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 07/17/2006 11:57:02 PM · #26
ew...spiders...

How bout some "Writing" spiders aka Garden Spiders...we have a bunch of thess at work and they do some interesting web work.

07/18/2006 12:09:09 AM · #27
My husband had a wolf spider in his ear one morning when he woke up.. he was in the bathroom getting ready for the day standing in front of the mirror and had noticed it sounded like he had water in his ear.. out walks a huge wolf spider and drops down into the sink..

no photo from me just nasty story :D (sorry for the shudders and horrid nightmares)
 07/18/2006 01:19:08 AM · #28
Originally posted by sacredspirit:
OK, so a wolfy it is. The part of missouri Im in (the backwoods), a wolf spider don't have the dots, or not typically anyway.

I think they have what would resemble a violin on their back. They are flat looking, and very large spread, and I think some of them could take a shot with a .22 and live. I'd rather be in the room with an alligator.

Thanks for the nightmares mates. Especially the one where I see a close up of those eight devil eyes, (do I see a camera in one of those eyes?)


Without a picture of what you're describing, it's hard to tell.....but violin shapes on the backs of spiders are generally BAD things!!! There's a family of poisonous spiders nicknamed "fiddlebacks" because of markings similar to what you describe.
 07/18/2006 01:28:08 AM · #29
Originally posted by dacrazyrn:
Have a Black Widow out front in a jar fattening up for a photo shoot too.

They get quite big too:


(yes, it's real)
 07/18/2006 05:07:18 AM · #30
Originally posted by BradP:
Originally posted by dacrazyrn:
Have a Black Widow out front in a jar fattening up for a photo shoot too.

They get quite big too:


(yes, it's real)


Oooohhh, she's absolutely beautiful!! :)

Here's my wolfie;


Message edited by author 2006-07-18 05:24:42.
 07/21/2006 09:54:47 PM · #31
And, now that this thread has died for a while, I come in to say that I've learned it's a garden spider :D
 07/21/2006 10:24:34 PM · #32
Originally posted by neophyte:
Originally posted by scalvert:
It's a wolf spider. Lots of them around my house.


Wait a minute, I live in CT too... I've never seen these...


I see them all the time around here- sometimes over 3" in diameter. They keep the deer at bay. ;-)
 07/21/2006 10:35:14 PM · #33
Ok you want to be freeked out? Last year my husband was out in his work shop and ran in the house yelling " come out here you have to see this". On the way out he said "The biggest wolf spider I ever saw came out when I moved a box. So I dropped a box on it and you have to look at this thing to belive just how big it is." So I had to look. He picked up the 40lb box he dropped on the thing, and yes it was a BIG one. As we were looking over the corpse of the spider I said why is the ground moving. HOLY CRAP the thing was full of babies. Yes the ground was black with little spiders. We were stomping and my husband tryed to kill them with beer, not sure it worked. Do not smash a big one in your house. CB
 07/21/2006 10:50:24 PM · #34


A small huntsman that came to one of our BBQ's a couple of years ago. We get quite a few or these over summer...



Not a spider, but we get lots of these in shadows etc.. They are a native of NZ, called a Weta.



Phoebe thinks they are pretty cool though... :-). (3y old daughter for scale)
 07/21/2006 10:52:18 PM · #35
I'm a classic arachnophobe, but I have to admit I find them fascinating. The pictures freak me out a little, but they are quite beautiful in a predatory, evil-looking kind of way.

I've been shooting them in my backyard (no pics worth posting yet) and I think that's helping me get over the fear somewhat.

I guess it's just another example of the curative side effects of a photographic hobby.

Maybe there should be a spider themed challenge?
 07/21/2006 10:59:37 PM · #36
Originally posted by Fromac:
I'm a classic arachnophobe, but I have to admit I find them fascinating. The pictures freak me out a little, but they are quite beautiful in a predatory, evil-looking kind of way.

I've been shooting them in my backyard (no pics worth posting yet) and I think that's helping me get over the fear somewhat.

I guess it's just another example of the curative side effects of a photographic hobby.

Maybe there should be a spider themed challenge?
Good idea. I would to see all the different spiders that would show up. Creepy but cool.
 07/21/2006 11:03:17 PM · #37
Have a couple to share.
//www.focusu.com/gallery/showalbum.php?aid=1248&uuid=526
 07/21/2006 11:54:40 PM · #38
fixed link :)

Lovely shots :) I especially like the one in the iris. She looks so delicate.

Message edited by author 2006-07-21 23:56:17.
 07/21/2006 11:58:35 PM · #39
Those are some big, ugly, nasty looking spiders you guys have here!

*starts squishing*
 07/22/2006 12:00:19 AM · #40
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Those are some big, ugly, nasty looking spiders you guys have here!

*starts squishing*


*starts squishing LEROY!* Leave da spiders ALONE! :P
 07/22/2006 12:04:21 AM · #41
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Those are some big, ugly, nasty looking spiders you guys have here!

*starts squishing*


*starts squishing LEROY!* Leave da spiders ALONE! :P


Earlier this year, black widows were all over the place here. Carbeurator cleaner does a really good job of making black widowers.

*sqush*
 07/22/2006 02:34:33 AM · #42
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Those are some big, ugly, nasty looking spiders you guys have here!

*starts squishing*


*starts squishing LEROY!* Leave da spiders ALONE! :P


I'm with you on that one, we live in a rural area, and the spiders (particularly the huntsman and house spiders) keep the flys down when the muck spreaders have been in the paddock mext to the house. :-).

Although, the number of cobwebs on the outside of our house this year was a little embarassing, I may have to clean the house down now and then, it looks lilke a bad B movie effect in some places!!!
 07/22/2006 08:08:02 AM · #43
i can attest to seeing monster size spiders in connecticut. i grew up on the CT river - next to a flood plain. there are some doozies at my parents house. many 3" or larger.

up here in vermont - folks don't believe me when i mention spiders like that.

Originally posted by :
Originally posted by neophyte:

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Originally posted by scalvert:

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It's a wolf spider. Lots of them around my house.



Wait a minute, I live in CT too... I've never seen these...

I see them all the time around here- sometimes over 3" in diameter. They keep the deer at bay. ;-)

 07/22/2006 08:47:16 AM · #44
I am glad to say here in the UK we dont have any nasty bitey spiders! However we do have house spiders which can be quite large and can bite but no side effects.

:-)


07/22/2006 08:56:28 AM · #45
left you a comment and I'm pretty sure it's a wolf spider also.

Here's a house spider that took over a wolf spider. The wolf spider was twice the size of the the house spider. I should go take a picture of the house spider now- she's fat and happy.

not a clear pic because I took it in a hurry lol. I don't spend much time in my basement stairwell- lots of spiders, beetles, crickets, blech!

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