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andycook

08/31/2006, 02:49 PM

http://www.andy-cook.com/REEFCENTRAL/DSC_6821_web.jpg

reefdood

08/31/2006, 05:24 PM

W_T_F kind of spider is that and where is it? At your house? I'd be breaking out the spray poison in short time. Time to wrap up the aquarium with plastic, turn off the air pumps, and bug bomb the whole house. Go Hiroshima on his arse.

andycook

08/31/2006, 07:18 PM

It is outside my house by the gas and electricity meter. I should have put a tape measure by it - the leg span was 3 inches.

skippy2

08/31/2006, 09:10 PM

I can't remember the name of the spider but I had to look it up a few yrs. ago because my daughter had 1 right by her door. They are huge but good for the enviroment. They eat misquitos and smaller spiders. Not poisonous at all just butt ugly.:)

BigRick08

08/31/2006, 09:11 PM

nothing to be alarmed of, those type of spiders are usually found around ponds and lakes. They build their webs on the tall plants growing by the water. They are mostly harmless but they do deliver a nice big bite I've heard.

astrogazer

08/31/2006, 09:29 PM

That's a North American Banana Spider, it is a venomous spider, but its bite won't cause much more than a large red welt. We have quite a few in Southern Florida, the get rather large and photograph quite well.

skippy2

08/31/2006, 09:33 PM

As soon as I have time later tonight, I will look for what was in my daughter's yard. Then again, astrograzer just might be right:)

thor32766

08/31/2006, 09:52 PM

yeah banana spiders are all over the place here in florida, they are quite beautiful and can build some really nice size webs. nic pic!

skippy2

08/31/2006, 10:24 PM

I am pretty sure it is a Argiope. You will have to goggle the name. For some reason, I can't link to the page.

andycook

08/31/2006, 11:38 PM

Cool. I left it alone. I usually leave most critters alone if they leave me alone.

gregr

08/31/2006, 11:54 PM

You sure that's not an Orb Weaver?
We have em out here in southern California too.

10" Red Devil

09/01/2006, 06:57 AM

Looks like an everyday common garden spider. Course you dont want to touch them as they will bite if handled, They usually prefer to avoid conflict though. Its not a serious bite like a black widow or recluse. Very good at keeping nuscense insect populations low.

I got a nice pic of one os those orb weaver type spiders that were talked about earlier in the thread. Man that is a respectable spider! I almost ran into one while taking a little stroll through the woods on a recent visit to Fl. Got a nice pic of it though. Ill see if I can post it later.

10" Red Devil

09/01/2006, 06:58 AM

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8052489#post8052489 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefdood
W_T_F kind of spider is that and where is it? At your house? I'd be breaking out the spray poison in short time. Time to wrap up the aquarium with plastic, turn off the air pumps, and bug bomb the whole house. Go Hiroshima on his arse.

Omg, you need to get out more often! Sheesh!

10" Red Devil

09/01/2006, 06:58 AM

10" Red Devil

09/01/2006, 07:02 AM

Looks like it munched on a fellow spider.

10" Red Devil

09/01/2006, 07:03 AM

Or do you think thats a past exoskeleton?

andycook

09/01/2006, 09:44 AM

I think it is a past exoskeleton.

ClownReef®

09/01/2006, 04:53 PM

..Yep, banana spider. I have a friend who kept one as a pet for the longest time. The spider lived outside on a big plant, and my friend would buy it crickets at the local pet store..Ill see if she has any pictures of it.

ClownReef®

09/01/2006, 05:01 PM

Ok, i found one..(stolen from makoj)..lol..We're friends, its ok ;)

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f107/Reef69/ChrissysSpider.jpg

andycook

09/01/2006, 05:38 PM

Yep, same interesting web pattern. Cool.

astrogazer

09/03/2006, 06:46 PM

Those may be big, but these are more menacing looking ... something about the armored shell, this one was tiny, smaller that the eraser on a standard #2 pencil. hard to get a good clear shot, note the morsel all wrapped in silk.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/djpalliser/7c88615b.jpg

astrogazer

09/03/2006, 07:26 PM

Here's a better shot of them both ...

This is a type of Crab Spider

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/djpalliser/b1d0f566.jpg

Sk8r

09/03/2006, 07:36 PM

I like spiders. I particularly like them on a dewy morning when they decorate all the bushes heading into autumn, and the sunlight hits the beads on the web---I've always found that very sad, because of course they're not going to live much longer.

Except maybe in Florida!

andycook

09/03/2006, 09:41 PM

http://www.andy-cook.com/REEFCENTRAL/DSC_6597_web.jpg

astrogazer

09/03/2006, 09:42 PM

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8071300#post8071300 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sk8r

Except maybe in Florida!

All year long ... :)

subijitsu

09/04/2006, 12:08 PM

I've seen ones like this here in CA a few times. They look menacing as all hell but they are good citizens. Unlike those damn brown recluse.

spankey

09/04/2006, 03:35 PM

Yeah that is a common garden orb weaver. They can get quite big but realativly harmless. However while on vacation my kids came across this on our rental property while in the outer banks... Not good at all...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/spankeyt1473/Outer%20Banks%20Vacation/Picture108.jpg

She was inside a sprinkler storage hole by the side of the house. She had over 100 babies in there with her as well plus two males. If you look to her left there is one of her babies along side of her!

Imagine how my adrenaline ran when I seen my two kids looking face to face with a lair of black widow's. Don't let the picture fool you she was from front leg to rear over 3 inces and looked very nasty!

But all and all I think spiders are very interesting creatures...

Nice shots.

Spankey:)

astrogazer

09/04/2006, 04:48 PM

Nice image of the Black Widow, wouldn't want her at my house though ... :)