what kind of spider is this????

[NOKUY]

found this 1 up under the porch today...wasn't there yesterday...

...sure doesn't look too friendly

...anyone know what it is???

 

[HighDesertJoe]

I'm thinking a Orb weaver.

 

[KSP]

Definitely not venomous, or at least not so much as to be a threat to humans.

 

[Lung.Butter]

Could be the dreaded white spider.

 

[h^2 O]

Yeah its one of those crab like orb weavers. Suckers get big, guts are green.

 

[THE TROOPER]

Venom toxicity - the bite of Orb-Weaving Spiders is of low risk (not toxic) to humans. They are a non-aggressive group of spiders. Seldom bite. Be careful not to walk into their webs at night - the fright of this spider crawling over one's face can be terrifying and may cause a heart attack, particularly to the susceptible over 40 year olds.
Spider Identification - an adult is about 2/3 to more than 1 inch in body length - has a bulbous abdomen - often colorful - dark to light brown pattern. The common Golden Orb-Weaver Spider has a purplish bulbous abdomen with fine hairs.
Habitat - often found in summer in garden areas around the home - they spin a large circular web of 6 feet or more, often between buildings and shrubs, to snare flying insects, such as, flies and mosquitoes.



TT

 

[Harvest]

fuck that thing.

 

[Darkstarlive]

fuck that thing.

LMAO...True that!!!

 

[nvthis]

may cause a heart attack, particularly to the susceptible over 40 year olds.

Oh jeeze! lol

I had one of these at my house last summer, but it was gray and black the freaking thing was huge.

Every other night it would spin about a 3 or 4 foot web between a small tree and my house, with the anchors about 8 feet. Then, just before dawn, it would gather up the entire web into a ball, somehow dissolve it and suck the liquid back up, then go hide in a crack in the tree. Super interesting bug.. It stuck around all summer, spinning it's giant web and then eating it only to spin it all over again..

 

[HighDesertJoe]

I live in the desert at night you can go in my garage hit the lights and Black Widows everywhere if your fast enough you can squish them between finger and thumb.
Word of warning in bed at night if you feel something crawling on you SQUISH it.

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

That looks like it could be one of those aggressive mofos called the "Crack Spider." Here is a short nature vid describing their aggressive nature:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc

 

[Stoner4Life]

Be careful not to walk into their webs at night - the fright of this spider crawling over one's face can be terrifying and may cause a heart attack, particularly to the susceptible over 40 year olds.

a study was funded by a Hollywood studio and they found that the thing that gave men the creeps more than anything else was walking into spider webs, must be a knee jerk reaction from the dawn of time for us.......


I bought a set of pistons for my Harley a bunch of yrs ago & when I opened the box (from Texas) out crawled a black widow spider.

 

[KSP]

You haven't lived until you've been bitten by a brown recluse.

 

[Strainhunter]

Spiders, especially those capable of catching (and eating) Birds, fascinate me!

I mean who else has 8 eyes?

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

Fuckin A now I'm gonna have a nightmare....

 

[Strainhunter]

Try this with YOUR kids! lol

 

[Bobby Stainless]

 

[Strainhunter]

Haha love that one!

 

[Stoner4Life]

I was in my garage one day when I had a strange feeling I was being watched, I turned & looked up into the rafters to see a spider about this big, it had a leg spread the size of a catchers mitt. quietly I left the building and grabbed the .410 from my house.

I know you all have at one time or another swatted at a spider and missed it, that wasn't gonna happen here.......


I ventilated that fucker and then had the place sprayed by our local pesticide guy to take care of any potential young.

 

[chuckyoufarley]

fuck that thing.

there is no law on the books that says you cant,but if it bites your dick your got some splaining to do buddy