Wicked Web Of Life!
By webeishere
@webeishere (36313)
United States
September 15, 2007 10:12pm CST
I went to take my garbage out tonight. Connected to the house and onto the fencing was this huge spiders web. Also the creator of this web was sitting quietly in the dead center of this piece of artwork. Now I loved this shot. I had no idea as to the species of spider this is. But it got squished immediaetly after a couple shots were tasken for the purpose of this discussion. Does anyone have any idea as to the type opf Spider this is? I live in Minnesota USA. It was about the size of a half dollar around. Fat abdomen. Light brown in color. very slow moving. That's all I can say. But is this a decent shot of the web and spider or what? Thanks in advance all. I have one more shot that shows the spider a little better. Will add that after a response comes in. Thanks again.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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19 responses
@misheleen73 (6037)
• United States
16 Sep 07
I did some net surfing for you and came up with this one. I will leave you the link too. Cool pictures of the creepy crawler !!
Orb spiders are common spiders outdoors near buildings, but are usually not found indoors. They range in size from small to large (1/8 - 1 inch long) and are found in a variety of colors, with some being brightly colored. Orb spiders have large, swollen-looking abdomens, including some that are oddly shaped. They make the classic round, flat, wheel-like web familiar to most people.
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/housingandclothing/DK1033.html
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
16 Sep 07
Hmmm? Do Orb Spiders all have that decoration/markings on their abdomens? I don't recall seeing that marking. But then again I didn't look at it too long after snapping a few pictures. HAHAHA! Thanks for the link as well. Great work. It's appreciated a lot.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
16 Sep 07
Ah, ha.. that is what I said to... an Ord Spider.
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@texasclassygal (5305)
• United States
16 Sep 07
Can't help you out Grandpa Bob, what a cool web shot though I commented and rated it for you. Wish you the best of luck on finding out what you squashed.
Be well, my friend!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
16 Sep 07
Thanks. This thing was disgusting looking. Here's the best close up I got of it. It was huge too. I was not going to let this thing sit and maybe get into my bathroom like the last one I squished. ewwww.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
16 Sep 07
I viewed both your photos, rated them & wrote a comment on both. It's a Golden Orb spider. They are very clever at making webs.
Did you know, that poisonous spiders always have very messy, disorganised webs, & non poisonous spiders have organised webs?
The Orb Spider probably makes the best webs.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
16 Sep 07
Yeah the web was a work of art. I learn something new everyday. I guess the poisonous ones don't need the preety web and all to attract food huh? Thanks bunches.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
16 Sep 07
Hi, Grandpa Bob, I promise I will look up your spider for you in my book in the morning if you do not have an answer. I just got in from a late night shift, and I am on my way to bed. Someone may know more than I do. My scariest experience with a spider involved turning around behind me and seeing one that was about the size of a robin's egg in the abdomen, yellow and black, with a funky zigzag web. It was guarding a storage facility door.
Cheery thought, huh?
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
16 Sep 07
Ewww. Thanks. Now I'll have nightmares. HAHAHA! Sleep well.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
16 Sep 07
I am fairly sure that it is an Orb Spider, mostlikely a golden orb. I used to think they were only in Australia, but as the web in the photo you took was a giveaway, I did a quick internet check, & I believe Orb Spiders are found in north America.
Orb spiders are complelely harmless & make very attractive webs.
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
16 Sep 07
yEAH THE WEB IS BEAUTIFUL. i AM USING THIS PHOTO AS MY NEW DESKTOP NOW ALSO. iT WAS COOL LOOKING. iT MAY BE HARMLESS BUT lRD IT DURE WAS SCARY LOOKING. lOOKED LIKE THE WEB COULD HAVE TRAPPED A SMALL BIRD EVEN. tHANKS AGAIN.
happy postings from grandpa bob !!~
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@mummymo (23706)
•
16 Sep 07
Afraid i don't know much about Grandpa Bob so I can't really help you there but it was an amazing photo! Hope someone can help you identify it honey! I was a bit upset that you had squidged it as we always just move them out of the house but then I realised that unlike here in Scotland you guys get poisonous spiders! xxxx
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
16 Sep 07
This one WAS outside already. Right by my garbage cans. I wasn't letting that monster block my path etc. ewwww! Adios spidey!
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@michaeldadona (5684)
• Malaysia
16 Sep 07
Good shot, like a professional photographer. But what was it at the 'bottom-left' I mean for the yellow object there.?.
I've responded to 'THE FORTUNE's discussion in last two days, also on spider, but hers was cross spider, according to Italian belief, that web and spider, better don't remove them....because they bring good luck to the entire family.
HAPPY POSTING GRANDPA BOB!!!!!
::michael::
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
16 Sep 07
That object in the lower left is a sign that's across the street from my house. this photo was on my back porch. And it's too late the spider and web have been evicted. HAHAHAHA!!
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@brendalee (6082)
• United States
16 Sep 07
All I can say is eeewwwww. But that web was awesome. I have never seen one like that before. Lately all I have seen is daddy long legs.
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@soccermom (3198)
• United States
16 Sep 07
For as much as I hate spiders this is a great picture! We also have these spiders all over in Northern Illinois, I bet I've made my hubby kill at least 10 of them over the last two weeks. I won't go near them, I see a big spider and I literally feel like I have to throw up.
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
16 Sep 07
i'VE KILLED MANY 50 THIS SUMMER AS WELL. bUT THE LAST TWO WERE WORTHY OF THEIR OWN DISCUSSIONS HERE. tHIS ONE WAS ENORMOUS TOO. bUT THE WEB IS GREAT LOOKING THOUGH ISN'T IT?
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@creematee (2810)
• United States
16 Sep 07
Thank you for sharing your spider with us, Bob! My son, Matthew is reading over my shoulder, and really loved it! We both learned something from this discussion.
The spider in your other post (the one in your bathroom) we decided was a crab spider. My son brought a book home from the library about them, and we decided that is what it had to be. I don't know anything more about them, though. They aren't poisonous.
Would you still have killed the spider if she had written "some pig" in the web? Just wondering. LOL!
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@creematee (2810)
• United States
27 Sep 07
Thanks for the BR. I have a few webs around here that could use your technique. LOL! My youngest (3) actually went out with the broom and tackled most of them. What a sweet darling, she is!
@susieq223 (3742)
• United States
16 Sep 07
Nice shot--especially for a night shot! I'm afraid I don't know enough about the kinds of spiders to be any help!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
16 Sep 07
Are you telling me you killed the spider afterwards..tsk, tsk..don't you know it's bad luck to kill a spider?? Naughty naughty!! That is SOME awesome web that gal did..I say gal as usually the bigger spiders of a species are the females...
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
16 Sep 07
Yeah I did. I didn't want that monsterous thing hanging around my
fence and house. Now if I found it on the back fence that's Busters territorty. HAHAHA!!! Thanks.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@fab315 (1231)
• Philippines
16 Sep 07
Hello!
Poor spider, squished by grandpa bob! *hihihi*..I would probably do the same, well not me personally but will ask others to do it for me. I'm scared of spiders well, except for SPIDERMAN! *wehehe*..I always think of them as poisonous and deadly. In Philippines, kids do play with spiders actually, the non-poisonous ones, they will put them inside a matchbox, feed them then they will let them fight against each other, like a match.
And about the photo, it's awesome, nice shot and good angle. Looks like a shot of a professional. Well done. Thanks for sharing your spider with us grandpa bob! *smile*
ciao! =)
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@sweetgirl_k1 (3972)
• United States
17 Sep 07
Yuck! I hate spiders. I get cold chills when I see them. I'm glad it got squished after you took the photo's cause I wouldn't want him getting into your house. ***Cold chills going through my body now*** LOL
@gapeach65 (805)
• United States
5 Oct 07
I read what others said the spider was, I had no idea, so I couldn't help. It's a very cool picture of the big spider and web too. A week ago, I also had a spider encounter in a tree in my front yard. The web is cool and big, but the spider was just a little guy or gal. It was gone later that day, as it got a little windy here. I'll add a picture of the spider's web at my house.
@carissa765 (1097)
• United States
16 Sep 07
I absolutely HATE and LOATH spiders!!!!
I know it is supposed to be good if you let them live in your house, and is supposed to bring you wealth, but notice I said Supposed to that is because I have never let them stick around to see if it is true.
I left you a comment on your photo, good one.
The scariest expirience I have had with a spider I would have to say... I was working at the local office supply store, and turned around to get something, and there was the feel of a web line across my face. So I looked up and looked down amd there was a HUGE spider crawling down the front of my shirt..! On the outside of course. I screamed and all the employees and customers looked at me. It still makes my skin crawl. TY GP Bob.
@someonesmom (5761)
• Canada
17 Sep 07
I missed this one on the weekend, Grandpa Bob. You have far too many spiders (and hideous ones too), in your neck of the woods. Of course, up here we have the dreaded 'cottage spiders' that I've mentioned to you before. I'd love to come to Minnesota sometime, but will have to make sure that you've 'spider proofed' the area for me first.;)
@izathewzia (5134)
• Philippines
20 Sep 07
I dunno what kind of spider is that. All I know is I'm scared of it. Because I saw on television how spiders can kill a person. I hate even the sight of them. And I don't wanna near with them. Small yet so terrible.
