Nuts,
My best guess is that it's a variety of orb weaver, based on what I have found online. Did you have a large circular spider web anywhere nearby?
[AK]Abaddon
I believe Stitch is a spider expert.
[AK]Bribo
If you were a zombie and I had to kill you, I'd feel sad.
Looks like it hurts!
lol, <3
Retired EQ, WoW Player.
Yep... had a clasic spider web going from the trash can to the fence. And although some of the pictures of Orb Weavers I found online were quite close, the text described the eyes as 2 horizontal rows of four. I'm not seeing that on my picture.
Last edited by [AK]Nuts; 09-06-2004 at 08:31 PM.
I like the dagger artwork on his back.
The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles.
If it is an orb weaver (pretty sure, but not certain) it is nonvenomous, with a painful bite.
[AK]Abaddon
Yes, I am a licensed and bonded etymologist. The origin of the word "spider" is from Old English spiþra, from spinnan “to spin.”
Hasta,
Boom
Took me a while but I found it.
Araneus diadematus.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spider.../Araneidae.htm
This spider is a "Garden Spider" in the US, sometimes called a "Cross Spider".
[AK]Bribo
If you were a zombie and I had to kill you, I'd feel sad.
I think you're looking for an arachnologist, Nuts.
I've seen a lot of garden spiders just like that in Washington.
We have a lot of the following in Nevada:
Damn fine work Bribo and Ab. I guess the eye layout was throwing me, but those pics on the website were dead on. I guess with the large number of spiders in that family, there's got to be a lot of variety.
Palooka - oh ya. I was never good in 6th grade science class.
Last edited by [AK]Nuts; 09-07-2004 at 07:42 AM.
I hope Stitch never opens this thread, he would be immensely freaked out.
lol, <3
Retired EQ, WoW Player.
That popping sound you hear is Stitch's arteries exploding.
The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles.
You know, I wondered what that was..
lol, <3
Retired EQ, WoW Player.
Yep, I've killed a bunch of these before. We do call em Garden Spiders out here and they can have some truly impressive webs.
The splat nicely when shot with a BB. Sometimes those abdomen get huge and you can get a nice big splat.
... now I have to go find someone to hug me.
I swear I can feel them legs on me now... AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!
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