kookielendmeyourcomb Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 What is this spider? Looked at the North American spider site... can’t really tell what she is. Some sort of orb spider perhaps. But I’d estimate she’s about 3.5” to 4” or so long. Her nest is messy messy messy, very strong threads, and a collection of food? Or something.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo1 Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 There are many kinds of spiders that look like this. They are harmless and good mosquito eaters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudgirl Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 Your photo resolution is not good enough to see what kind of spider it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 http://www.flickriver.com/photos/patti-jo/4797714942/ Banded garden spider/Argiope trifasciata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillenparadise Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 They won't hurt you. Heads up! As a five year old in South Texas I walked into dozens of webs while looking for blackberries and never got anything but scared! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudgirl Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 Does anyone else remember the experiments they did back in the 70's where they fed spiders various drugs and compared the webs they made? There were photos in a popular book back then, can't remember the name of it. As I recall, the spiders given THC made webs with big unfinished spaces, the ones on caffeine made really messy jaggey webs, the ones on LSD made perfect detailed ones. There were more. They used the same type of spider in all the experiments of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillenparadise Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 I would remember, but I was part of the experiment......Timothy's Leary's dead....... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideSky Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 This time year we get lots of golden orb spiders; check the web from different angles - it will have a gold or yellowish hue. They get fairly big, lay an egg sack then die. Of the six or so in my yard I think I only have 3 left. If you can get close to look at the back of their head looks like a skull. Oh, they also have fuzzy bits on their legs (like pompoms). Harmless but fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 Too bad they don't feast on the bo-bos........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdmowers Posted October 19, 2018 Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 On 11/16/2017 at 7:58 AM, WideSky said: This time year we get lots of golden orb spiders; check the web from different angles - it will have a gold or yellowish hue. They get fairly big, lay an egg sack then die. Of the six or so in my yard I think I only have 3 left. If you can get close to look at the back of their head looks like a skull. Oh, they also have fuzzy bits on their legs (like pompoms). Harmless but fascinating. Yes, Nephila clavipes. Also look for yellowish fibrous material on some of the strands. The webs are marvels of construction with much buttressing, sometimes being several feet in total length. The main spider`s young will hang around and make smaller webs themselves. A community perhaps all descended from one spider has sparsely populated my yard. The silk (web strands) of Nephila clavipes has recently been investigated to evaluate its usefulness in surgically improving mammalian neuronal regeneration and their silks are 8 times stronger than steel. They are absolutely fascinating, our very distant relatives. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 This was 1995, I think, and done in the style of a typical CBC public service announcement that Canadian kids grew up on, Hinterland Who's Who. The commercials were tidbits of nature information, narrated in a style that would instantly put the viewer to sleep. So typical of Canadian TV in the 60's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 That is too funny. Stoner spiders indeed. I remember rushing home to watch "Forest Rangers", only to find later that Indian Joe was actually Ukranian with a fake tan! http://forestrangers.bravehost.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 That's a riot. We used to watch it, too. A favourite show was when they discovered a code was actually backwards writing. All the kids had names like Trump's friends: Chub, Zeke, like that. Not sure I could watch it again, though. Did they ever do a spider episode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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