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gamefreakgcb

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Apologize for the pic. Its dark out and I only have my cellphone. There are currently two of them and they are very quick with building webs between any structure. Are they dangerous or should I leave them be? :eek:

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Iron Woode

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just your average orbweb spider.

leave it alone. what's with all the hate or fear of spiders?
 
PottedMeat

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they're fine. they build a big web between places you walk during the night. around dawn they eat up the web and crawl under the eaves during the day.
 
xSkyDrAx

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they're harmless but that won't stop you from screaming like a girl when you walk in between one of their webs and find one crawling on you at the same time. have fun :)
 
sandorski

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My condolences to family/friends of the OP.

Some people just never learn....

:':)'(
 
Murloc

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I've seen something similar. It's also outside so no reason to kill it.
Just pay attention in the morning.
 
Jeeebus

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That's an East Rutherford orb spider. One of only a handful of orb spiders that are actually venomous. I'm surprised to see it outside at night though. They prefer a drier, climate-controlled environment and are usually found indoors in bedrooms. For the most part, they don't make webs until they're just about ready to lay their eggs. For that, they usually look for something like an ear of somebody or something sleeping, crawl inside, lay their eggs without the sleeper knowing, and then take off before morning. Takes about 3 weeks, but the result is, well, something I'd rather not describe.

But I wouldn't worry about eggs unless there's somehow 2 of them around. That's rare, so you should be safe.
 
rh71

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PottedMeat said:
they're fine. they build a big web between places you walk during the night. around dawn they eat up the web and crawl under the eaves during the day.
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one morning I walked into the thickest nastiest web I'd ever experienced. From that day forth I swore to kill any spider I come across that is outside of any crevice or corner. The last one I killed it was building on top of our patio furniture. I don't think so pal. RIP. These days I walk through a lot of outdoor areas with my arm in front of my face. Oh and the basement too. Can't stand it. I wouldn't say I'm not an outdoor person, just not a nature's insects person.
 
W.C. Nimoy

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I'm going to piggy back this one on the OP's request.

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Not the most ridiculous bug I've seen, compared to some of the human head sized moths from when I lived in a forest for a while, but still. Looks much less impressive here. I wasn't about to hold a golf ball next to it to demonstrate its massiveness. Any clue?
 
NFS4

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rh71 said:
one morning I walked into the thickest nastiest web I'd ever experienced. From that day forth I swore to kill any spider I come across that is outside of any crevice or corner. The last one I killed it was building on top of our patio furniture. I don't think so pal. RIP. These days I walk through a lot of outdoor areas with my arm in front of my face. Oh and the basement too. Can't stand it. I wouldn't say I'm not an outdoor person, just not a nature's insects person.
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I walked into THREE yesterday afternoon. That feeling you get when you walk into one is one of the must repulsing known to mankind.
 
DrPizza

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NFS4 said:
I walked into THREE yesterday afternoon. That feeling you get when you walk into one is one of the must repulsing known to mankind.
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That's only because in the first 0.5 seconds of walking into one, you're thinking, "omg, where is the spider. OMG, where's the spider?! If he crawls on my face, I'm going to scream like a little girl. <fight or flight response in the vocal cords as they tension up>"
 
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MisterJackson

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I've only seen two, maybe three of those per year around my house usually, but this year, there are a ton of them.

We've had record high rain, and I'm assuming it has something to do with that. I leave them alone. They're beneficial. Although this year I have had to destroy a web or two (always feel really bad about that) because they build them where we walk. My GF hates them, and it's taken me awhile to convince her they're harmless. She wanted me to spray them, but I hate doing that.

They seem to love hanging out in this Cedar tree on my property. I shit you not, there were six different webs going from the lower branches to the ground on just one single tree.
 
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DrunkenSano

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Jeeebus said:
That's an East Rutherford orb spider. One of only a handful of orb spiders that are actually venomous. I'm surprised to see it outside at night though. They prefer a drier, climate-controlled environment and are usually found indoors in bedrooms. For the most part, they don't make webs until they're just about ready to lay their eggs. For that, they usually look for something like an ear of somebody or something sleeping, crawl inside, lay their eggs without the sleeper knowing, and then take off before morning. Takes about 3 weeks, but the result is, well, something I'd rather not describe.

But I wouldn't worry about eggs unless there's somehow 2 of them around. That's rare, so you should be safe.
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I lol'd.
 
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