Another spider thread..........

[Kaspian]

I have three stalls outside my storage building behind my house. I went into the first stall to get some junk out. I was walking out of it and as soon I turned to my left to go into the next stall I was face to "back side" of this spider.

Does any of you know what type it is? I walked away, grab the camera, took the pic and just left it there.


Spider

 

[WingZero94]

In my house it'd be a genus 'squasheus deadius' - but I just hate spiders.

 

[marleymarl]

golden orb weaver

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Wow thats really exotic... Almost looks like a butterfly

 

[Gigantopithecus]

It's a yellow garden spider, Argiope aurantia.

Edit: Description on the UMMZ ADW.

 

[Kaspian]

Originally posted by: Gigantopithecus
It's a yellow garden spider, Argiope aurantia.

Edit: Description on the UMMZ ADW.

I'm glad I left it there then. Hopefully it'll catch some bugs I walked by the storage building this morning and the spider still there

Thanks for the info:thumbsup:

 

[ohtwell]

I always thought those were called Banana Spiders! They have beautiful webs!


: ) Amanda

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: ohtwell
I always thought those were called Banana Spiders! They have beautiful webs!


: ) Amanda

thats what i call them

 

[danzigrules]

Originally posted by: alien42

Originally posted by: ohtwell
I always thought those were called Banana Spiders! They have beautiful webs!


: ) Amanda

thats what i call them

same here

 

[jonmcc33]

Bah, that's nothing. When I moved down to Florida I found a few of these making a home in my garage. Not more than a month later I found one of these attacking some beetle near the water filtration system on the side of my home.

I'll take your harmless spider any day.

 

[Kaspian]

Originally posted by: jonmcc33
Bah, that's nothing. When I moved down to Florida I found a few of these making a home in my garage. Not more than a month later I found one of these attacking some beetle near the water filtration system on the side of my home.

I'll take your harmless spider any day.

Where I live (in the "sticks") black widows are really common. You dont have to look to hard to find them. All I have to do is walk in or around my storage building or the two sheds. I normally leave them alone. Now, if they are around the house or the yard (where the kids play), sorry.............."squash." I really like spiders. But the only one that I have no simpathy for is the freaking brown recluse. They are alittle more difficult to spot. Normally they "find" you (lol). Their bite is freaking nasty. I have found two of those fuckers in the house......and once again.............."squash.............squash."

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: danzigrules

Originally posted by: alien42

Originally posted by: ohtwell
I always thought those were called Banana Spiders! They have beautiful webs!


: ) Amanda

thats what i call them

same here

well you're all thinking of the wrong spider.
this is a banana spider.

edit:
all orb weavers have beautiful webs. In my parents back yard, a Cross Orb Weaver has taken up residence on the corner of the deck stars, and has been there for some 2 months now. thing almost always had an elegant web, unless it was destroyed for some various reason. in that case, the next day you will find a beautiful web that is spun overnight.
as much as I hate spiders, I love orb weavers as they are great for the yard. They help take care of pests.

 

[Sphexi]

I don't usually bother with spiders. My wife generally finds them for me, then promptly alerts me to their presence about .5 seconds later with a blood curdling scream. Then I have to catch it and release it outside, because killing things is wrong. Or something like that.

 

[jonmcc33]

Originally posted by: Kaspian

Originally posted by: jonmcc33
Bah, that's nothing. When I moved down to Florida I found a few of these making a home in my garage. Not more than a month later I found one of these attacking some beetle near the water filtration system on the side of my home.

I'll take your harmless spider any day.

Where I live (in the "sticks") black widows are really common. You dont have to look to hard to find them. All I have to do is walk in or around my storage building or the two sheds. I normally leave them alone. Now, if they are around the house or the yard (where the kids play), sorry.............."squash." I really like spiders. But the only one that I have no simpathy for is the freaking brown recluse. They are alittle more difficult to spot. Normally they "find" you (lol). Their bite is freaking nasty. I have found two of those fuckers in the house......and once again.............."squash.............squash."

These weren't near some storage shed. The water filter system was a 15 feet from my daughter's bedroom window. Black widows can kill a 5 year old child.

 

[jonmcc33]

Originally posted by: Sphexi
I don't usually bother with spiders. My wife generally finds them for me, then promptly alerts me to their presence about .5 seconds later with a blood curdling scream. Then I have to catch it and release it outside, because killing things is wrong. Or something like that.

Killing people is wrong. Spiders are meant to die, that's why egg sacs have hundreds of em.

 

[Kaspian]

Originally posted by: jonmcc33

These weren't near some storage shed. The water filter system was a 15 feet from my daughter's bedroom window. Black widows can kill a 5 year old child.

Time to "spring clean" your house more often.:laugh: