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what kind of spider and will it kill me??
went out to my gf pond to clean out the frog mating uck and saw this:
http://www.safaricabs.com/spider1.jpg http://www.safaricabs.com/spider2.jpg spidey is bigger in person. i'm awake now |
what kind of spider and will it kill me??
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:59:16 GMT, "jthread" wrote:
went out to my gf pond to clean out the frog mating uck and saw this: http://www.safaricabs.com/spider1.jpg http://www.safaricabs.com/spider2.jpg spidey is bigger in person. i'm awake now Its a Black & Yellow Argiope, a fairly common spider. Impressive but harmless. As kids we used to catch bugs and throw them into the web to watch the spider do its thing. -dickm |
what kind of spider and will it kill me??
"dicko" wrote in message ... On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:59:16 GMT, "jthread" wrote: went out to my gf pond to clean out the frog mating uck and saw this: http://www.safaricabs.com/spider1.jpg http://www.safaricabs.com/spider2.jpg spidey is bigger in person. i'm awake now Its a Black & Yellow Argiope, a fairly common spider. Impressive but harmless. As kids we used to catch bugs and throw them into the web to watch the spider do its thing. -dickm this one is very impressive. he's about 8" streached out. right now he's sucking the life out of a grasshopper or something. freakin cool lokin spidey |
what kind of spider and will it kill me??
"jthread" wrote in message ... went out to my gf pond to clean out the frog mating uck and saw this: http://www.safaricabs.com/spider1.jpg http://www.safaricabs.com/spider2.jpg spidey is bigger in person. i'm awake now That is an impressive spider! Clark |
what kind of spider and will it kill me??
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:21:28 GMT, "jthread" wrote:
"dicko" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:59:16 GMT, "jthread" wrote: went out to my gf pond to clean out the frog mating uck and saw this: http://www.safaricabs.com/spider1.jpg http://www.safaricabs.com/spider2.jpg spidey is bigger in person. i'm awake now Its a Black & Yellow Argiope, a fairly common spider. Impressive but harmless. As kids we used to catch bugs and throw them into the web to watch the spider do its thing. -dickm this one is very impressive. he's about 8" streached out. right now he's sucking the life out of a grasshopper or something. freakin cool lokin spidey Actually, its a "she". I believe that zig zag web through the main web is spun by the male who then ends up as a tasty meal after doing his husbandly duty. -dickm |
what kind of spider and will it kill me??
on 7/22/2007 6:32 PM dicko said the following:
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:21:28 GMT, "jthread" wrote: "dicko" wrote in message ... On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:59:16 GMT, "jthread" wrote: went out to my gf pond to clean out the frog mating uck and saw this: http://www.safaricabs.com/spider1.jpg http://www.safaricabs.com/spider2.jpg spidey is bigger in person. i'm awake now Its a Black & Yellow Argiope, a fairly common spider. Impressive but harmless. As kids we used to catch bugs and throw them into the web to watch the spider do its thing. -dickm this one is very impressive. he's about 8" streached out. right now he's sucking the life out of a grasshopper or something. freakin cool lokin spidey Actually, its a "she". I believe that zig zag web through the main web is spun by the male who then ends up as a tasty meal after doing his husbandly duty. -dickm So are we all. :-) -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
what kind of spider and will it kill me??
dicko wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:21:28 GMT, "jthread" wrote: "dicko" wrote in message . .. On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:59:16 GMT, "jthread" wrote: went out to my gf pond to clean out the frog mating uck and saw this: http://www.safaricabs.com/spider1.jpg http://www.safaricabs.com/spider2.jpg spidey is bigger in person. i'm awake now Its a Black & Yellow Argiope, a fairly common spider. Impressive but harmless. As kids we used to catch bugs and throw them into the web to watch the spider do its thing. -dickm this one is very impressive. he's about 8" streached out. right now he's sucking the life out of a grasshopper or something. freakin cool lokin spidey Actually, its a "she". I believe that zig zag web through the main web is spun by the male who then ends up as a tasty meal after doing his husbandly duty. -dickm I've always heard that there have been experiments showing that birds can see and will avoid the web so as to not accidentally fly into it and destroy it. It is also thought that it may reflect ultraviolet light aiding in attracting insects as well as just an aid to stabilize the web. Lar |
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None of which are poisonous (your quite safe) we have Taratulas and the Chilian Rose only has a bite less poisonous than that of a bee sting. I seem to remember correct me if i am wrong anyone that a waterboat man as well as having the capacity to drag down tadpoles as they rise to breath and then eat them in the murky depths of a pond can also give a nasty little nip to soft skin tissue. Hope this helps terry, |
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If this is true leave your house now !!, seriously i have never seen a spider that big apart from the bird eater but the colouring does suggest the afore mentioned Argiope of the order Argipidae, and yes they female does eat the male after courtship. |
what kind of spider and will it kill me??
On Jul 22, 7:07 pm, Lar wrote:
I've always heard that there have been experiments showing that birds can see and will avoid the web so as to not accidentally fly into it and destroy it. It is also thought that it may reflect ultraviolet light aiding in attracting insects as well as just an aid to stabilize the web. Lar- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Not always. There have been several cases reported of hummingbirds getting caught and dying in those type webs. They're just not big enough to break free. Red |
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