Spider

[severine]

Not "Spyder" but "Spider," of the web weaving sort. This guy has been hanging out on the side porch. I don't even want to think about how close I got to him for some of these.

More here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrievibert/tags/spider/

 

[mlctvt]

Great close pics, you must have put your lens right in his (or her) face!

I've got one of those hanging out on my deck the last few weeks. It's a garden spider, not sure the exact scientific name for this one. They are huge though, the largest spider I've seen in New England.
The one on my deck is nocturnal; he rebuilds his web every night and goes back under the eve during the day.

 

[severine]

So far as I could tell, it's an orb weaver. Huge but harmless. I did use the zoom for some of the shots and cropping, but for others I was up on a step stool, pretty close to it. And I hate spiders.

 

[ctenidae]

And I hate spiders.

Don't Google my screen name, then.

Cool shots.

 

[deadheadskier]

would be dead if on my porch

 

[bvibert]

would be dead if on my porch

He's worth keeping around just for that one moth he caught alone. The moths around here are freaking annoying...

 

[bvibert]

He's worth keeping around just for that one moth he caught alone. The moths around here are freaking annoying...

Opps she didn't post one of him having a snack:


Hanging Around, Having A Snack by Severine01, on Flickr

 

[Greg]

 

[riverc0il]

Don't Google my screen name, then.

Ha! Always wondered what your handle referred to. Never thought to google it because it didn't look like a real word.

 

[WakeboardMom]

Charlotte?!?! : )

Are you gonna leave her to have babies? : )

 

[severine]

Charlotte?!?! : )

Are you gonna leave her to have babies? : )

As long as she stays high up, she lives. Same rule my mom always had: stay on the ceiling, get to stay alive; climb on down and you're dead.

 

[noski]

As long as she stays high up, she lives. Same rule my mom always had: stay on the ceiling, get to stay alive; climb on down and you're dead.

*thumbs up*

We have those huge all-gray spiders with the fat, round body. I hate them too.

 

[severine]

Don't Google my screen name, then.

Yikes!

 

[o3jeff]

I hate walking out the door in the morning to a facefull of web.

 

[bvibert]

I hate walking out the door in the morning to a facefull of web.

I hate being the first one down the MTB trail in the morning for the same reason.

 

[from_the_NEK]

web in the face sucks... And you get more of it the taller you are.


Had one of these mothers ("Fishing Spider") on my wood pile a couple years ago. She was hatching out her brood in the late fall. I had to let them have the "gas" since I really didn't want to drag them all into my livingroom over the course of the winter :-o. I still bave the corpse although I wish I would have taken pictures first.

http://hr-rna.com/RNA/Spider%20pages/Fishing%20tenebrosus%20page.htm

 

[WakeboardMom]

Don't Google my screen name, then.

This info might come in useful if I ever make it to Jeopardy!


"Wandering Spider"
The members of the genus Phoneutria are highly aggressive and venomous nocturnal hunters, and are the only wandering spiders known to pose a serious danger to humans. However, the venom of some other members of this family is very poorly known, meaning that all larger Ctenids should be treated with caution.

 

[mondeo]

Ha! Always wondered what your handle referred to. Never thought to google it because it didn't look like a real word.

All in favor of no longer trying to spell his handle, and just refer to him as Spider Man?

 

[severine]

All in favor of no longer trying to spell his handle, and just refer to him as Spider Man?

Spell it? How do you even pronounce it?! :lol: I like Spider Man!

 

[ctenidae]

Spell it? How do you even pronounce it?! :lol: I like Spider Man!

The "c" is silent: TEN-i-day

Flows better than spider man, I think. Plus, I don't particularly like spiders. At least, no more than any other bug.