Post your Spiders

[Hans]

Here's an Oklahoma Brown Tarantula, (aka Texas Brown Tarantula). First saw it on my shovel handle, next day it was on my BBQ table. Pic was taken in Sept. 2010

Um... thanks for the nightmares!

That is a great shot John!

[GeorgeM]

This one was on the wall of our work site.


spider_DSC7156_edited-1 by gmontjr, on Flickr

[vicphotog]

I would not be working there anymore!

This one was on the wall of our work site.


spider_DSC7156_edited-1 by gmontjr, on Flickr

[GeorgeM]

This is a dangerous one, a black widow. Have only seen one, taken a few years ago while they were remodeling the building.


New Jersey Pine Barrens by gmontjr, on Flickr

[GeorgeM]

@Rachel I actually really like bugs.

[vicphotog]

lol - I find them intriguing to look at and the photos shot so close add to that, but I'll stick to seeing them in photos... in person, I will run the other way from ones that look like these

@Rachel I actually really like bugs.

[Glenn NK]

Maybe I'm not looking in the right places, but I can't find any spiders in my digital cameras or equipment.

Glenn

[GeorgeM]

A really weird one...


spider basin trail ft fisher by gmontjr, on Flickr

[Ken MT]

Unknown female spider guarding its egg sac. Only about 20mm long.

[Fleshpiston]

A really weird one...


spider basin trail ft fisher by gmontjr, on Flickr

What a stunning spider! Great shot. Looks to me like a Austracantha minax : or six spined orb weaver. Lovely colours / colors on them. Have a look here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/austra...araneidae.html

They come in many different colors and sizes.

Jim

What you call a white tail is different to what I know of as a white tail in Canberra. The ones here are all black with only a white tail and an elongated body. I will try to take a photo of one for you. I hope you will give me a gold star if I have the courage to do it!

R

Yes as posted this one is a juvie and will lose the extra stripes.

The bite itself was not all that bad, it was itchy, red and raised for a few days but nothing to the scorpion that got me a few years back. I have read many times the White tail bite causes necrosis and IMO it has yet to be definitely proven. Yes the White Tail does harbour bacteria within its mouth parts or fangs but as long as the bite is given a quick once over with antibacterial cream or solution then its as good as sorted.

Some great photos popping up keep them coming!!!

[Sonic4Spuds]

@Rachel I actually really like bugs.

Sorry George,

I just have to say that spiders are not bugs.

I really like bugs also but some other Arthropods (spiders) really disturb me, probably because I have been biten so many times.

When I find some of my bug shots I will have to start a thread for them.

-Sonic

[Noice]

our pet scorpion at work and its meal.

[GeorgeM]

Here's another one. An orchard spider??


North Carolina Kure Beach by gmontjr, on Flickr

[GeorgeM]

That is a serious pet. What say you, Rachel???

[GeorgeM]

Sorry George,

I just have to say that spiders are not bugs.

I really like bugs also but some other Arthropods (spiders) really disturb me, probably because I have been biten so many times.

When I find some of my bug shots I will have to start a thread for them.

-Sonic

Yeah, I lump them together, tho I know it's not scientifically accurate. I've only been stung by a wasp or two. Just an annoyance for me, luckily.

[GeorgeM]

Unknown female spider guarding its egg sac. Only about 20mm long.

Nice! The egg sac is the stuff at the top, yes?

[Fleshpiston]

I have a nice Redback (Black widow) at work that I am currently plumping up. They are dangerous but not that bad. If you are healthy you should be fine after a bite. The old and very young are the ones at risk. In Oz at least, no one has died from a bite for a long time. Anti venom is readily available and not always necessary. Redbacks (Black Widows) have been known to dry bite. Only the female is dangerous. I will post some later next week of the female I have here.

[kimber]

Allow me to introduce a friend - or, rather friends, of mine - I've been fortunate as the heliotrope in my front yard has become the home of several generations of green lynx spiders over the last few of years - it's been sort of facinating to watch the life cycle of this beautiful spider

[Klickit]

I do enjoy these spider and other small critter pix.

Here's a sequence taken at the beginning of last year when we were staying on Stradbroke Island (Australia). I saw the female Golden Orb Web spider sitting in her web and took a number of images. It wasn't until I loaded them onto the laptop that I saw the small drama that was enacted.

There she is minding her own business, when along came Tom. He's the tiny one creeping up behind her.



Getting closer - may be on a promise here....



Here she is, clearly looking back beneath her, right at him. "Don't think I can't see you!"



He thinks the better of the matrimonial attempt and runs away.

[GeorgeM]

@Klickit - nice series. The size difference between the male and female is amazing.

@kimber - nice. I especially like #2.