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17 Aug 12 - 04:36 PM (#3391497) Subject: BS: Resident entimologist? From: kendall I just saw a very unusual spider and wondered if any of us knows spiders? It's rather large, black with a gold design on its back. |
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17 Aug 12 - 04:44 PM (#3391500) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: GUEST,999 Garden orb weaver? Try that in Google images and see. |
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17 Aug 12 - 04:46 PM (#3391501) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: pdq entomologist: studies insects etimologist: studies basis of words arachnologist : studies spiders |
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17 Aug 12 - 05:05 PM (#3391506) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: pdq The Golden Orb Weaver makes a circular web that is stretched between tree branches, usually about head high. They show up in Summer and can grow to a rather impressive size. |
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17 Aug 12 - 06:02 PM (#3391521) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: Bill D http://www.insectidentification.org/spiders.asp http://www.spiders.us/articles/identification/ |
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17 Aug 12 - 06:34 PM (#3391538) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: gnu If it's got four peg legs and four eye patches, it's a pirate spider. Harrrrrrrrrrrrr |
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17 Aug 12 - 06:51 PM (#3391548) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: GUEST,999 Read the following from one of Bill's links and I'm glad I didn't have a mouthful of liquid at the time. It was in the How to Classify Your Spider section: "Eyes Of much importance are the eyes of the spider. How many does it have? How are they arranged? How does each eye's size compare to those around it? Most folks who are afraid of spiders don't want to get close enough to look at a spider's eyes, so consider getting a spouse . . . to do so." |
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17 Aug 12 - 07:17 PM (#3391556) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: kendall It's an orb weaver. Thanks Guest 999. |
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17 Aug 12 - 07:27 PM (#3391560) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: Bobert I love spiders and the orb weavers are some of the prettiest around... We have some varieties down here in the South... I believe there are hundreds of different species of these guys... All seem to be colorful... B~ |
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17 Aug 12 - 07:28 PM (#3391561) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: Jeri I was just telling someone about a spider & web I'd seen in S. Korea. The web spanned the distance between a guy's house and his shed, which was 4' - 5'. These spiders grew pretty big there, and in Texas. I've seen them here, but they're not quite as enormous. |
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17 Aug 12 - 08:14 PM (#3391579) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: Bill D ",,,so consider getting a spouse . . . to do so." My spouse would be out taking closeup pics of it.... |
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17 Aug 12 - 09:31 PM (#3391609) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: Rapparee I believe that's "etymologist". But I'd like to know what that spider is that's all black except for a red hour-glass sort of thingy on it that bit me when I was contemplating in the back house this afternoon. |
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17 Aug 12 - 10:07 PM (#3391622) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: pdq Black Widow |
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17 Aug 12 - 10:21 PM (#3391626) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: GUEST,999 Helluva last post to Mudcat, Rap. |
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17 Aug 12 - 11:19 PM (#3391654) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: Stilly River Sage I have tarantulas living in the yard - their holes are distinct and if I went out with a flashlight now they'd be nearby or perched in the opening waiting for dinner to pass by. But I'd have to lock up the dogs because I can't go look at anything without them tagging along, as dogs will do. I think what you're calling the golden orb spider must be a relative of the Argiope in Texas (more info here), a large spider that works the web day and night (a lot of the other large web spiders around here put them up and night and pull most of the strands down by day, leaving just one very high and long one to start over again the next night). The argiope web is distinctive because they build a zigzag line into it. The tarantulas are always here, some of the other spiders seem to appear for a couple of years then disappear for a while. SRS |
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17 Aug 12 - 11:40 PM (#3391659) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: gnu "... if I went out with a flashlight now they'd be nearby or perched in the opening waiting for dinner to pass by." If I went out with my hockey stick they'd be on ice. |
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18 Aug 12 - 05:11 AM (#3391700) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: GUEST,Eliza Our neighbour has been cutting down a huge hedge close to our sitting room window. MASSIVE and TERRIFYING spiders have been showing up all over the house reducing me to apoplexy and loud screams. I've never in my life seen such big ones. I assume the buggers used to live in the hedge and are seeking accommodation with us. If this goes on I'll be wheeled away to a secure mental institution. I suppose they might be these orb weaver jobbies. But I'm sorry to say they're now DEAD orb weavers as my husband has swiftly killed 'em. |
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18 Aug 12 - 05:17 AM (#3391704) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: GUEST,Eliza By the way, I believe spiders are arthropods and arachnids, so not technically insects. What does one call someone who studies spiders? (A total lunatic?) I know what you're all thinking: ignorant woman killing innocent and lovely creatures. But it's a completely irrational phobia over which I have no control. When I say they terrify me, it's an understatement. Sorry, but I just can't help it. |
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18 Aug 12 - 05:26 AM (#3391711) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: Henry Krinkle I like spiders. Especially jumping spiders. You know, I noticed when I play my guitar my fingers look like a tarantula. I have long bony fingers. (:-( ))= |
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18 Aug 12 - 06:53 AM (#3391744) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: Bat Goddess August seems to be National Spider Month (or at least New Hampshire Spider Month). I've been morxing off house spiders at an alarming clip. (No wonder it's raining!) I really don't mind these daddy long legs-type spiders, but their cobwebs are getting very annoying -- we have rough cut dark posts and beams and they have to be brushed off with a stiff brush; vacuum is useless. All sizes from barely able to see to half dollar sized (including long legs -- bodies are quite small except, I think, the pregnant female I squished in the bathroom a few minutes ago). Linn |
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18 Aug 12 - 11:53 AM (#3391835) Subject: RE: BS: Resident entimologist? From: GUEST,999 Elephant facing off against a Giant Grey Spider. |
