Posted: 9/11/2016 9:28:34 AM EDT
Got two of these big old things on my shop, what the heck are they? |
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Nephila clavipes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephila_clavipes |
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I don't think that's what it is. I think I found it... Argiope aurantia AKA Garden Spider. http://www.spiders.us/image/argiope-aurantia-54/ |
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I don't think so. Argiope Aurantia more like it. |
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House burning spiders  I forgot about that incident until you mentioned that. Reading up on them, they don't appear to really be dangerous which was my main concern since I have 2 little ones and a 9 year old that like to run around outside from time to time. What little I have read leads me to think they're beneficial to catching some of the other more annoying flying insects so, I'm just going to leave them be.
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Quoted: I don't think that's what it is. I think I found it... Argiope aurantia AKA Garden Spider. http://www.spiders.us/image/argiope-aurantia-54/ They are the creepiest of spiders because they build their fucking webs across paths, and if you live in the country, there's no way you haven't stumbled into one, or caught yourself with one inches from your face. (they are usually lower). We get tons of them in Ohio. I think they can and do bite. But my dad used to let them walk on his hand, when I was a kid. No thank you! |
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I forgot about that incident until you mentioned that. Reading up on them, they don't appear to really be dangerous which was my main concern since I have 2 little ones and a 9 year old that like to run around outside from time to time. What little I have read leads me to think they're beneficial to catching some of the other more annoying flying insects so, I'm just going to leave them be.Quoted:
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House burning spiders I forgot about that incident until you mentioned that. Reading up on them, they don't appear to really be dangerous which was my main concern since I have 2 little ones and a 9 year old that like to run around outside from time to time. What little I have read leads me to think they're beneficial to catching some of the other more annoying flying insects so, I'm just going to leave them be.Have your kids catch little bugs and toss them into the web. Let them watch nature work. They'll love it, and it'll teach them that certain spiders are good to have around. |
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We called them writing spiders. These are the good guys, bug eating machines, leave them alone, they will not bother you.
ETA: I was told as a little kid (by someone who apparently knew their worthiness) not to bother them because they will write your name in there web and you'll die, thus the writing spider reference. We never touched them. I also hate spiders, but not these guys. |
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Quoted: We called them writing spiders. These are the good guys, bug eating machines, leave them alone, they will not bother you. One time while Deer hunting I walked into one, then another and another. Stopped looked around, there were hundreds of them....I found a different path to stalk.  |
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Whatever they are, they're harmless, and we need them around here for fly season. Nice big hungry spider, nice big sticky web, murder on the flying pests.
What we wind up getting are mainly wolf spiders (mostly harmless, creepy as anything) and black widows (not harmless at all, and I don't want them). |
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We called them writing spiders. These are the good guys, bug eating machines, leave them alone, they will not bother you. ETA: I was told as a little kid (by someone who apparently knew their worthiness) not to bother them because they will write your name in there web and you'll die, thus the writing spider reference. We never touched them. I also hate spiders, but not these guys. Girls, not guys. All those shown are females. Males are smaller and not as colored. |