I've got this spider outside of my house that I want to identify. I live in Indianapolis, and have never seen this before. Anyhow, it looks to be black, or dark brown, is slightly larger than a US quarter, and has a thick web of about 1' circumference, with a tunnel made out of the web where the spider sits.
Any idea what that could be?
Can you describe the coloration, patterns and number + arrangement of eyes? I can't seem to find anything going off just Indianapolis funnel-web spider.
I'll try to snap a picture of it tonight.
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Snowbeati need somethingto kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered Userregular
edited September 2010
if you love spiders so much why don't you move to spideristan and live with them!
get plenty of orb weavers around my house, and lots of cellar spiders in it
also during the warm months there are legions of little black hunting spiders in the yard; it's something to see dozens of them scurrying out of your way as you walk
Ah, the Japanese. I remember going on a field trip with my 7th grade homeroom class to see a Mongoose/habu fight. Remember the 80s, when your parents had no real clue about the content of your field trips, and just signed the forms? Good times.
Spiders are horrific, esp when you are slightly inebriated, walk into their gossamer strands, and completely freak out trying to get out of this huge sidewalk spanning web. Sober in a heartbeat.
Ah, the Japanese. I remember going on a field trip with my 7th grade homeroom class to see a Mongoose/habu fight. Remember the 80s, when your parents had no real clue about the content of your field trips, and just signed the forms? Good times.
Spiders are horrific, esp when you are slightly inebriated, walk into their gossamer strands, and completely freak out trying to get out of this huge sidewalk spanning web. Sober in a heartbeat.
You might just be a pretty high-strung drunk.
How wasted do you need to be before you demand to do karaoke?
I don't like cellar spiders. I'm tall and they really like to live on ceilings. I don't usually kill spiders, but they are an exception. Living in Japan taught me that after a spider gets to a certain size, they can freak me out a bit. There were some, like a wolf spider, that got about 5-6 across and they were very fast.
I kept a black widow as a pet for a few weeks when I was in eighth grade. Then she laid eggs and I knew the only way to deal with not having a billion baby spiders in my room was to use a bottle rocket inside her container, a honey bear.
The only spiders I have any fear of are fast ones that move strangely and Australian Funnel Webs. Really creepy ones may also apply at certain times, but only when they are really goddamn creepy.
Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
edited September 2010
Samir this thread makes me happy. I am a fan of spiders and have a bunch of tarantulas, and get pretty sick of people telling me they're gross or horrible or whatever, so it's good to see someone else who thinks they're rad.
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I'll try to snap a picture of it tonight.
And i think a lot of these. But the ones I see are way bigger than their wikipedia descriptions. Fuck those guys
If that was a place I'd leave for it today!
Also I am sooo gay for Spider-Man.
@futore: What kind of spider is that in pic 1? It looks a bit like a crab spider but it is hanging from a web.
Spiny Orb Weavers
we get the golden orb weavers (and I guess the little spiny guys as well) all over the place here
they are huge and beautiful and i love them
also during the warm months there are legions of little black hunting spiders in the yard; it's something to see dozens of them scurrying out of your way as you walk
aaand there goes my afternoon
I'd always put my money on a jumping spider since they are the luchadores of bug combat.
Spiders are horrific, esp when you are slightly inebriated, walk into their gossamer strands, and completely freak out trying to get out of this huge sidewalk spanning web. Sober in a heartbeat.
You might just be a pretty high-strung drunk.
How wasted do you need to be before you demand to do karaoke?
There are actually three things commonly called daddy long legses.
Cellar spiders are awesome because they are completely harmless, kind of funny looking and they beat lots of more dangerous spiders in a fight.
Got these terms stuck in my head.
you can certainly see where the "long legs" part of the name comes from
Oh god, the arachnophobia is almost consuming me.
my mom said one of them spat at her but i find this claim dubious at best.
also, we have these big orange fuzzy bastards that spin big, pretty webs and are about the size of a marble, sometimes larger.
Nah, I'm pretty good on it IRL.
But looking at pictures? Honestly, makes me skin crawl to the point I have to wipe at my skin to 'make sure'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqb30-YjYoY
laying down a few tracks just like that
HATE
HATE
HATE
FUCK ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL OF YOU
VREEEY
WUUUUUUUUUUUUN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc
I feel it's an appropriate name
The only spiders I have any fear of are fast ones that move strangely and Australian Funnel Webs. Really creepy ones may also apply at certain times, but only when they are really goddamn creepy.