dog, so I don't run into them.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 27, 2013 11:49:26 GMT -5
You got it right Jean-a much better photo from Yahoo.Thanks for ID  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2013 12:06:32 GMT -5
I always thought it would be cool to have an aquarium for a water spider. Feed her fish & tadpoles.....
Thanks photoman.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 27, 2013 12:13:03 GMT -5
Long jawed orb weaver LOL That spider would be attracted to orbs and spheres??? Yahoo image. I see those long jaws. Common around wetlands. They eat blind mosquito swarms at Lake George When the blind mosquitos swarm they fly at night and sound like B-52 bombers flying over. Then they die and smell like dead meat and leave long jawed spider webs on everything in site. Spiders eat them but leave everything coated in spider webs. Set your house back from the shoreline helps but the winds can force them into the forest and all over even a set back house.  |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 27, 2013 12:15:55 GMT -5
Scott, water spiders are cool critters. They are great hunters and have mega clutches of babies.
I wonder how much space they need. They seem to cover a lot of territory.
I am thinking Pat would enjoy a pet water spider.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 27, 2013 12:21:03 GMT -5
I got Black Widows Jean-almost only when a black nursery pot is left laying upside down. They love that habitat. I have been bit several times and it was a stinging feeling.
But i never had a reaction. I must not have gotten injected well.
Wow, sounds like they are way common in your hood. They may be more poisonous out your way.
Like our scorpion is a minor sting, but western ones are highly poisonous.
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Post by Pat on Aug 27, 2013 13:10:08 GMT -5
jamesp I am thinking Pat would enjoy a pet water spider. Think again! They remind me of wolf? spiders the size of a tennis ball. We had one in the house above the stair case. I had to go under it (gave me the creeps) to inform husband of the intruder. We've also had two outside in a shed. Little bugs/spiders are fine. I dropped out of economics in college because I wouldn't return to the classroom. The pesty fly on my ankle was not a fly. Big grasshopper. Grabbed books and ran. Never went back.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 27, 2013 13:25:32 GMT -5
James, I agree, they do seem to like the nursery pots. The ones we have out here are brown as well as black. I found one once that had a light colored pattern on its back, didn't know it was a widow until I saw the red hourglass on the underside of the abdomen. Never been bit by one, though.    egg cases - Look like WWI underwater mines   Yep, includes me.  According to the UC Riverside website, they became established in Southern California in early 2000. In fact the CISR (Center for Invasive Species Research) at the university is currently (summer 2013) doing a research project and is asking for people to send them live Brown widow spiders. Here's the link, if you'd like to help out: 2013 Brown Widow Research at UC RiversideOn another creepy bug note I used to keep one of these in a one gallon jar in my bathroon about 25 years ago. We fed it crickets.   I hear you can shine a black light out in the desert, and these suckers will glow. The one I had was caught when my dune buggy broke down a little way from camp, and all I was wearing (on my feet) was flip flops. It pays to be prepared, at least wear tennis shoes when you leave camp, never know if you'll have a break down. |
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Post by Pat on Aug 27, 2013 14:28:37 GMT -5
rockpickerforeverAre those scorpions? In the Clear Creek area of San Benito County (CA), there are many scorpions and of course, benitoite (state gem). Unfortunately? scorpions fluoresce the same blue as the benitoite. Re black widows : it would be more convenient if the red hourglass were on the top side...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2013 14:42:02 GMT -5
rockpickerforever . Not sure why they call them "Brown Widow". Geometric widow is a better name. Latroodectus geometricus. They are replacing our natives. Love the egg sack!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 27, 2013 15:20:04 GMT -5
Pat - yes, we had a desert hairy scorpion. I've seen a video on YouTube where somebody is handling one - not something I would care to do. Watching it eat a cricket was neat - and kinda gross - at the same time. Yes, it would be helpful if the hourglass were on the back side. Would make a better warning. @shotgunner - They don't all have the patterning, some of them are just brown. Seems they tend to have more of a pattern when they are juvenile. The first one I ever saw was very patterned, just a little one, I was pulling the thread and suspending it in the sir. That's when I saw the hourglass, and knew to leave it alone (actually, I smashed it!). Probably didn't have fangs long or tough enough to get through the callouses on my hands and hurt me. But the bigger ones, watch out! I might go catch some, and send them to UC Riverside to research. And, of course, we still have the well-known all-black ones with the hourglass.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2013 15:36:31 GMT -5
I have a friend works for "Vector Control" they are the ones studying insects and spiders and invasives...
Los Angeles County VC was calling for specimens for awhile to document the spread of the new species. Reptile stores are a great place for widows. We found both species at that time. A year later the Western Widows were gone and only Geometrics were there.
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Post by Pat on Aug 27, 2013 15:40:12 GMT -5
I really like etymology.
Avoid entymology.
It's good we all have different likes.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2013 15:57:19 GMT -5
My wife is a "words with friends" maven. I wont play it with her. She kicks my @ss! lol
Kidlet too!
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Post by jamesp on Aug 27, 2013 16:20:25 GMT -5
Never knew there is a brown widow. You say introduced? Shiny black w/ deep red triangle or hour glass is all i see.
The yellowish scorpion is scary looking. In the bathroom eh Jean? Do scorpions get in your houses? They then get in shoes here.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2013 16:23:46 GMT -5
Being a fellow Californian, Jean's answer will interest me, but y'all need to ask Sabre52 about scorps in the house. |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 27, 2013 16:27:30 GMT -5
Science has lots to do with latin prefixes and descriptions. Helps to know latin for many situations. Plant ID is just about impossible to comprehend unless you got the latin down well.
I have to say Pat that bugs are some amazing organisms. Robotic and made out of plastic. Sounds like they bug you:>
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